Media Addiction | List of Frontiers open access articles

Original Research

Published on 20 Aug 2025

Social appearance anxiety and body checking behavior in the relationship between social media addiction and depressive symptoms among college students

in Adolescent and Young Adult Psychiatry

Xiaochen Wang
Yanan Wang
Shufei Yang
Zhen Li
Chang Fu

Frontiers in Psychiatry

doi 10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1608527

5,636 views

Original Research

Published on 21 Jun 2022

Measurement Invariance of the Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale Across Genders

in Human-Media Interaction

Heng Yue
Xuemin Zhang
Xiangjuan Cheng
Bo Liu
Hugejiletu Bao

Frontiers in Psychology

doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.879259

23,254 views
33 citations

Original Research

Published on 11 Apr 2023

Peer pressure and adolescent mobile social media addiction: Moderation analysis of self-esteem and self-concept clarity

in Digital Public Health

Xiaopan Xu
Wanqu Han
Qingqi Liu

Frontiers in Public Health

doi 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1115661

77,721 views
34 citations

Original Research

Published on 29 Mar 2022

Common Predictive Factors of Social Media Addiction and Eating Disorder Symptoms in Female College Students: State Anxiety and the Mediating Role of Cognitive Flexibility/Sustained Attention

in Psychopathology

Zhonghua He
Mingde Li
Chanjun Liu
Xiaoyue Ma

Frontiers in Psychology

doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.647126

11,490 views
17 citations

Original Research

Published on 22 Mar 2024

The mediating role of social media addiction and phubbing in basic psychological needs in relationships and relationship satisfaction

in Media Psychology

Hüseyin Buğra Karaman
Coşkun Arslan

Frontiers in Psychology

doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1291638

16,628 views
20 citations

Original Research

Published on 20 Oct 2025

Impact of social media addiction on college students’ academic procrastination: a chain mediated effect of lack of self-control and fear of missing out

in Educational Psychology

Yuxi Tang
Weiguang He

Frontiers in Psychology

doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1668567

14,779 views

Original Research

Published on 14 Nov 2023

Social media addiction as a mediator of the associations between fear of COVID-19, mental health symptoms, and problematic alcohol use

in Addictive Disorders

Jeremy W. Luk
Daniel W. Geda
Bethany L. Stangl
Cecilia Cheng
Melanie L. Schwandt
David Goldman
Nancy Diazgranados
Vijay A. Ramchandani

Frontiers in Psychiatry

doi 10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1268890

4,232 views
6 citations

Original Research

Published on 24 Jan 2025

Screens and scars: SEM analysis of the relationship between childhood trauma, emotion regulation, and social media addiction

in Media Psychology

Nurten Elkin
Ashifa Kariveliparambil Mohammed Ashraf
Oğuzhan Kılınçel
Şenay KılınçeL
Maharshi Ranganathan
Aslıhan Kübra Sakarya
Ayşe Mücella Soydan

Frontiers in Psychology

doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1502968

9,210 views
6 citations

Original Research

Published on 24 Jan 2025

The impact of social media addiction on the negative emotions of adolescent athletes: the mediating role of physical appearance comparisons and sleep

in Public Mental Health

Weilong Lin
Zhenyu Cen
Ying Chen

Frontiers in Public Health

doi 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1452769

22,398 views
9 citations

Original Research

Published on 25 Jul 2025

Caught in the loop: the role of volitional control in the FoMO and social media addiction cycle

in Media Psychology

Yiheng Zhang

Frontiers in Psychology

doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1583921

4,451 views

Original Research

Published on 29 Aug 2023

Wellbeing, social media addiction and coping strategies among Chilean adolescents during the pandemic

in Digital Mental Health

Jorge J. Varela
Janet Carola Pérez
Matías E. Rodríguez-Rivas
María Josefina Chuecas
Javiera Romo

Frontiers in Psychiatry

doi 10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1211431

11,922 views
8 citations

Original Research

Published on 02 Aug 2024

The enduring echoes of juvenile bullying: the role of self-esteem and loneliness in the relationship between bullying and social media addiction across generations X, Y, Z

in Media Psychology

Sabina Lissitsa
Maya Kagan

Frontiers in Psychology

doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1446000

12,569 views
9 citations

Original Research

Published on 16 Sep 2024

Social media addiction and personality dimensions among Tunisian medical students

in Anxiety and Stress Disorders

Fatma Guermazi
Wissal Abid
Imen Baati
Farah Cherif
Emna Mziou
Dorra Mnif
Ines Feki
Rim Masmoudi
Jawaher Masmoudi

Frontiers in Psychiatry

doi 10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1471425

4,218 views
6 citations

Original Research

Published on 21 May 2025

Social media use and negative body image perception in Saudi Arabian women

in Public Mental Health

Maha AlQahtani
Narmeen Shaikh
Khabir Ahmad
Noara Alhusseini

Frontiers in Public Health

doi 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1447563

12,486 views
2 citations

Study Protocol

Published on 28 Feb 2025

Media addiction in children and adolescents—a study protocol for development, piloting and evaluation of a sustainable, integrative rehabilitation program (MeKi)

in Addiction in Adolescents

S. Fahrenkrog
L. M. Rittmann
L. Klüpfel
S. Delfs
J. Stumm

Frontiers in Adolescent Medicine

doi 10.3389/fradm.2025.1524971

2,911 views
1 citation

Original Research

Published on 19 Sep 2024

The interconnection between social media addiction, alexithymia and empathy in medical students

in Addictive Disorders

Sorin Ursoniu
Ana-Cristina Bredicean
Costela Lacrimioara Serban
Ioana Rivis
Adina Bucur
Ion Papava
Catalina Giurgi-Oncu

Frontiers in Psychiatry

doi 10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1467246

5,576 views
9 citations

Articles

Social appearance anxiety and body checking behavior in the relationship between social media addiction and depressive symptoms among college students

Measurement Invariance of the Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale Across Genders

Peer pressure and adolescent mobile social media addiction: Moderation analysis of self-esteem and self-concept clarity

Common Predictive Factors of Social Media Addiction and Eating Disorder Symptoms in Female College Students: State Anxiety and the Mediating Role of Cognitive Flexibility/Sustained Attention

The mediating role of social media addiction and phubbing in basic psychological needs in relationships and relationship satisfaction

Impact of social media addiction on college students’ academic procrastination: a chain mediated effect of lack of self-control and fear of missing out

Social media addiction as a mediator of the associations between fear of COVID-19, mental health symptoms, and problematic alcohol use

Screens and scars: SEM analysis of the relationship between childhood trauma, emotion regulation, and social media addiction

The impact of social media addiction on the negative emotions of adolescent athletes: the mediating role of physical appearance comparisons and sleep

Caught in the loop: the role of volitional control in the FoMO and social media addiction cycle

Wellbeing, social media addiction and coping strategies among Chilean adolescents during the pandemic

The enduring echoes of juvenile bullying: the role of self-esteem and loneliness in the relationship between bullying and social media addiction across generations X, Y, Z

Social media addiction and personality dimensions among Tunisian medical students

Social media use and negative body image perception in Saudi Arabian women

Media addiction in children and adolescents—a study protocol for development, piloting and evaluation of a sustainable, integrative rehabilitation program (MeKi)

The interconnection between social media addiction, alexithymia and empathy in medical students