Jameel Arif, Guo Wenjing, Hussain Abid, Kanwel Shahida, Sahito Noman
School of Business , Shandong Xiehe University , 250109, Jinan, P.R. China.
School of Nursing, Shandong Xiehe University, 250109, Jinan, P.R. China.
Sci Rep. 2025 May 22;15(1):17872. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-03163-9.
The issue of social media addiction among university students is very severe. Identifying possible risk factors for social media addiction is crucial. The objective of this research was to analyze the association between social media addiction and mental health issues, such as depressive symptoms, among university students and to explore the potential mediation effect of insomnia on this association. The cross-sectional research from October to November 2024 recruited 727 students (486 male and 241 female) from three comprehensive universities in Saudi Arabia. Statistical analyses, including descriptive statistics, correlation, regression, and mediation analyses, were conducted using Analysis of Moment Structures (AMOS) version 25.0 and the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS). The present research identified favorable associations between social media addiction and mental health issues, such as depression symptoms, among Saudi university students. It was also found that insomnia played a mediating role in the relationship between social media addiction and mental health. Our findings underscore the essential need for prevention and early detection of social media addiction in university students, particularly those who have insomnia.
大学生社交媒体成瘾问题非常严重。识别社交媒体成瘾的可能风险因素至关重要。本研究的目的是分析大学生社交媒体成瘾与心理健康问题（如抑郁症状）之间的关联，并探讨失眠对这种关联的潜在中介作用。2024年10月至11月的横断面研究从沙特阿拉伯三所综合性大学招募了727名学生（486名男性和241名女性）。使用Mplus 25.0版的结构方程模型软件（AMOS）和社会科学统计软件包（SPSS）进行统计分析，包括描述性统计、相关性分析、回归分析和中介分析。本研究发现沙特大学生的社交媒体成瘾与心理健康问题（如抑郁症状）之间存在显著关联。还发现失眠在社交媒体成瘾与心理健康之间的关系中起中介作用。我们的研究结果强调了在大学生中，特别是那些有失眠问题的学生中预防和早期发现社交媒体成瘾的迫切需要。
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