According to the results of EFA, CFA, criterion-related validity, reliability analysis, and item analysis of SMDS, the Turkish form of SMDS is a valid and reliable instrument.

Problematic social media use (PSMU) among adolescents has become an area of increasing research interest in recent years. It is known that PSMU is negatively associated with social connectedness. The present study examined the role of family life satisfaction in this relationship by investigating its mediating and moderating role in the relationship between problematic social use and social connectedness. The present study comprised 549 adolescents (296 girls and 253 boys) who had used social media for at least 1 year and had at least one social media account. The measures used included the Social Media Disorder Scale, Social Connectedness Scale, and Family Life Satisfaction Scale. Mediation and moderation analyses were performed using Hayes’s Process program. Regression analysis showed that PSMU negatively predicted family life satisfaction and social connectedness. In addition, family life satisfaction and PSMU predicted social connectedness. Mediation analysis showed that family life satisfaction had a significant mediation effect in the relationship between PSMU and social connectedness. Family life satisfaction was partially mediated in the relationship between PSMU and social connectedness. Moderation analysis showed that family life satisfaction did not have a significant effect on the relationship between PSMU and social connectedness. The study suggests that family life satisfaction is a meaningful mediator (but not a moderator) in the relationship between problematic social media use and social connectedness.

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Öz. Bu araştırmanın amacı ergenlerde duygu düzenlemenin internet bağımlılığını yordama gücünü incelemektir. Araştırmanın çalışma grubu Ağrı ilinde farklı liselerde 2014-2015 öğretim döneminin bahar yarıyılında öğrenim gören yaşları 13 ile 19 arası arasında değişen, 197'si kadın, 229'u erkek toplam 426 ergenden oluşmaktadır. Araştırmada veri toplama aracı olarak İnternet Bağımlılığı Ölçeği ile Ergenlerde Duygu Düzenleme Ölçeği kullanılmıştır. Ergenlerin duygu düzenlemenin internet bağımlılığını yordama gücünün belirlenmesi için Pearson Momentler Çarpımı Korelasyon Analizi, Basit Doğrusal Regresyon ve Hiyerarşik Regresyon Analizi ile incelenmiştir. Analizler sonucunda ergenlerde duygu düzenlemenin internet bağımlılığının %34'ünü açıkladığı ve dışsal işlevsel duygu düzenleme, dışsal işlevsel olmayan duygu düzenle ve içsel işlevsel olmayan duygu düzenlemenin internet bağımlılığı ile pozitif ilişkili ve içsel işlevsel duygu düzenlemenin internet bağımlılığı ile negatif ilişkili olduğu bulunmuştur. Araştırma sonucunda elde edilen bulgular alan yazınıyla ilişkisi çerçevesinde tartışılmış, araştırmacı ve uygulamacılara öneriler sunulmuştur.

In the present study, a hypothetical model examining the relationships between histrionic personality belief, need for social approval, desire for being liked, social media disorder, and narcissistic personality belief was proposed and tested. The effect of histrionic personality belief on the need for social approval and desire for being liked was tested first. Then the effect of the need for social approval and desire for being liked on social media addiction were tested. Finally, the effect of social media addiction on narcissistic personality belief was tested. The present study comprised 305 adolescents (165 girls and 140 boys) and they were administered the Personality Belief Questionnaire-Short Form, Need for Social Approval Scale, Desire for Being Liked Scale, and Social Media Disorder Scale. Before the proposed hypothetical model was tested, each latent variable was tested with measurement models to determine if it could be used in structural models. Findings demonstrated that histrionic personality belief positively affected the need for social approval and desire for being liked. The need for social approval and desire for being liked positively affected social media addiction. Finally, social media addiction positively affected narcissistic personality belief.