The mediating role of cognitive distortions in the relationship between problematic social media use and self-esteem in youth

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dc.contributor.authorSireli, Ozlem
dc.contributor.authorDayi, Ali
dc.contributor.authorColak, Mehmet
dc.date.accessioned2024-03-13T10:30:44Z
dc.date.available2024-03-13T10:30:44Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.departmentİstanbul Beykent Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractSelf-esteem expresses the individual's approach to himself and affects the whole life in terms of mental health. Another important factor affecting self-esteem, which has a critical importance for the youth period, is social media. In the literature, there are many studies examining the relationship between social media use and self-esteem of young people. In this study, it was aimed to investigate the relationship between problematic social media use and self-esteem in university students and to test the mediating role of cognitive distortions in the relationship between these two variables. The sample of the study consisted of 239 young individuals, 197 (82.4%) female, and 42 (17.6%) males, with a mean age of 20.62 & PLUSMN; 1.92 years, studying at a private university. Participants were evaluated by administering the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES), Social Media Disorder Scale (SMD-9), and Cognitive Distortions Scale (CDS). The scales were administered via an online survey. Results revealed that there was a negative significant relationship between the problematic social media use levels of the participants and their self-esteem. In the model established to evaluate the mediating role of cognitive distortions in the relationship between problematic social media use and self-esteem levels, in the first step, it was found that problematic social media use directly predicted self-esteem negatively. In the second step, it was determined that the use of problematic social media negatively predicted the mediating variable cognitive distortions. In the third step, when cognitive distortions, which are mediator variables, are added to the model in the relationship between problematic social media use and self-esteem; it was determined that cognitive distortions played a partial mediating role in the sub-dimensions of self-perception, self-blame, hopelessness and seeing life as dangerous, while the sub-dimensions of helplessness and total scale scores played a full mediator role. Our findings show that there is a negative relationship between the problematic social media use of young people and their self-esteem levels, and cognitive distortions play a mediating role in the relationship between both variables.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s10339-023-01155-z
dc.identifier.endpage584en_US
dc.identifier.issn1612-4782
dc.identifier.issn1612-4790
dc.identifier.issue4en_US
dc.identifier.pmid37605077en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85168506263en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ3en_US
dc.identifier.startpage575en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10339-023-01155-z
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12662/3521
dc.identifier.volume24en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:001051999300001en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/Aen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMeden_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSpringer Heidelbergen_US
dc.relation.ispartofCognitive Processingen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectSelf-esteemen_US
dc.subjectProblematic social media useen_US
dc.subjectCognitive distortionsen_US
dc.titleThe mediating role of cognitive distortions in the relationship between problematic social media use and self-esteem in youthen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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