Miceli Silvana, Scrima Fabrizio, Cardaci Maurizio, Quatrosi Giuseppe, Vetri Luigi, Roccella Michele, Caci Barbara
Department of Psychology, Educational Science and Human Movement, University of Palermo, 90133 Palermo, Italy.
Département de Psychologie, Universitè de Rouen, 76130 Mont-Saint-Aignan, France.
J Clin Med. 2021 Sep 2;10(17):3983. doi: 10.3390/jcm10173983.
The present study investigates the role of attentional style as a moderator variable between temporal perspective and social network addiction, since little is known about users' cognitive variables involved in this kind of addictive behavior. To achieve this goal, a sample of 186 volunteers and anonymous social networking sites users (M = 34%; F = 66%; = 22.54 years; SD = 3.94; range: 18 ÷ 45 years) participated in a cross-sectional study. All participants filled out self-report instruments measuring temporal perspective, internal vs. external attentional style, and social network addiction. The results align with the previous literature and show that present fatalistic and past negative time orientations are associated with social network addiction, whereas the future is a negative precursor. Moreover, a four-step hierarchical regression analysis showed that internal attentional style is a significant moderator of the relationship between high levels of temporal perspective and a high level of social network addiction. This result suggests that social network-addicted users are oriented toward internal stimuli such as their intrusive thoughts or feelings and that social network addiction is similar to obsessive compulsive disorders, depression, or anxiety. Despite its limitations, the present study could contribute to the efforts of clinicians, psychiatrists, psychologists, teachers, and all those who seek to combat social network addiction in developing treatment programs to reduce its harmful effects.
由于对于参与此类成瘾行为的用户认知变量知之甚少，本研究调查了注意力风格作为时间观与社交网络成瘾之间的调节变量所起的作用。为实现这一目标，186名志愿者兼匿名社交网站用户（男性占34%；女性占66%；平均年龄 = 22.54岁；标准差 = 3.94；年龄范围：18至45岁）参与了一项横断面研究。所有参与者都填写了自我报告工具，以测量时间观、内倾与外倾注意力风格以及社交网络成瘾情况。研究结果与先前文献一致，表明当前的宿命论和过去的消极时间取向与社交网络成瘾有关，而未来则是一个消极的先兆。此外，四步分层回归分析表明，内倾注意力风格是高水平时间观与高水平社交网络成瘾之间关系的显著调节变量。这一结果表明，社交网络成瘾用户倾向于关注内部刺激，如他们的侵入性思维或感受，并且社交网络成瘾类似于强迫症、抑郁症或焦虑症。尽管存在局限性，但本研究可为临床医生、精神科医生、心理学家、教师以及所有致力于对抗社交网络成瘾的人在制定治疗方案以减少其有害影响方面的努力做出贡献。
