The interconnection between social media addiction, alexithymia and empathy in medical students
We found a significant negative correlation between empathy and alexithymia in medical students. Alexithymia was a mediator between social media addiction and empathy. Therefore, we recommend further efforts to identify potential levels of alexithymia in medical students, in order to successfully develop tailored interventions aimed at increasing their emotional awareness.
Authors
- Costela Lăcrimioara Șerban (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4648-025X)
- Ion Papavă (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0963-8222)
- Sorin Ursoniu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9215-5154)
- Ana Cristina Bredicean (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2223-3695)
- I Riviş
- Adina Bucur (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1606-4319)
- Cătălina Giurgi-Oncu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8962-0000)
Institutions
- Clinical Emergency Hospital Bucharest (RO)
- Victor Babeș University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timișoara (RO)
- Cognitive Research (United States) (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Psychiatry
- Published
- 2024-09-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1467246
- Citations
- 9
- Primary Topic
- Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.47