ArticleFrontiers in psychology2021
Common Predictive Factors of Social Media Addiction and Eating Disorder Symptoms in Female College Students: State Anxiety and the Mediating Role of Cognitive Flexibility/Sustained Attention.
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- Status and Influencing Factors of Social Media Addiction in Chinese Workers: Cross-Sectional Survey Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Article
- Prevalence of Eating Disorders and Their Association with Social Media Addiction among Youths.Nutrients · 2023Article
- Mediating and moderating effects of cognitive flexibility in the relationship between social media addiction and phubbing.Current psychology (New Brunswick, N.J.) · 2023Article
- The effect of mindfulness on social media addiction among Chinese college students: A serial mediation model.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
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Abstract
This study aimed to investigate the common predictive factors between social media addiction (SMA) and eating disorder symptoms (EDS), in a group of Chinese female college students. A total of 216 students completed the behavioral assessments of cognitive flexibility and sustained attention, as well as the questionnaires on anxiety, social media dependence, and eating disorders. The results indicate that SMA is significantly correlated with EDS. Structural equation modeling was used to test the model in which state anxiety, cognitive flexibility, and sustained attention predicted social gain and EDS. Additionally, the results confirmed the mediating role of cognitive flexibility and sustained attention between state anxiety and SMA/EDS in the participants. The findings revealed that in the sample group, state anxiety was related to SMA and EDS through cognitive flexibility and sustained attention. These proposals reflect the significance of improving cognitive flexibility/sustained attention and reducing state anxiety to prevent EDS and SMA in female college students.
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