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Problematic Social Media Use and Subjective Well-Being: The Chain Mediating Role of Technology Conflict and Fatigue
Jinglei YAN, Miaomiao FU, Bei HUANG, Shuailei LIAN
2023, 21(6):
824-831.
DOI: 10.12139/j.1672-0628.2023.06.014
We recruited 1073 college students from four universities, using Social Network Sites Addiction Scale, Technology Conflict Scale, Fatigue Scale, the Positive Affect and Negative Affect Scale and Life Satisfaction Scale, to investigate the effect of social network sites addiction on subjective well-being and its underlying mechanism among college students. Results showed that: 1) There were significant positive correlations between any two of the three variables, that is, problematic social media use, technology conflict, fatigue, each of which was negatively correlated with subjective well-being. 2) Problematic social media use significantly negatively predicted subjective well-being. 3) Problematic social media use affected subjective well-being through three paths: the first was the mediating role of technology conflict; the second was the mediating role of fatigue; the third was the chain-mediated role of both technology conflict and fatigue. This study uncovered the mechanism underlying the relationship between problematic social media use and subjective well-being, which not only contributes to the understanding of the complex mechanism between problematic social media use and its outcomes, but also has enlightening significance for us to guide college students use social network sites appropriately and moderately and to promote their psychosocial adaptation.
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