Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts and Science, International University of Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Division of Psychology, School of Applied Sciences, London South Bank University, London, UK.
J Affect Disord. 2021 Mar 1;282:1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2020.12.103. Epub 2020 Dec 28.
Problematic social networking sites (SNS) use is associated with important psychological problems among adolescents. Nevertheless, research on the aetiology of problematic SNS use is limited. Our aim was to investigate the role of metacognitions and emotion recognition in predicting problematic SNS use during the late adolescence period.
Eight hundred and sixty-one high school students were recruited for the study. Participants completed the Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale (BSMAS), the Metacognitions Questionnaire for Children (MCQ-C), and the Children's Version of Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test (RMET).
A stepwise multiple linear regression analysis showed that all subdimensions of metacognitions (positive meta-worry, negative meta-worry, superstition, punishment, and responsibility beliefs, and cognitive monitoring), but not emotion recognition, independently predicted the BSMAS total score controlling for daily SNS use.
Our findings indicate that maladaptive metacognitions are associated, independently frequency of daily SNS use, to problematic SNS use among late adolescents. Interventions targeting dysfunctional metacognitions may aid adolescents who suffer from the detrimental effects of problematic SNS use.
问题社交网站（SNS）的使用与青少年的重要心理问题有关。然而，关于问题 SNS 使用的病因学研究有限。我们的目的是调查元认知和情绪识别在预测青少年晚期问题 SNS 使用中的作用。
招募了 861 名高中生参加这项研究。参与者完成了卑尔根社交媒体成瘾量表（BSMAS）、儿童元认知问卷（MCQ-C）和儿童版读心测试（RMET）。
逐步多元线性回归分析表明，元认知的所有子维度（积极的元担忧、消极的元担忧、迷信、惩罚和责任信念以及认知监控），但不是情绪识别，独立预测 BSMAS 总分，控制每日 SNS 使用。
我们的研究结果表明，适应不良的元认知与青少年晚期问题 SNS 使用有关，独立于每日 SNS 使用的频率。针对功能失调的元认知的干预措施可能有助于那些受到问题 SNS 使用不利影响的青少年。
