title: An international perspective on Facebook intrusion.
abstract: Facebook has become one of the most popular social networking websites in the world. The main aim of the study was to present an international comparison of Facebook intrusion and Internet penetration while examining possible gender differences. The study consisted of 2589 participants from eight countries: China, Greece, Israel, Italy, Poland, Romania, Turkey, USA. Facebook intrusion and Internet penetration were taken into consideration. In this study the relationship between Facebook intrusion and Internet penetration was demonstrated. Facebook intrusion was slightly negatively related to Internet penetration in each country.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emotion & Motivation Psychology, The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland. Electronic address: gatta@kul.pl.
authors.forename: Agata
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Błachnio
authors.affiliation: Department of Emotion & Motivation Psychology, The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland.
authors.forename: Aneta
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Przepiorka
authors.affiliation: Psychology Department, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
authors.forename: Martina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Benvenuti
authors.affiliation: Psychology Department, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
authors.forename: Davide
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cannata
authors.affiliation: University of Medicine and Pharmacy "C. Davila", Bucharest, Romania.
authors.forename: Adela Magdalena
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Ciobanu
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Abant İzzet Baysal University, Bolu, Turkey.
authors.forename: Emre
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Senol-Durak
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Abant İzzet Baysal University, Bolu, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mithat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Durak
authors.affiliation: Department of Computer and Information Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway.
authors.forename: Michail N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Giannakos
authors.affiliation: Psychology Department, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
authors.forename: Elvis
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mazzoni
authors.affiliation: Department of Computer and Information Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway.
authors.forename: Ilias O
authors.initials: IO
authors.lastname: Pappas
authors.affiliation: Institute of Philosophy and Psychology, Romanian Academy, Romania, UNATC - CINETIc.
authors.forename: Camelia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Popa
authors.affiliation: Psychology Department, Albright College, Reading, USA.
authors.forename: Gwendolyn
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Seidman
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Macau, Macau, China.
authors.forename: Shu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Macau, Macau, China.
authors.forename: Anise M S
authors.initials: AMS
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: School of Social Work, Ariel University, Ariel, Israel.
authors.forename: Menachem
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ben-Ezra
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002681:China; D005260:Female; D006115:Greece; D006801:Humans; D038622:Internationality; D020407:Internet / Q000639:trends*; D007557:Israel; D007558:Italy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011044:Poland; D012383:Romania; D057566:Self Report; D061108:Social Media / Q000639:trends*; D060756:Social Networking; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014421:Turkey; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Cross-cultural differences; Facebook intrusion; Internet penetration