TY - JOUR
T1 - Moderated-mediation analysis of problematic social networking use
T2 - The role of anxious attachment orientation, fear of missing out and satisfaction with life
AU - Boustead, Roz
AU - Flack, Mal
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Elsevier Ltd
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Copyright 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2021/8
Y1 - 2021/8
N2 - Anxious attachment orientation has a well document relationship with problematic social networking use. Additionally, the fear of missing out and satisfaction with life have emerged as robust predictors of problematic social networking use. However, it remains unclear how these determinants may converge to promote problematic social networking use. Thus, the current study examined how anxious attachment, fear of missing out, and satisfaction with life concurrently influence problematic social networking use. One hundred and eighty-eight participants were recruited from online dissertation swap sites to complete an online questionnaire. The mean age of the sample was 31.95 (SD = 11.54) and 67% were female. As expected, anxious attachment was positively related to problematic social networking use. Further analysis indicated the relationship between anxious attachment and problematic social networking use was mediated by fear of missing out, and this relationship was moderated by satisfaction with life. These findings indicate that engendering greater levels of life satisfaction in those who engage in problematic social networking could present a viable prevention or treatment strategy.
AB - Anxious attachment orientation has a well document relationship with problematic social networking use. Additionally, the fear of missing out and satisfaction with life have emerged as robust predictors of problematic social networking use. However, it remains unclear how these determinants may converge to promote problematic social networking use. Thus, the current study examined how anxious attachment, fear of missing out, and satisfaction with life concurrently influence problematic social networking use. One hundred and eighty-eight participants were recruited from online dissertation swap sites to complete an online questionnaire. The mean age of the sample was 31.95 (SD = 11.54) and 67% were female. As expected, anxious attachment was positively related to problematic social networking use. Further analysis indicated the relationship between anxious attachment and problematic social networking use was mediated by fear of missing out, and this relationship was moderated by satisfaction with life. These findings indicate that engendering greater levels of life satisfaction in those who engage in problematic social networking could present a viable prevention or treatment strategy.
KW - Anxious attachment
KW - Fear of missing out
KW - Problematic social networking
KW - Satisfaction with life
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U2 - 10.1016/j.addbeh.2021.106938
DO - 10.1016/j.addbeh.2021.106938
M3 - Article
C2 - 33845255
AN - SCOPUS:85103763900
VL - 119
SP - 1
EP - 6
JO - Addictive Behaviors
JF - Addictive Behaviors
SN - 0306-4603
M1 - 106938
ER -