Enigma of social media use: complexities of social media addiction through the serial mediating effects of emotions and self-presentation

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• What: This study investigates the serial mediating effects of positive and negative affect, fear of missing out, and offline and online self-presentation in the relationship between social media use and social media addiction. Given the risk of the discrepancy between one`s ideal self and true self, this study investigated the ideal self, multiple Sequential mediation models were analyzed to investigate the hypotheses. This study shows the significance of positive and negative emotions, emphasizing the importance of positive and negative affect in the context of SMU.
• Who: Wing W. Y. Ho from the Universit . . .
  

   

  

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