Relationships between social media addiction, social media use metacognitions, depression, anxiety, fear of missing out, loneliness, and mindfulness

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Meynadier, J, Malouff, JM, Schutte, NS, Loi, NM and Griffiths, MD ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8880-6524, 2025. Relationships between social media addiction, social media use metacognitions, depression, anxiety, fear of missing out, loneliness, and mindfulness. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction. ISSN 1557-1874

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-024-01440-8

Abstract

Recent research has suggested that metacognitions about social media use may play a role in social media addiction. The aim of the present study was to investigate (a) the contribution of positive and negative social media use metacognitions in explaining social media addiction after accounting for a range of risk factors related to negative affect and (b) the mediating roles of positive and negative social media use metacognitions in associating depression, anxiety, fear of missing out (FoMO), loneliness, and low trait mindfulness with social media addiction. A sample of 810 Australians (Mage = 66.39 years; 63.6% female) completed an anonymous online survey. Both positive and negative social media use metacognitions accounted for a significant proportion of unique variance in social media addiction after controlling for age, sex, social media engagement, depression, anxiety, FoMO, loneliness, and mindfulness. Serial mediation models indicated that depression, anxiety, FoMO, loneliness, and mindfulness had a direct effect on social media addiction, as well as an indirect effect that was mediated by positive and negative metacognitions. The present study’s findings show the mediating role of social media use metacognitions in the relationship between negative affect and social media addiction.

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction
Creators:	Meynadier, J., Malouff, J.M., Schutte, N.S., Loi, N.M. and Griffiths, M.D.
Publisher:	Springer
Date:	23 January 2025
ISSN:	1557-1874
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.1007/s11469-024-01440-8 DOI 2357405 Other
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Divisions:	Schools > School of Social Sciences
Record created by:	Jonathan Gallacher
Date Added:	27 Jan 2025 09:22
Last Modified:	27 Jan 2025 09:22
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/52922