RT Article
T1 Exploring adolescent social media and internet gaming addiction: The role of emotion regulation
JF Journal of addictions & offender counseling
VO 44
IS 1
SP 69
OP 80
A1 Giordano, Amanda L.
A2 Schmit, Michael K.
A2 McCall, John
LA English
YR 2023
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1840543426
AB Behavioral addictions such as social media addiction and internet gaming disorder are prevalent among adolescent populations. Although studies have investigated predictors of these addictive behaviors with international samples of adolescents, less is known about American adolescents. In this study, we investigated the predictive nature of emotion regulation after controlling for age, gender, and race with regard to social media addiction and internet gaming disorder severity. Results indicate that gender and emotion regulation significantly predicted both forms of behavioral addictions with small to moderate effects. Specifically, female gender and lower emotion regulation significantly predicted social media addiction and male gender and lower emotion regulation significantly predicted internet gaming disorder severity. Implications for mental health professionals are discussed.
K1 social media addiction
K1 Internet Gaming Disorder
K1 Emotion regulation
K1 behavioral addictions
K1 Adolescents
DO 10.1002/jaoc.12116