addiction symptoms; excessive social media use; self-control strategies; trait self-control
Abstract :
[en] BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Many people present excessive patterns of social networking site (SNS) use and try to self-regulate it. However, little is known regarding the strategies employed by young adult SNS users and their role in preventing the emergence of addiction-like symptoms in relation to SNS use. METHODS: In Study 1, we employed a naturalistic-qualitative approach for finding commonly employed self-control strategies in relation to SNS use. In Study 2, we examined differences between the frequency and difficulty of the strategies identified in Study 1 and tested the process through which trait self-control exerts influence on reducing SNS addiction symptomology. RESULTS: Study 1 revealed six families of self-control strategies, some reactive and some proactive. Study 2 pinpointed the most commonly used and most difficult to enact ones. It also showed that the difficulty to enact self-control strategies in relation to SNS use partially mediates the effect of trait self-control via SNS use habit on SNS addiction symptom severity. CONCLUSIONS: Taken together, the present findings revealed that strategies for self-controlling SNS use are common and complex. Their theoretical and clinical significance stems from their ability to prevent the translation of poor trait self-control and strong SNS use habit to the emergence of excessive use as manifested in SNS addiction-like symptoms.
Research center :
- Integrative Research Unit: Social and Individual Development (INSIDE) > Institute for Health and Behaviour
Disciplines :
Treatment & clinical psychology
Author, co-author :
BREVERS, Damien ; University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Integrative Research Unit: Social and Individual Development (INSIDE)
Turel, Ofir
External co-authors :
yes
Language :
English
Title :
Strategies for self-controlling social media use: Classification and role in preventing social media addiction symptoms.
Publication date :
2019
Journal title :
Journal of Behavioral Addictions
ISSN :
2062-5871
eISSN :
2063-5303
Publisher :
Akademiai Kiado, Hungary
Volume :
8
Issue :
3
Pages :
554-563
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Focus Area :
Educational Sciences
FnR Project :
FNR12552025 - Understanding The Neurobiology Of Gambling Addiction In The Age Of Online Betting, 2018 (01/03/2019-28/02/2022) - Damien Brevers
scite shows how a scientific paper has been cited by providing the context of the citation, a classification describing whether it supports, mentions, or contrasts the cited claim, and a label indicating in which section the citation was made.
Bibliography
Similar publications
Sorry the service is unavailable at the moment. Please try again later.