Examining problematic social networking media uses from an attachment framework

This thesis was composed as follows: an introduction in which the main theories related to the psychological construct of attachment will be set out. Next, the topic, related to the research project, of new technologies, specifically on social networking sites (SNS), their daily and possibly dysfunctional use, will be addressed. The focus will be directed towards the presentation of the relationship between problematic SNS use and attachment patterns. This examination will be carried out through three distinct studies, each contributing a unique facet to the comprehensive understanding of this phenomenon.