Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Nuray Cancer, Yagmur Sezer Efe, Oznur Basdas
Summary: Adolescents spend about 3 hours a day on social media, primarily engaging in visual communication. Exposure to appearance ideals on social media may lead to appearance-based anxiety and binge-eating behavior in adolescents. This study found that girls, those who perceive low family income, and those influenced by social media have higher social appearance anxiety.
CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Lixia Wang, Meiqi Tan, Liyan Fan, Yukang Xue, Yahong Li, Shuzhi Zhou, Chuanhua Gu
Summary: This study explored the effects of media ideal internalization on social appearance anxiety in adolescents and examined the mediating role of negative physical self and the moderating role of gender. The results showed that media ideal internalization positively predicted social appearance anxiety, and negative physical self partially mediated this relationship. Gender moderated the first stage of the mediation process, with a stronger indirect effect among girls. This study provides insights into the psychological mechanisms through which media influences adolescents' appearance anxiety and highlights the importance of considering gender differences.
CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Developmental
Melanie J. Zimmer-Gembeck, Julia Rudolph, Haley J. Webb, Leah Henderson, Tanya Hawes
Summary: The study found that adolescents and young adults are at risk of victimization in both offline and online social environments, leading to increased appearance anxiety and preoccupation. Face-to-face peer victimization has a greater impact on offline appearance anxiety and online appearance preoccupation, with strong correlations between the two. Females and older individuals are more likely to experience anxiety and preoccupation related to appearance.
JOURNAL OF YOUTH AND ADOLESCENCE
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Dar Meshi, Morgan E. Ellithorpe
Summary: The study reveals that problematic social media use is associated with decreased real-life social support and increased social support on social media. Real-life social support is then linked to reduced depression, anxiety, and social isolation, while social support on social media is not associated with these mental health measures. The findings highlight the importance of real-life social support in buffering the negative impacts of problematic social media use on mental health.
ADDICTIVE BEHAVIORS
(2021)
Article
Business
Fengyi Deng, Xia Jiang
Summary: The association between social media use and appearance dissatisfaction has attracted significant academic attention. This study examines the specific appearance dissatisfaction caused by social media influencer images and their impact on users' appearance anxiety, focusing on the differences between human influencers (HIs) and emerging virtual influencers (VIs). The results show that both HI and VI images induce significantly higher appearance anxiety compared to the control group. Participants exposed to VI images reported lower appearance anxiety than those exposed to HI images.
JOURNAL OF RETAILING AND CONSUMER SERVICES
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Alexandra Maftei
Summary: This study explored the relationship between adolescents' perceived parental controlling behaviors, social network use, and physical appearance anxiety, and found that interpersonal sensitivity played a partially mediating role. The results suggest that controlling parenting and excessive social media use can negatively impact the sensitivity of adolescents to others' behaviors and feelings.
CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Haitham Jahrami
Summary: Earlier studies have found a strong association between nomophobia and insomnia. This study used a cross-sectional study design and mobile phone apps to collect data to explore the relationships between these variables and their impact on physical and mental health outcomes. The results showed significant associations between nomophobia and insomnia, nomophobia and the eveningness chronotype, and nomophobia and screen time. Interventions targeting nomophobia may help address insomnia, particularly among individuals with an evening chronotype. Future studies should investigate the causal relationship between these variables.
Article
Clinical Neurology
Qiaoxing Mou, Jie Zhuang, Yuexia Gao, Yaqin Zhong, Qingyun Lu, Fei Gao, Miaomiao Zhao
Summary: This study explores the link between social anxiety and academic engagement among college students through the mediating effects of social media addiction and sleep quality. The results show that social anxiety has a direct effect on academic engagement and indirect effects through social media addiction, poor sleep quality, and the combination of both. Therefore, interventions targeting social media addiction and sleep quality may improve academic engagement among college students with social anxiety.
JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS
(2022)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Zhaomeng Niu, Jessica Willoughby, Rongting Zhou
Summary: The study aimed to explore the associations between health literacy, health-related social media use, self-efficacy, and health behavioral intentions online. Results showed that self-efficacy mediated the effects of health literacy and social media use on health behavioral intentions on social media. Age and previous experience served as moderators in the relationship between health literacy/social media use and self-efficacy.
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Akaki Tsilosani, KinHo Chan, Adriana Steffens, Thomas B. Bolton, William J. Kowalczyk
Summary: This study examined the relationship between problematic social media use (PSMU) and mental health disorders, as well as the reward responsiveness mechanisms and neurophysiological characteristics of PSMU. The results showed that PSMU is associated with mental health issues and the pattern of reward response is different compared with other addictive behaviors. The QEEG results are consistent with previous research on substance use and depression.
ADDICTIVE BEHAVIORS
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Michael Lyvers, Alessandra Salviani, Stephanie Costan, Fred Arne Thorberg
Summary: This study compared the association between three traits and symptoms of internet addiction and social media addiction, finding that narcissism and social anxiety were associated with social media addiction symptoms, while internet addiction symptoms were also predicted by alexithymia.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Shivani Arora, Meera Mehta
Summary: The study uses bibliometric analysis to examine the research landscape of social media addiction, analyzing the topic and trends of scientific publications in this field. Based on 712 peer-reviewed papers from the Scopus database, the analysis reveals the significant contributions, influential publications, and key institutions in social media addiction research.
COMPUTERS IN HUMAN BEHAVIOR
(2023)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Mansour A. Alfaya, Naif Saud Abdullah, Najim Z. Alshahrani, Amar Abdullah A. Alqahtani, Mohammed R. Algethami, Abdulelah Saeed Y. Al Qahtani, Mohammed A. Aljunaid, Faisal Turki G. Alharbi
Summary: This study aimed to assess the prevalence and determinants of social media addiction among medical students in Saudi Arabia. The results showed that 55.2% of the participants were addicted to social media, with male students being more prone to addiction. Moreover, students with poor academic performance and those experiencing symptoms of depression or anxiety were more likely to be addicted.
Article
Clinical Neurology
Wanling Zhang, Jianlin Pu, Ruini He, Minglan Yu, Liling Xu, Xiumei He, Ziwen Chen, Zhiqin Gan, Kezhi Liu, Youguo Tan, Bo Xiang
Summary: This study found that internet addiction among adolescents is associated with demographic characteristics, family environment, and psychological factors. Negative psychological factors play an important role in different types of behavioral addictions.
JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS
(2022)
Article
Computer Science, Cybernetics
Malakeh Z. Malak, Ahmed H. Shuhaiber, Rasmieh M. Al-amer, Mohammad H. Abuadas, Reham J. Aburoomi
Summary: The study found that social media addiction has indirect effects on students' academic performance, and direct impacts on their stress and anxiety levels, which in turn affect academic performance.
BEHAVIOUR & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Engin Unguren, Omer Akgun Tekin, Huseyin Avsalli, Yasar Yigit Kacmaz
Summary: The study found that COVID-19 anxiety and job insecurity have negative effects on hotel employees in terms of mental burnout. Additionally, it was determined that financial well-being, as an individual characteristic, acted as a moderator variable affecting the severity of burnout based on COVID-19 anxiety and job insecurity. The research findings provide theoretical and practical contributions for decision makers and researchers.
Article
Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism
Omer Akgun Tekin, Alparslan Abdullah Turhan
Summary: This study investigated whether tourism students are addicted to social media and the relationship between addiction and personality traits. The research found a positive correlation between neuroticism and addiction, and negative correlations between extraversion, agreeableness, and conscientiousness with addiction.
JOURNAL OF TOURISM AND SERVICES
(2021)
Article
Food Science & Technology
Engin Ungueren, Omer Akguen Tekin
Summary: This study found that openness to experience personality traits positively affect the creative potential of kitchen staff, while food neophobia has a negative impact. Food neophobia plays a mediating role, and occupational self-efficacy plays a moderating role. Low openness to experience and high food neophobia have a negative effect on the creativity potential of kitchen staff.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GASTRONOMY AND FOOD SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Yusuf Yilmaz, Engin Unguren, Omer Akgun Tekin, Yasar Yigit Kacmaz
Summary: The COVID-19 outbreak had a significant impact on the well-being and job security of hospitality employees. This study examines how perceived organizational support, organizational commitment, and turnover intention are related, taking into consideration employees' infection status and perceived job insecurity. The findings reveal that the impact of perceived organizational support on organizational commitment and turnover intention varies depending on whether employees were infected during the pandemic and their perceived job insecurity. The study provides important insights into employee attitudes towards companies and offers practical recommendations for reducing the negative effects of job insecurity and infection risk on turnover intentions.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
Article
Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism
Engin Unguren, Omer Akgun Tekin, Mehmet Bayirli
Summary: This study explores the motivations of participants of different nationalities in Alanya, finding that push and pull motivations vary according to country origin and significantly influence destination satisfaction. Push motivation factors of Middle Eastern and Russian participants have a higher impact on destination satisfaction than European participants.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF TOURISM RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Education & Educational Research
JungHoon (Jay) Lee, Jinsoo Hwang
Summary: This study examines the personal traits that affect the intercultural communication apprehension (ICA) among American hospitality students. Results show that cultural intelligence (CQ) and core self-evaluations (CSE) can decrease ICA, while ethnocentrism promotes ICA. Additionally, CSE can reduce the impact of ethnocentrism on ICA.
JOURNAL OF HOSPITALITY LEISURE SPORT & TOURISM EDUCATION
(2024)