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Pınar Ünal-Aydın1, Kuzeymen Balıkçı2, İpek Sönmez2
1Department of Psychology, International University of Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Psychiatry Research
|November 21, 2019
Summary
Individuals with social networking site (SNS) addiction show deficits in emotion recognition. This suggests emotion recognition may be a key target for developing new treatments for social media addiction.
Area of Science:
- Psychology
- Neuroscience
- Digital Health
Background:
- Social networking sites (SNS) are widely used, yet effective therapeutic interventions for SNS addiction remain limited.
- Understanding the psychological underpinnings of SNS addiction is crucial for developing targeted treatments.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the role of emotion recognition in the development of social networking site addiction.
- To propose novel therapeutic strategies for mitigating problems associated with SNS addiction.
Main Methods:
- A study involving 337 participants.
- Utilized a sociodemographic form, the Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test (RMET), and the Social Media Addiction Scale (SMAS).
Main Results:
- Individuals with SNS addiction exhibited deficits in emotion recognition compared to non-addicts.
- RMET scores (positive and negative) were negatively associated with SNS addiction.
- RMET negative scores were found to predict SNS addiction.
Conclusions:
- A potential link exists between social networking site addiction and emotion recognition abilities.
- Emotion recognition deficits may represent a critical therapeutic target for novel interventions addressing SNS addiction.
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