Kasturiratna K T A Sandeeshwara, Hartanto Andree
School of Social Sciences, Singapore Management University, 10 Canning Rise, Level 4, Singapore, 179873, Singapore.
Psychiatr Q. 2025 Sep 12. doi: 10.1007/s11126-025-10203-0.
With social media becoming increasingly pervasive in our daily lives, there have been heightened concerns that the distractions caused by compulsive and problematic social media use may lead to cognitive failures. While some preliminary work have explored the link between problematic social media use and cognitive functioning, most are cross-sectional, leaving it uncertain whether cognitive failures are a precursor or consequence of problematic social media use. To address this gap, the current study examines the bidirectional relationship between problematic social media use and cognitive failures. A sample of 252 young adults completed the Problematic Social Media Use Scale and the Cognitive Failures in Everyday Life Scale each Saturday for a 13-week period. Random-intercept cross-lagged panel model analysis revealed a robust temporal bidirectional relationship between problematic social media use and cognitive failures, with significant and positive cross-lagged effects from both problematic social media use to next week's cognitive failures, and cognitive failures to next week's problematic social media use. These results underscore the reinforcing nature of problematic social media use and cognitive failures, suggesting that each may contribute to and exacerbate the other over time. The implications of this study highlight the need for interventions that not only address the behavioural aspects of social media use but also the cognitive patterns that sustain this cycle, promoting healthier digital habits and cognitive well-being.
随着社交媒体在我们日常生活中变得越来越普遍，人们越来越担心强迫性和问题性社交媒体使用所造成的干扰可能会导致认知失误。虽然一些初步研究探讨了问题性社交媒体使用与认知功能之间的联系，但大多数都是横断面研究，因此尚不确定认知失误是问题性社交媒体使用的前兆还是后果。为了填补这一空白，本研究考察了问题性社交媒体使用与认知失误之间的双向关系。252名年轻人组成的样本在为期13周的时间里，每周六完成问题性社交媒体使用量表和日常生活中的认知失误量表。随机截距交叉滞后面板模型分析揭示了问题性社交媒体使用与认知失误之间存在强烈的时间双向关系，从问题性社交媒体使用到下周的认知失误，以及从认知失误到下周的问题性社交媒体使用，都存在显著的正向交叉滞后效应。这些结果强调了问题性社交媒体使用与认知失误的强化性质，表明随着时间的推移，两者可能相互促进并加剧。本研究的意义在于，强调不仅需要干预措施来解决社交媒体使用的行为方面，还需要解决维持这一循环的认知模式，以促进更健康的数字习惯和认知健康。
