Mediating and moderating effects of cognitive flexibility in the relationship between social media addiction and phubbing

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Tanhan F., Özok H. İ., Kaya A., Yıldırım M.

Current Psychology, cilt.43, sa.1, ss.192-203, 2024 (SSCI) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 43 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2024
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1007/s12144-023-04242-8
  • Dergi Adı: Current Psychology
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, IBZ Online, BIOSIS, Business Source Elite, Business Source Premier, Psycinfo
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.192-203
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Social media addiction, Phubbing, Cognitive flexibility, Mediation effect, Moderation effect
  • Van Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

© 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.Presently, social media is widely used worldwide among different populations. Therefore, phubbing rapidly became a popular phenomenon in our daily life. However, little is known about the underlying mechanism and interaction between social media use and phubbing. Therefore, this research examines the mediating and moderating role of cognitive flexibility in the association between social media addiction and phubbing. Participants were 385 university students (280 females) studying at a state university in eastern Turkey and completed the self-reported measures of cognitive flexibility, social media addiction, and phubbing. The results showed that cognitive flexibility mediated and moderated the effect of social media addiction on phubbing. These findings may contribute to the discussion around the psychological consequences of using social media alongside increasing awareness about factors affecting and explaining the association between social media use and phubbing, which have important implications for research and practice.