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Research shows that insecure attachment styles and failures in mentalizing are associated with increased problematic social media use (PSMU). This study aimed to investigate the mediating role of failures in mentalizing in the relationships between attachment styles and PSMU within a large sample of individuals from the community. The study involve...
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... The model in this study shows that anxious and avoidant attachment positively affects social media use disorder. Several studies in the literature (Blackwell et al., 2017;Costanzo et al., 2021;Demircioğlu & Köse, 2020;Liu & Ma, 2019;Monacis et al., 2017;Orehek & Human, 2017;Park et al., 2019;Santoro et al., 2024;Young et al., 2020;Yousaf et al., 2021;Worsley et al., 2018) support the results obtained in this study. Hence, individuals with anxious and avoidant attachment styles spend more time on social media platforms because they live isolated from others and away from social environments. ...
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Adolescence is a critical period of rapid growth and change during which family harmony and attachment styles play a significant role in shaping behavior. This study examines how these factors influence social media use disorder among adolescents using structural equation modeling. Methods.I n this study, 355 high school students aged 14-18 (53.5% girls) studying at various levels of high school affiliated with the Ministry of National Education in Turkey participated in the 2023-2024 academic year. The study data were collected by the convenience sampling method in the classrooms where the students were enrolled. Results. According to the results obtained in the study, secure, avoidant, and anxious attachment styles have a mediating role in the relationship between family harmony and social media use disorder. An analysis of the effect values ob-tained from structural equation modeling shows that family harmony negatively predicts anxious and avoidant attachment styles. On the other hand, family harmony positively predicts a se-cure attachment style, while a secure attachment style negatively predicts social media use disor-der. The model in this study shows that anxious and avoidant attachment positively affects so-cial media use disorder. The results indicate that family harmony negatively predicts anxious and avoidant attachment styles while positively pre-dicting secure attachment, which in turn reduces social media use disorder. Anxious and avoid-ant attachment styles were found to mediate the relationship between family harmony and social media use disorder. These findings emphasize the need for parental education programs to strengthen family unity and mitigate negative social media use among adolescents.
Conclusions. Adolescents' harmful use of social media affects attachment to parents and family harmony. For this reason, providing family unity along with parent education will reduce the level of adolescents’ exposure to negative social media. Limitations of the study. This study was conducted in one of the eastern provinces of Turkey. Therefore, the sample was limited to students enrolled in high schools in this province. In addition, data were collected only from adolescents, and no data were collected from parents or teachers. Another limitation is that data were collected at one time instead of at different times from the same individuals.
Key words: family harmony, attachment styles, social media use disorder
... These insights contribute to the understanding of young adults' digital engagement, highlighting the nuanced role of emotional competencies in the context of digital communication. Our results, in line with those reported in [96], emphasize the importance of interventions focusing on social-emotional skills to prevent problematic behavior related to the use of social networking sites. ...
(1) Background: This study investigates the influence of social networks on young adults, focusing on both positive and negative impacts. It considers problematic social networking site use (PSNSU), emotional intelligence, empathy, and the phenomenon of Fear of Missing Out (FoMO). (2) Methods: A comprehensive online survey was conducted with 442 participants aged 18 to 30 years that used various psychometric tools to assess emotional intelligence, empathy, internet and social media use, and FoMO. (3) Results: The study revealed that young adults display low competencies in emotional intelligence and empathy, with a tendency towards problematic internet and social media use. High FoMO scores were observed, correlating with negative internet use outcomes. Gender differences in these aspects were also explored. (4) Conclusions: The findings suggest a complex interaction between social network use, emotional skills, and FoMO that impacts young adults’ mental health and social behaviors. This study highlights the need for a nuanced understanding of these relationships and their implications for well-being and social interaction in the digital age.
... The positive association between MD with PSMU has been previously observed in the literature (Chirico et al., 2024;Costanzo et al., 2021). It is noteworthy that both MD and PSMU might serve as maladaptive coping strategies for temporary relief from emotional distress and interpersonal difficulties (Brenner et al., 2022;Gioia et al., 2021;Santoro et al., 2024;Somer et al., 2016bSomer et al., , 2016c. Also, there is evidence that individuals with MD are typically involved in fantasies in which they have idealized characteristics and are admired by others (Bigelsen et al., 2016;Bigelsen and Schupak, 2011). ...
Previous evidence showed that Maladaptive Daydreaming (MD) is positively associated with different Problematic Online Behaviors (POBs). This study aimed to investigate the mutual relationship between MD and several POBs. Data were collected from 1209 participants, aged 18–73 (M = 30.59, SD = 12.26), through self-report questionnaires assessing MD and POBs, including problematic online gambling, problematic online gaming, problematic cybersex, Problematic Social Media Use (PSMU), problematic online shopping, and cyberchondria. Two psychometric network analyses were performed to examine the associations between all POBs at item levels, and between MD and POBs at construct levels. Results revealed six distinct communities, supporting the specificity of each POB. Furthermore, MD was found to be more strongly associated with PSMU and cyberchondria, and weakly associated with problematic online gaming, problematic cybersex, and problematic online shopping. The mutual relationships between MD and POBs might have relevant implications for the assessment and treatment of these clinical conditions.
