ArticleBMC psychology2024
Depressive inclinations mediate the association between personality (neuroticism/conscientiousness) and TikTok Use Disorder tendencies.
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- Exploring Problematic TikTok Use and Mental Health Issues: A Systematic Review of Empirical Studies.Journal of primary care & community healthPooled it
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- Insufficient Quality of Mental Health Information on German-Speaking TikTok: A Content Analysis.Clinical psychology in Europe · 2026Article
- The Psychometric Validity of the TikTok Addiction Scale Turkish Version: The Relationship between TikTok Addiction, Stress, and Personality.Sisli Etfal Hastanesi tip bulteni · 2026Article
- Association between chronic diseases and depressive inclinations among rural middle-aged and older adults.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- The TikTok Addiction Scale: Development and validation.AIMS public health · 2024Article
- The relationship between personality and short video addiction among college students is mediated by depression and anxiety.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundWe introduce a novel measure for assessing TikTok overuse, called the TikTok Use Disorder-Questionnaire (TTUD-Q). As part of ongoing investigations into the suitability of the World Health Organization's (WHO) framework for diagnosing Gaming Disorder in the context of social media overuse, we developed this questionnaire by adapting the WHO framework, replacing the term "gaming" with "TikTok use".
methodsIn order to address this question, we investigated the psychometric properties of the newly designed TTUD-Q and assessed its associations with the BFI-10 (assessing the Big Five of Personality) and the PHQ-8 (assessing depressive tendencies).
resultsIn this study, involving a final sample of 378 participants, we observed that higher levels of neuroticism were linked to greater tendencies toward TikTok Use Disorder (TTUD). Furthermore, we identified that this association was mediated by depressive tendencies. Similar trends emerged when investigating the relationship between lower levels of conscientiousness and higher TTUD tendencies, with depressive tendencies once again serving as a mediator. DISCUSSION: Our research sets the foundation for future studies that should delve deeper into examining individual differences in TTUD using the WHO framework originally designed for Gaming Disorder.
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