The emotion regulatory function of online social networking: Preliminary experimental evidence

Drach, Rae D.; Orloff, Natalia C.; Hormes, Julia M.

doi:10.1016/j.addbeh.2020.106559

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“…The prevalence of internet addiction among Chinese adolescents was found to be 10.4% (6). Many adolescents with internet addiction show more problematic internet usage, which may be associated with significantly more negative emotion and greater deficits in emotional regulation (7). There are obvious differences between boys and girls in Internet addiction.…”

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The Mediating Roles of Emotional Regulation on Negative Emotion and Internet Addiction Among Chinese Adolescents From a Development Perspective

Liang

Zhu

Dai³

et al. 2021

Front. Psychiatry

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Previous researches indicated that emotional regulation can be associated with depression and anxiety, which may be an important mediating factor between emotional regulation and internet addiction. However, the mechanism between these associations has received little attention and it is still unclear. This study has examined 716 Chinese adolescents, 341 were males (47.6%), aged 13 to 18(Mean = 14.58, SD = 1.50), using a cross-sectional survey involving Young's Diagnostic Questionnaire for Internet Addiction, the nine-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9), the seven-item Generalized Anxiety (GAD-7) scale, and the Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ). Correlation analysis, multiple-group analysis and structural equation modeling were carried out in SPSS Statistics version 23 (IBM, Armonk, NY) and AMOS version 21. Cognitive reappraisal had a significantly negative direct effect on Internet addiction (β = −0.118, p < 0.05). Furthermore, negative emotions mediated the relationships between expression suppression and Internet addiction [β = 0.149, 95% CI = (0.099, 0.212)] and the relationship between cognitive reappraisal and Internet addiction [β = −0.101, 95% CI = (−0.147, −0.065)]. The differences in the structure path coefficients for different development stages demonstrated that recognitive reappraisal showed more protective roles for negative emotion (p < 0.01), and negative emotion also predict Internet addiction more effectively in high school students (p < 0.001). However, cognitive reappraisal directly predicted negative Internet addiction in junior high school students. Therefore, the intervention on adolescents for internet addiction should not only focus on emotional regulation and negative emotion, but also development stages of adolescents.

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The Mediating Roles of Emotional Regulation on Negative Emotion and Internet Addiction Among Chinese Adolescents From a Development Perspective

Liang

Zhu

Dai³

et al. 2021

Front. Psychiatry

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“… Weiss et al (2018) found that college students with more difficulties in regulating positive emotions (including here a lower capacity to regulate behaviors when experiencing positive emotions) were more likely to exhibit greater alcohol and drug misuse. Individual differences in emotion regulation have been associated with some, but not all ( Barrault et al, 2017 ), non-substance addictive behaviors ( Drach et al, 2021 , Yen et al, 2017 ). For instance, individuals with internet gaming disorder, compared to control individuals, reported lower levels of cognitive reappraisal and higher levels of expressive suppression ( Yen et al, 2017 ).…”

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“…For instance, individuals with internet gaming disorder, compared to control individuals, reported lower levels of cognitive reappraisal and higher levels of expressive suppression ( Yen et al, 2017 ). Similarly, college students with problematic use of SNSs reported more deficits in emotion regulation than their peers who did not meet criteria for maladaptive SNS use ( Drach et al, 2021 ). A recent experimental study induced positive, negative or neutral emotional states and then assessed time spent using SNSs or a control website to examine the use of SNSs to regulate emotions ( Drach et al, 2021 ).…”

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“…Similarly, college students with problematic use of SNSs reported more deficits in emotion regulation than their peers who did not meet criteria for maladaptive SNS use ( Drach et al, 2021 ). A recent experimental study induced positive, negative or neutral emotional states and then assessed time spent using SNSs or a control website to examine the use of SNSs to regulate emotions ( Drach et al, 2021 ). Participants who used SNSs after being emotionally-induced reported an increase in positive affect while participants assigned to the control website showed a decrease in positive affect, suggesting an emotion regulatory function of SNSs use.…”

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“…Based on prior research on SNSs outcomes or other addictive behaviors, we expected that lower levels of self-control ( Cudo et al, 2020 ), particularly emotion-driven impulsivity ( Rothen et al, 2018 ), would be associated with problematic use of SNSs. As maladaptive use of SNSs may represent a dysfunctional strategy to regulate intense positive or negative emotions, we also expected that emotion regulation would be associated with maladaptive use of SNSs ( Drach et al, 2021 , Yen et al, 2017 ). Moreover, we hypothesized that DT would mediate the associations between these distal variables and problematic use of SNSs ( Akbari, 2017 ).…”

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

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Michelini

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Highlights Problematic use of social networking sites (PUSNS) is an important health concern. We tested the associations of self-control with SNS outcomes via distress tolerance. Self-regulation was positively associated with PUSNS via lower distress tolerance. Negative urgency was positively associated with PUSNS via lower distress tolerance. Self-regulation, positive and negative urgency had direct associations with PUSNS.

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ZusammenfassungJugendliche und Kinder bis hin zu Säuglingen wachsen in einem medial geprägten Umfeld auf. Digitale Hardware (Smartphones, Computer, Tablets, Spielekonsolen und Fernseher) und deren Anwendungen (zum Spielen, zur sozialen Kommunikation, zur Wissensvermittlung) sind längst fester Bestandteil des Alltags von Kindern und Jugendlichen, sei es zu Hause, in der Schule bzw. dem Kindergarten oder in der Freizeit. Die COVID-19-Pandemie hat die Verwendung digitaler Medien weiter intensiviert. Das Kinder-(Schlaf)zimmer ist inzwischen ein Ort digitaler medialer Nutzung geworden, tagsüber, am Abend und in der Nacht. Die Nutzung digitaler Technologien wirkt sich negativ auf den Schlaf aus und führt zu einer verkürzten Gesamtschlafdauer, verminderter Schlafqualität, Schlafstörungen, einer verzögerten Einschlafzeit oder einem gestörten Schlafrhythmus bis hin zu einer Tag-Nacht-Umkehr. Als potenzielle Wirkmechanismen und Moderatoren in der Beziehung zwischen Mediennutzung und Schlaf wirken erstens die direkte Ersetzung des Schlafes durch die digitale Mediennutzung, zweitens ein erhöhtes Arousal, drittens eine Verzögerung des zirkadianen Rhythmus, ausgelöst durch die Lichtexposition bei Bildschirmtätigkeit, viertens eine (defizitäre) Selbstkontrolle und fünftens eine dysfunktionale Emotionsregulation.

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The emotion regulatory function of online social networking: Preliminary experimental evidence

Cited by 16 publications

References 47 publications

The Mediating Roles of Emotional Regulation on Negative Emotion and Internet Addiction Among Chinese Adolescents From a Development Perspective

The Mediating Roles of Emotional Regulation on Negative Emotion and Internet Addiction Among Chinese Adolescents From a Development Perspective

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

Digital Media and Sleep in Children and Adolescents: Background

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