Self-control and problematic use of social networking sites: Examining distress tolerance as a mediator among Argentinian college students

Pilatti, Angelina; Bravo, Adrian J.; Michelini, Yanina; Aguirre, Paula; Pautassi, Ricardo Marcos

doi:10.1016/j.abrep.2021.100389

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“…Participants rated their level of agreement with each statement (from 1 = strongly disagree to 7 = strongly agree ). This version was used with college students from Argentina [ 49 ]. In the validation study for the Spanish version [ 48 ], Cronbach’s alphas were .79 (Cognitive reappraisal) and .75 (Expressive suppression).…”

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“…Participants rated, on a 5-point scale (from 1 = strongly agree to 5 = strongly disagree ), their level of agreement with each statement. This version was previously used with college students from Argentina and showed adequate reliability (between α = .73 and α = .84) for each dimension [ 53 ] and for the total score [ 49 ]. In the present study, Cronbach’s alphas were as follows: .81 (Tolerance), .82 (Appraisal), .85 (Absorption), and .74 (Regulation).…”

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Association between personality traits and symptoms of depression and anxiety via emotional regulation and distress tolerance

Aguirre,

Michelini,

Bravo

et al. 2024

PLoS ONE

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The Big Five personality traits have shown associations with symptoms of depression and anxiety among college students, but it is unclear which factors mediate these relationships. Past research suggests that psychological distress is closely related to difficulties in affect regulation (e.g., low distress tolerance). Therefore, the present study examined the associations between personality traits and depression and anxiety via emotion regulation and distress tolerance. Participants were 694 (81.4% females; Mean age = 23.12 [SD 2.75]) Argentinian college students who completed an online survey examining mental health and personality variables. A sizeable percentage of students endorsed moderate to severe symptoms of depression (45.1%) or anxiety (25.9%). Utilizing path analyses, we found that appraisal, a dimension of distress tolerance, atemporally mediated the association between emotional stability and symptoms of depression/anxiety (i.e., higher levels of emotional stability → higher appraisal distress tolerance → fewer symptoms of depression/anxiety). Further, expressive suppression (a dimension of emotion regulation) significantly mediated the associations between personality traits (i.e., agreeableness and extraversion) and symptoms of depression (higher levels of agreeableness/extraversion → lower use of expressive suppression → fewer symptoms of depression). Taken together, the results suggest that higher levels of emotional stability, extraversion and agreeableness could protect students from the development of symptoms of depression/anxiety via lower maladaptive emotion regulation strategies and higher distress tolerance (particularly appraisal). These findings highlight the relevance of intervention strategies specifically tailored to improve distress tolerance and emotion regulation for those students undergoing mental health problems.

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Association between personality traits and symptoms of depression and anxiety via emotional regulation and distress tolerance

Aguirre,

Michelini,

Bravo

et al. 2024

PLoS ONE

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“…In the latter phase, most SNSs are organized to provide frequent content to users, which makes it easier to use social media as often as possible to check for new content, such as friend posts, incoming messages, or shared photos (Cheung et al, 2022). The use of social networks has indirect positive effects on the user's well-being by increasing selfesteem and perceived social support, as well as by providing opportunities for selfdisclosure with positive social repercussions, such as greater social support (Pilatti et al, 2021).…”

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“…SNS is a substrate for social media that enables the exchange of content generated by users on the Internet so that they can connect to a public social networking network (Pilatti et al, 2021). Among the most well-known and used types of SNS are Facebook, Youtube, Instagram, and Twitter.…”

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Overview on Social Media User Behavior during the COVID-19 Pandemic: From Fear of Missing Out and Social Networking Fatigue to Privacy Concerns

Mican

Mihuț

Sterie

et al. 2022

Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai Oeconomica

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Social networking sites and social media serve as vital avenues of interaction among people all over the world as well as essential platforms for the distribution of information. Companies, like individuals, embrace social networks as a non-formal way to engage with their customers and suppliers, gather information about their online behavior, and offer personalized content. Both scholars and managers from various organizations looking to increase their competitive edge or market shares have an interest in the impact that social networks have on human behavior. Because of this, the current research seeks to investigate how users perceive a wide range of concepts related to using social networking sites, including fear of missing out (FoMO), social networking fatigue, information and communication overload, ubiquitous connectivity and peer communication, and privacy concerns. The authors also examined users’ intentions to continue using social networking sites despite the COVID-19 outbreak in order to ensure a more thorough understanding of the research topic. The findings aim to provide a better knowledge of how users see interaction on social networks in their daily lives as well as an overview of user perspectives on the terms mentioned above.

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“…Self-control is defined as a set of constructs referring to the self-initiated regulation of thoughts, feelings, and actions to face momentary desires and temptations to achieve a greater goal. To consider the different components that define self-control, researchers have focused on affect regulation (e.g., emotion regulation), behavioral regulation (e.g., self-regulation), and impulsivity as distinct markers of self-control that, in conjunction, impact numerous outcomes (e.g., problematic social media use, Pilatti et al, 2021a), including substance use outcomes (Hagger et al, 2019). Precisely, emotion regulation refers to cognitive and behavioral efforts to control the emotions that one feels, when they occur, and how they are felt or expressed (Gross, 1998;.…”

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Substance Use Motives as Mediators of the Associations between Self-Control Constructs and Negative Substance Use Consequences: A Cross-Cultural Examination

Montgomery,

Michelini,

Bravo

et al. 2024

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The present study sought to examine three distinct research questions: a) are self-control constructs (i.e., negative/positive urgency, self-regulation, and emotion-regulation) indirectly related to negative alcohol/marijuana consequences via substance use motives, b) to what extent are these indirect effects consistent across differing drugs (i.e., alcohol and marijuana), and c) are these models invariant across gender and countries. Participants were 2,230 college students (mean age=20.28, SD=0.40; 71.1% females) across 7 countries (USA, Canada, Spain, England, Argentina, Uruguay, and South Africa) who consumed alcohol and marijuana in the last month. Two (one for alcohol and one for marijuana) fully saturated path models were conducted, such that indirect paths were examined for each self-control construct and substance use motive on negative consequences (e.g., negative urgency → coping motives → negative consequences) within the same model. Within the comprehensive alcohol model, we found that lower self-regulation and higher negative urgency/suppression were related to more alcohol consequences via higher coping and conformity motives. For marijuana, we found that lower self-regulation and higher negative urgency/suppression were related to more marijuana consequences via higher coping motives (not significant for conformity motives). Unique to marijuana, we did find support for higher expansion motives indirectly linking positive urgency to more negative consequences. These results were invariant across gender groups and only minor differences across countries emerged. Prevention and intervention programs of alcohol and marijuana around university campuses may benefit from targeting self-control related skills in addition to motives to drug use to prevent and reduce negative drug-related consequences.

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Self-control and problematic use of social networking sites: Examining distress tolerance as a mediator among Argentinian college students

Cited by 5 publications

References 83 publications

Association between personality traits and symptoms of depression and anxiety via emotional regulation and distress tolerance

Association between personality traits and symptoms of depression and anxiety via emotional regulation and distress tolerance

Overview on Social Media User Behavior during the COVID-19 Pandemic: From Fear of Missing Out and Social Networking Fatigue to Privacy Concerns

Substance Use Motives as Mediators of the Associations between Self-Control Constructs and Negative Substance Use Consequences: A Cross-Cultural Examination

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