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Motives for using social networking sites: a uses & gratifications perspective amongst people with eating disorder symptoms
Studies investigating motives for social networking sites (SNS) use amongst people with eating disorder (ED) symptoms are scarce. The uses and...
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Why do people love short-form videos? The motivations for using Chinese TikTok (Douyin) and implications for well-being
Short-form video SNS such as TikTok has gained popularity worldwide. However, there remains a limited understanding of why individuals watch and...
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Psychology Tok: Use of TikTok, Mood, and Self-Perception in a Sample of College Students
TikTok is a highly popular social media application that involves exposure to video content that is presumably personally relevant and highly...
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Influence of AI recommendation method and product type on consumers’ acceptance: an event-related potential study
Currently, artificial intelligence (AI) recommendations are widely used to alleviate the phenomenon of information overload, and how to enhance the...
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Advertising in the Time of COVID-19: A Thematic and Social Engagement Analysis of Messages and Consumer Feedback
Advertising is often considered a controversial societal mirror reflecting what consumers reportedly want, even in times of global strife such as the...
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The impact of interpersonal alienation on excessive Internet fiction reading: Analysis of parasocial relationship as a mediator and relational-interdependent self-construal as a moderator
Internet fiction reading is a proliferating recreational activity in China, for its compelling narratives and immersive experience on portable mobile...
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Adolescents’ Use of Sexually Explicit Internet Material Over the Course of 2019–2020 in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Three-wave Panel Study
Recently, sexual health scholars have expressed concerns regarding adolescents’ use of sexually explicit internet materials (SEIM) during the...
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“Pattern Matters”: a Latent Class Analysis of Internet Use and Users’ Attitudes Toward Homosexuality in China
IntroductionStudies have identified an association between Internet use frequency and users’ attitudes toward homosexuality. According to the uses...
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Mentalization-Oriented Metacognitive Theory of Psychodrama
Psychodrama therapists need to explain better what they do in therapy when they do what they do (Marineau 2011, p. 43). The role theories are not...
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Social media usage and students’ social anxiety, loneliness and well-being: does digital mindfulness-based intervention effectively work?
BackgroundThe increasing integration of digital technologies into daily life has spurred a growing body of research in the field of digital...
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Major Theories and Constructs in Media Psychology
Media psychology sits within the broader discipline of psychology. While media psychology topics often overlap with other media-related disciplines,...
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Relationship Between FoMO, Problematic Social Media Use, Self-esteem, Negative Affectivity, and Physical Exercise: A Structural Equation Model
The fear of missing out (FoMO) is characterized in the literature as a fear that others are having rewarding experiences while one is missing out,...
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The role of types of motivation, life goals, and beliefs in pro-environmental behavior: The Self-Determination Theory perspective
Degradation of the environment is a serious global problem and its solution depends mostly on the people’s willingness to change their destructive...
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How Recognized Addiction Models and Our Relationships with Digital Media Intersect
As our global reliance upon new technology, devices, and the media they deliver continues to perpetually increase, so do questions regarding their...
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Need for uniqueness and adolescents’ problematic internet use: longitudinal evidence on the role of stress and ego depletion
In the dual context of the continued growth of the Chinese need for uniqueness and the popularity of Internet use among Chinese youth, this study...
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Parent-adolescent conflict and problematic internet use among Chinese adolescents: the mediating role of depression and the moderating role of school climate
BackgroundProblematic Internet use (PIU) may lead adolescents to physical, emotional, social, or functional impairment due to the risky, excessive,...
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Childhood neglect and problematic smartphone use among chinese young adults: the mediating roles of peer attachment and fear of missing out
BackgroundResearch has revealed that childhood neglect may be a risk factor for problematic smartphone use among young adults in China. However, few...
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Benefits and harms of social media use: A latent profile analysis of emerging adults
The rise in social media use among emerging adults in the United States has been well-documented, but researchers are still working on identifying...
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The relationship between social anxiety and problematic smartphone use: a chain mediation model
Socially anxious individuals avoid face-to-face communication by increasing their use of mobile phones. The relationship between anxiety and...
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Adolescents’ short-form video addiction and sleep quality: the mediating role of social anxiety
BackgroundAdolescence is a critical period for individual growth and development. Insufficient sleep adversely affects adolescents’ physical...
