Anxiety mediates the effect of social media addiction on negative attentional bias: the moderating role of impulsivity
his study reveals a moderated mediation model where anxiety mediates the effect of social media addiction on negative attentional bias, and impulsivity buffers this relationship. These findings highlight the importance of addressing anxiety and impulsivity in interventions for social media addiction-related cognitive biases.
Authors
- Sizhe Cheng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9967-8281)
- Yue Gong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5630-528X)
- Xia Zhu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8191-4618)
- Yushan Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-0468-0589)
- Mengze Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6406-3252)
- Zhihua Guo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-7078-3895)
- Rui Qiu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-5592-2544)
Institutions
- Air Force Medical University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Psychiatry
- Published
- 2025-06-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1592132
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 12.60