Attachment Anxiety and Problematic Social Media Use: The Mediating Role of Well-Being
Worsley JD, Mansfield R, Corcoran R
Cyberpsychology, behavior and social networking · 32 citas
Cómo se estudió
- Diseño
- Estudio transversal (indexado por PubMed)
- Estudiado en
- Personas
- Resultado principal
- Marcadores de salud y funcionamiento
Quién lo pagó
- Financiación
- Financiación independiente
- Gobierno
- National Institute for Health Research Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care North West Coast
Según 1 financiador declarado.
Publicación
- Publicado
- 2018-08-22 · Cyberpsychol Behav Soc Netw · vol. 21 · número 9 · págs. 563–568
- Editorial
- Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.
- Citado
- 85 citas · más que el 98% de estudios similares · 12.4× el promedio de su campo
- Impacto
- Entre el 10 % más citado de su campo
- Referencias
- 37 trabajos
- Acceso
- De pago
- Áreas de investigación
- Impact of Technology on Adolescents · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Digital Marketing and Social Media
- Palabras clave
- attachment anxiety, insecure attachment, social media addiction, psychological well-being, attachment avoidance, mediation, young adults, social media use
- MeSH
- humans, cross-sectional studies, behavior, addictive, anxiety, object attachment, anxiety disorders, quality of life, adolescent, female, male, young adult, social media, surveys and questionnaires
3 autores
- Joanne Deborah Worsley🇬🇧 · autor de correspondenciaUniversity of Liverpool
- Rosie Mansfield🇬🇧University of Liverpool
- Rhiannon Corcoran🇬🇧University of Liverpool
Resumen
El texto original del estudio, en el idioma en que se publicó.
Insecure attachment is associated with a myriad of maladaptive outcomes, including low well-being and problematic Internet use. The lack of research investigating the roles that interpersonal attachment styles and psychological well-being play in problematic social media use is surprising. To address this gap, 915 young people aged 18-25 years (M = 20.19, SD = 1.58) completed an online survey measuring attachment styles, psychological well-being, and problematic social media use. We found that both greater attachment anxiety and less avoidance in attachment relationships were associated with problematic use of social media. The data further indicated that there was a significant indirect effect of attachment anxiety on problematic social media use through general feelings of psychological well-being, suggesting that individuals characterized by anxious attachment styles may be using social media as a means of enhancing psychological well-being. As psychological well-being was found to be negatively associated with problematic social media use, our findings bolster calls for enhancing young people's well-being. However, causality cannot be fully established due to the cross-sectional design of this study.
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