APS
2024 APS Annual Convention · 2024
Emotion Regulation and Social Media Motives As Mediators of Attachment and Problematic Social Media Use
- Nieve Mahood
State University of New York, College at Geneseo - Monica Schneider
State University of New York, College at Geneseo - Anna Arehart
State University of New York, College at Geneseo - Kaela Dimanlig
State University of New York, College at Geneseo
Abstract
We examined how emotional regulation and social media motives mediated insecure attachment and social media usage. Only anxious attachment predicted social media usage and stalking. Escapism and validation fully mediated the relationship between anxious attachment and addiction, whereas escapism and validation partially mediated the relationship between anxious attachment and stalking.
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