Social Media Addiction and Poor Mental Health: Examining the Mediating Roles of Internet Addiction and Phubbing.

Many researchers have examined the potential detrimental role of problematic social media use (often referred as 'social media addiction') on mental health. The present study investigated how social media addiction is associated with three components of mental health: depression, anxiety, and stress. In addition, structural equation modeling was used to test the mediating roles of internet addiction and phubbing among a sample of young adults (N = 603). Results showed that social media addiction was associated with poorer mental health via internet addiction and phubbing. More specifically, associations between social media addiction and stress, and social media addiction and anxiety were explained by both internet addiction and phubbing. The association between social media addiction and depression was explained by internet addiction only. These results remained consistent after controlling for gender, age, frequency of internet use, frequency of social media use, and frequency of smartphone use. These findings extend the extant literature by providing evidence for the dual roles of internet addiction and phubbing in explaining the relationship between social media addiction and poor mental health. Social media addiction did not directly influence poorer mental health but did via internet addiction and phubbing. Therefore, greater awareness of the inter-relationships between technology-based behaviors and their impact on mental health is needed among a wide range of stakeholders, and these inter-relationships need considering in the prevention and treatment of technology-based disorders.

Developing the Online Pornography Addiction Scale and examining its associations with psychosocial factors / Desarrollo de la “Escala de adicción a la pornografía en línea” y estudio de sus relaciones con factores psicosociales

Este estudio pretende desarrollar la Escala de Adicción a la Pornografía Online (OPAS) utilizando el modelo de adicción conductual y explorar las relaciones entre la escala, las variables demográficas, las variables psicosociales y las conductas de visionado de pornografía. Se realizaron dos estudios, el primero de ellos en dos fases. Los resultados del Estudio 1a y del Estudio 1b revelan que la OPAS consta de 23 ítems organizados en cuatro subescalas: Compulsividad-incontrolabilidad, Efectos psicosociales, Efectos sexuales y Tolerancia-retirada. En general, la escala demuestra consistencia y fiabilidad. Los resultados del Estudio 2 indican que la OPAS correlaciona con el sexo, el acceso a apoyo profesional, los niveles de desesperanza, la comunicación con la pareja, el grado de afiliación religiosa, el compromiso con vídeos sexuales, la frecuencia de consumo de pornografía, el tiempo dedicado a ver pornografía, la mayor duración sin pornografía, el impacto de la pornografía en las experiencias sexuales y la influencia de la pornografía en la vida diaria. La comunicación con parejas del sexo opuesto, el compromiso con vídeos sexuales, el impacto en la vida diaria y los niveles de afiliación religiosa también son predictores significativos de la puntuación en la OPAS. Estos resultados se discuten en relación con la literatura relevante. (AU)

Psychological Resilience of Healthcare Professionals During COVID-19 Pandemic.

The COVID-19 pandemic as a public health issue has spread to the rest of the world. Although the wellbeing and emotional resilience of healthcare professionals are key components of continuing healthcare services during the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare professionals have been observed in this period to experience serious psychological problems and to be at risk in terms of mental health. Therefore, this study aims to probe psychological resilience of healthcare workers. The findings of this study showed that in order to raise psychological resilience of healthcare professionals working during the COVID-19 pandemic their quality of sleep, positive emotions and life satisfaction need to be enhanced. Psychological resilience levels of healthcare workers in their later years were found to be higher. Doctors constitute the group with the lowest levels of psychological resilience among healthcare workers. The current study is considered to have contributed to the literature in this regard. Primary needs such as sleep which are determinants of quality of life, life satisfaction and psychological resilience should be met.

Effects of Phubbing: Relationships With Psychodemographic Variables.

The aim of this research is twofold: First, to adapt the Generic Scale of Phubbing and the Generic Scale of Being Phubbed into Turkish language and culture. Second, to investigate the relationships between phubbing, being phubbed, and various psychodemographic variables including anxiety, depression, negative self, somatization, hostility, loneliness, life satisfaction, and phone use duration. The two scales were adapted to Turkish with high psychometric properties, and the original item numbers were preserved. Analysis of the associations between variables showed that (1) phubbing was associated negatively with loneliness and positively with all other variables; (2) there was a strong relationship between phubbing and phone use duration; (3) somatization, satisfaction with life, and phone use duration predicted phubbing; (4) phubbing predicted all variables except satisfaction with life; (5) being phubbed was associated negatively with loneliness and satisfaction with life and positively with all other variables; and (6) anxiety, negative self, and hostility predicted being phubbed. This study is innovative for introducing two phubbing scales to Turkish and highlighting the psychological impact of phubbing on individuals.