With the increasing use of social media, the addictive use of this new technology also grows. Previous studies found that addictive social media use is associated with negative consequences such as reduced productivity, unhealthy social relationships, and reduced life-satisfaction. However, a holistic theoretical understanding of how social media addiction develops is still lacking, which impedes practical research that aims at designing educational and other intervention programs to prevent social media addiction. In this study, we reviewed 25 distinct theories/models that guided the research design of 55 empirical studies of social media addiction to identify theoretical perspectives and constructs that have been examined to explain the development of social media addiction. Limitations of the existing theoretical frameworks were identified, and future research areas are proposed.

随着社交媒体使用的增加，对这种新技术的依赖也越来越多。先前的研究发现，令人上瘾的社交媒体使用会带来负面影响，例如生产力下降，不健康的社会关系和生活满意度下降。但是，仍然缺乏关于社交媒体成瘾如何发展的整体理论理解，这阻碍了旨在设计教育和其他干预计划以防止社交媒体成瘾的实际研究。在这项研究中，我们回顾了25个不同的理论/模型，这些理论/模型指导了55个社交媒体成瘾的实证研究的研究设计，以识别理论视角和构建体，并对其进行了解释以解释社交媒体成瘾的发展。确定了现有理论框架的局限性，