How maladaptive cognitions contribute to the development of problematic social media use

Introduction: The current study investigates the effects of perfectionism discrepancies (PD) and social hopelessness (SH) on problematic social media use as conceptualized by the cognitive-behavioral model. Methods: A sample of 400 university students (52.3% women; mean age = 22.01 ± 1.99) completed...

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Main Authors: Giulia Fioravanti, Gordon Flett, Paul Hewitt, Laura Rugai, Silvia Casale
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-06-01
Series:Addictive Behaviors Reports
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352853219302214