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Problematic Smartphone Use and Social Media Fatigue: The Mediating Role of Self-Control

BACKGROUND: Excessive social media consumption leads to addiction and affects mental health. It is a phenomenon that is difficult to avoid. Previous research on the effects of excessive Internet use shows that people who engage in social media (SM) without restraint experience over-involvement, over...

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Autores principales: Świątek, Agata Hiacynta, Szcześniak, Małgorzata, Aleksandrowicz, Blanka, Zaczkowska, Daria, Wawer, Weronika, Ścisłowska, Małgorzata
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9884050/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36718180
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/PRBM.S389806
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author Świątek, Agata Hiacynta
Szcześniak, Małgorzata
Aleksandrowicz, Blanka
Zaczkowska, Daria
Wawer, Weronika
Ścisłowska, Małgorzata
author_facet Świątek, Agata Hiacynta
Szcześniak, Małgorzata
Aleksandrowicz, Blanka
Zaczkowska, Daria
Wawer, Weronika
Ścisłowska, Małgorzata
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description BACKGROUND: Excessive social media consumption leads to addiction and affects mental health. It is a phenomenon that is difficult to avoid. Previous research on the effects of excessive Internet use shows that people who engage in social media (SM) without restraint experience over-involvement, over-disclosure, technostress, and social media fatigue (SMF). SMF, conceptualized as an emotional and cognitive feeling of being overwhelmed, manifests itself in mindless browsing of content, limiting the amount of time spent on SM, or quitting SM altogether. Self-control, although present in the technology addiction literature and psychology research, has been rarely described in relation to both excessive SM use and SMF. Therefore, the main goal of the present study was to verify whether there is a direct relationship between problematic smartphone use and SMF, and whether this association is mediated by self-control. METHODS: The study included 210 respondents (M = 25.85, SD = 9.84) living in different Polish cities. The survey was conducted online, and the respondents consented to participate in the study. They completed the following measures: the Mobile Phone Problematic Use, the Self-Control Scale, the Social Media Fatigue Scale, and a brief questionnaire with socio-demographic data. RESULTS: Statistical analysis was performed to verify the relationship between problematic mobile phone use, level of self-control, and SMF. The outcomes indicate that there are significant interrelationships between the three studied variables. The association between problematic smartphone use and SMF is mediated by self-control. CONCLUSION: A lack of impulse-inhibition skills, such as compulsive checking of notifications, can be a significant factor in SM exhaustion, fatigue, or frustration. SMF can also be understood as a natural defensive response, triggered in situations where individuals are overwhelmed, when the self-control is insufficient to stop the compulsion to use SM, and the use of a smartphone for this purpose is excessively engaging.
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spelling pubmed-98840502023-01-29 Problematic Smartphone Use and Social Media Fatigue: The Mediating Role of Self-Control Świątek, Agata Hiacynta Szcześniak, Małgorzata Aleksandrowicz, Blanka Zaczkowska, Daria Wawer, Weronika Ścisłowska, Małgorzata Psychol Res Behav Manag Original Research BACKGROUND: Excessive social media consumption leads to addiction and affects mental health. It is a phenomenon that is difficult to avoid. Previous research on the effects of excessive Internet use shows that people who engage in social media (SM) without restraint experience over-involvement, over-disclosure, technostress, and social media fatigue (SMF). SMF, conceptualized as an emotional and cognitive feeling of being overwhelmed, manifests itself in mindless browsing of content, limiting the amount of time spent on SM, or quitting SM altogether. Self-control, although present in the technology addiction literature and psychology research, has been rarely described in relation to both excessive SM use and SMF. Therefore, the main goal of the present study was to verify whether there is a direct relationship between problematic smartphone use and SMF, and whether this association is mediated by self-control. METHODS: The study included 210 respondents (M = 25.85, SD = 9.84) living in different Polish cities. The survey was conducted online, and the respondents consented to participate in the study. They completed the following measures: the Mobile Phone Problematic Use, the Self-Control Scale, the Social Media Fatigue Scale, and a brief questionnaire with socio-demographic data. RESULTS: Statistical analysis was performed to verify the relationship between problematic mobile phone use, level of self-control, and SMF. The outcomes indicate that there are significant interrelationships between the three studied variables. The association between problematic smartphone use and SMF is mediated by self-control. CONCLUSION: A lack of impulse-inhibition skills, such as compulsive checking of notifications, can be a significant factor in SM exhaustion, fatigue, or frustration. SMF can also be understood as a natural defensive response, triggered in situations where individuals are overwhelmed, when the self-control is insufficient to stop the compulsion to use SM, and the use of a smartphone for this purpose is excessively engaging. Dove 2023-01-24 /pmc/articles/PMC9884050/ /pubmed/36718180 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/PRBM.S389806 Text en © 2023 Świątek et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/This work is published and licensed by Dove Medical Press Limited. The full terms of this license are available at https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php and incorporate the Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) ). By accessing the work you hereby accept the Terms. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed. For permission for commercial use of this work, please see paragraphs 4.2 and 5 of our Terms (https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php).
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Zaczkowska, Daria
Wawer, Weronika
Ścisłowska, Małgorzata
Problematic Smartphone Use and Social Media Fatigue: The Mediating Role of Self-Control
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9884050/
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