Prediction of Instagram Social Network Addiction Based on the Personality, Alexithymia and Attachment Styles

Subject Areas : Sociological Studies of Youth

Zeinab Sadat Ershad ¹ , Tahmoures Aghajani ²

1 - Department of Sociology, Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran
2 - Department of Sociology, West Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran

Received: 2017-10-08 Accepted : 2017-10-08 Published : 2017-09-01

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