Association between desire thinking and problematic social media use among a sample of Lebanese adults: The indirect effect of suppression and impulsivity.
Emmanuelle AwadMyriam El Khoury-MalhameEcem YakinVenise HannaDiana MalaebSouheil AllitSahar ObeidPublished in: PloS one (2022)
This study provides new insight on a topic of increasing public health concern. Although understudied to date, suppression and impulsivity differentially mediate the influence of both facets of desire thinking on problematic social media use disorder. The current findings point to the highly pervasive issue of social media use disorder and the need to investigate underlying psychological factors that aggravate it to better profile and support individuals struggling with it.