| Abstract [eng] |
Social networks are one of the most widespread information technologies in the world and have many users. However, in the technologically modern world exists and others psychological constructs such as social anxiety and stress. To overcome stress are very important coping strategies. Considering the relevance of these constructs in today’s world, it is important to examine relationships between them. The aim of this study was to investigate relationships between social networking use, social anxiety and coping strategies. In the study participated 211 participants aged 18-69, selected by the nonprobability convenience sampling method. Participants completed Compulsive Internet Use Scale, Brief COPE, International Personality Item Pool and answered the questions about social media use. The study found links between social networking use, social anxiety and coping strategies: social anxiety predicted problematic social networks use, while social networks activities such as browsing social networks without specific goals, uploading pictures and videos, playing games, searching for news, buying and selling items predicted the choice to use coping strategies. |
