ArticleAlpha psychiatry2023
Social Media Use Motives as Mediators of the Link Between Covert Narcissism and Problematic Social Media Use.
Article in Alpha psychiatry, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.
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- Effect of emotional intelligence on problematic mobile social media use: mediating role of peer relationships and experiential avoidance.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Understanding the relationship between social media use for information acquisition and life satisfaction from a knowledge, beliefs, and practices perspective.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Family happiness and college students' smartphone addiction control: the chain mediation effect of emotion regulation and self-control.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
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Abstract
Background: The present study was carried out to investigate the mediating effect of the social media use motives between covert narcissism and problematic social media use in the Korean population. Methods: College students using social networking service (SNS) (n = 603, 43.6% male) filled out self-report questionnaires of covert narcissism, social media use motives, and problematic social media use. Results: Participants who reported more covert narcissism reported more problematic social media use. In addition, the relations between covert narcissism and problematic social media use was mediated by information, enhancement, coping, and conformity motives. Conclusion: The findings of this study can help to establish an intervention program -suitable for a specific population group and identify high-risk groups for problematic social media use.
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