ArticleFrontiers in public health2023
Peer pressure and adolescent mobile social media addiction: Moderation analysis of self-esteem and self-concept clarity.
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- Longitudinal changes in screen time, sleep, and sports/exercise activity in early adolescence.BMC pediatrics · 2025Article
- Anxiety mediates the effect of social media addiction on negative attentional bias: the moderating role of impulsivity.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Risks and protection: a qualitative study on the factors for internet addiction among elderly residents in Southwest China communities.BMC public health · 2024Article
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Abstract
Background: Social media addiction has increasingly been a critical social problem. We explored the association between peer pressure on mobile phone use and adolescent mobile social media addiction and tested whether self-esteem and self-concept clarity could buffer the effect of peer pressure. Methods: 830 adolescents ( Results: The results showed that peer pressure significantly predicted adolescent mobile social media addiction. Self-esteem moderated the effect of peer pressure on mobile social media addiction in that peer pressure had a weaker effect for adolescents with higher self-esteem. Self-concept clarity moderated the effect of peer pressure on mobile social media addiction in that peer pressure had a weaker effect for adolescents with higher self-esteem. The two moderators also interact in that the moderation of self-esteem was stronger for adolescents with higher self-concept clarity and the moderation of self-concept clarity for adolescents with higher self-esteem. Conclusion: The results highlight the critical role of self-esteem and self-concept clarity in buffering the impact of peer pressure on mobile social media addiction. The findings promote a better understanding of how to buffer the undesirable effect of peer pressure and reduce the risk of mobile social media addiction among adolescents.
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