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Adolescents' eveningness chronotype and cyberbullying perpetration: the mediating role of depression-related aggression and anxiety-related aggression
(TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, 2020) Sule Betul Tosuntas; Sabah Balta; Emrah Emirtekin; Kagan Kircaburun; Mark D. Griffiths; Kircaburun, Kagan; Emirtekin, Emrah; Balta, Sabah; Tosuntaş, Şule Betül; Griffiths, Mark D.
Recent empirical evidence has indicated a positive relationship between university students' evening-type chronotype and their cyberbullying perpetration (CBP) scores while controlling for gender and Big Five personality dimensions. The aims of the present study were (i) to replicate the results of the aforementioned study with an adolescent sample and (ii) to examine the mediating role of depression anxiety and aggression on the relationship between chronotype and CBP. In order to investigate these aims 493 high-school students were recruited to complete a survey that included the Reduced Morningness-Eveningness Scale Short Depression Scale State-Trait Anxiety Inventory Short Form Aggression Questionnaire and Cyberbullying Offending Scale. Results indicated that while females had higher depression and anxiety scores males scored higher on CBP. Path analysis showed that aggression depression-related aggression and anxiety-related aggression fully mediated the relationship between evening-type chronotype and CBP. There were also significant gender differences in the model. Furthermore physiological factors had an indirect effect on CBP via psychological risk factors and emotion-related negative behaviors.
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Citation - Scopus: 47
Childhood Emotional Abuse and Cyberbullying Perpetration Among Adolescents: The Mediating Role of Trait Mindfulness
(SPRINGER, 2020) Emrah Emirtekin; Sabah Balta; Kagan Kircaburun; Mark D. Griffiths; Kircaburun, Kagan; Emirtekin, Emrah; Balta, Sabah; Griffiths, Mark D.
Preliminary studies have indicated that childhood emotional maltreatment (i.e. abuse and neglect) can be associated with higher cyberbullying perpetration (CBP) among university students. The purpose of the present study was to test the direct and indirect effects of childhood emotional abuse (CEA) on CBP via trait mindfulness and trait emotional intelligence (TEI). A total of 470 adolescent students participated in the study and completed a questionnaire comprising measures of the aforementioned variables. Path analysis showed that trait mindfulness but not TEI was a partial mediator between CEA and CBP among the total sample males and females. Results indicated that there were other factors that explain the relationship between CEA and CBP in addition to lower mindfulness. These findings suggest that developing mindfulness-based intervention programs for adolescents who have been emotionally abused as a child may reduce their engagement in cyberbullying. This study is the first to document the direct role of CEA on CBP and indirect via trait mindfulness among adolescents.
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Citation - Scopus: 47
Childhood Emotional Abuse and Cyberbullying Perpetration: The Role of Dark Personality Traits
(SAGE Publications Inc., 2021) Kağan Kircaburun; Peter Karl Jonason; Mark D. Griffiths; Engin Aslanargun; Emrah Emirtekin; Şule Betül Tosuntaş; Joël Billieux; Emirtekin, Emrah; Billieux, Joel; Aslanargun, Engin; Kircaburun, Kagan; Jonason, Peter; Griffiths, Mark D.; Tosuntas, Sule B.
Dark personality traits (i.e. Machiavellianism psychopathy narcissism spitefulness and sadism) are associated with adverse childhood experiences and deviant online behaviors. However their mediating role between childhood emotional abuse and cyberbullying has never previously been investigated. We examined direct and indirect associations of childhood emotional abuse and cyberbullying via dark personality traits among 772 participants. Men were better characterized by dark personality traits and were more likely to engage in cyberbullying than women and there were no sex differences in childhood emotional abuse. Collectively dark traits fully mediated the relationship between childhood emotional abuse and cyberbullying in men with partial mediation in the total sample and women. More specifically Machiavellianism and spitefulness were mediators in both samples sadism was a mediator in men and the total sample and psychopathy was a mediator in the total sample and women. The dark personality traits can account for the association between childhood emotional abuse and cyberbullying especially among men. © 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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Compensatory usage of the internet: The case of mukbang watching on youtube
(Korean Neuropsychiatric Association, 2021) Kağan Kircaburun; Sabah Balta; Emrah Emirtekin; Şule Betül Tosuntaş; Zsolt Demetrovics; Mark D. Griffiths; Kircaburun, Kagan; Emirtekin, Emrah; Balta, Sabah; Tosuntaş, Şule Betül; Demetrovics, Zsolt; Griffiths, Mark D.
Objective Accumulating empirical research has emphasized that a wide range of online activities–such as using social networking sites–can be performed in order to compensate unattained needs or to cope with negative affect and psychopathological symptoms. Al-though the correlates of problematic social networking use have been extensively investigated less is known about problematic YouTube use (PYU) an umbrella term grouping a number of different activities (e.g. viewing of online video games watching specific YouTube channels). Furthermore nothing is known concerning increasingly popular and distinct YouTube-related activities such as mukbang watching (i.e. watching livestream “eating broadcasts” where someone eats various foods in front of the camera while interacting with viewers). The aim of the present study was to examine the mediating role of problematic mukbang watching (PMW) on the relationships between depression and loneliness with PYU. Methods An online survey that comprised assessment tools for aforementioned variables was administered to 217 mukbang viewers (mean age=20.58 years range 18–33 years). Results Results indicated that PMW was positively related to loneliness and PYU. Depression was positively and directly associated with PYU but was not associated with PMW. Conclusion Further research is required to better understand the psychological processes underlying problematic mukbang watching and its association with other mental health conditions (e.g. addictive disorders eating disorders). © 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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Dark personality traits and problematic smartphone use: The mediating role of fearful attachment
(Elsevier Ltd, 2019) Sabah Balta; Peter Karl Jonason; Amanda Denes; Emrah Emirtekin; Şule Betül Tosuntaş; Kağan Kircaburun; Mark D. Griffiths; Emirtekin, Emrah; Denes, Amanda; Kircaburun, Kagan; Jonason, Peter; Balta, Sabah; Tosuntaş, Şule Betül; Griffiths, Mark D.
Recently empirical research has shown dark personality traits (i.e. Machiavellianism psychopathy narcissism sadism spitefulness) to be associated with problematic and addictive online behaviors. However their direct relationships with problematic smartphone use (PSU) have yet to be examined. The present study investigated the direct and indirect associations of dark personality traits with PSU via fearful and dismissing attachment styles among 546 participants. Results indicated that men had higher scores on measures assessing dark personality traits and women had higher PSU. Narcissism and spitefulness were directly associated with PSU in the total sample men and women. Machiavellianism was indirectly associated with PSU via fearful attachment among men and sadism was directly and indirectly associated with PSU via fearful attachment among women. Findings suggest that dark personality traits may play a contributory role in higher PSU (with different traits having different effects among men and women) and that attachment styles partially explain the relationship between dark traits and PSU. © 2019 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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Development and Validation of the Mukbang Addiction Scale
(SPRINGER, 2021) Kagan Kircaburun; Vasileios Stavropoulos; Andrew Harris; Filipa Calado; Emrah Emirtekin; Mark D. Griffiths; Kircaburun, Kagan; Emirtekin, Emrah; Stavropoulos, Vasileios; Harris, Andrew; Calado, Filipa; Griffiths, Mark D.
Recent literature has speculated that some individuals spend lots of time watching mukbang (i.e. combination of the South Korean words 'eating' ['meokneun'] and 'broadcast' ['bangsong'] that refers to eating broadcasts where a person eats a large portion of food on camera whilst interacting with viewers) and compensate different needs using this activity. However compensating unattained offline needs using a specific online activity could lead to the addictive use of that activity. The present study investigated problematic mukbang watching by developing and validating the Mukbang Addiction Scale (MAS). An online survey was administered to 236 university students (M-age = 20.50 years, 62% female) who had watched mukbang at least once. Construct validity criterion validity and reliability analyses indicated that the MAS had good psychometric properties. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses confirmed the unidimensional structure of the scale. The Cronbach's alpha (alpha = .95) and composite reliability (CR = .92) suggested that the MAS had excellent internal consistency. Latent class analyses (LCA) revealed two primary profiles one with high endorsement and one with low endorsement of the items assessed. Item response theory (IRT) findings also indicated a good model fit. IRT findings provisionally supported a cut-off scale raw score of 22 (out of 30). Assessment and clinical-related implications of the findings are illustrated in accordance with other excessive behaviours.
Kodlama Eğitiminde İşbirlikli Öğrenme Yaklaşımı: Eşli Kodlama
(2020) Sule Betul Tosuntas; Emrah Emirtekin; Kagan Kircaburun; Kircaburun, Kagan; Emirtekin, Emrah; Tosuntas, Sule Betul
Eşli kodlama işbirlikli öğrenme temelinde kodlama eğitiminde yaygın olarak kullanılan yaklaşımlardanbiridir. Kuramsal olarak eşli kodlamanın birçok avantajı olduğu bilinmektedir. Bu araştırmanın amacıortaokul öğrencilerinin işbirlikli öğrenme ve kodlamaya yönelik tutumlarının ve eşli kodlama uygulamalarına yönelik görüşlerinin incelenmesidir. Araştırmada sırasıyla nicel ve nitel verilerin toplandığıaçıklayıcı sıralı desen tercih edilmiştir. Katılımcılar ölçüt örnekleme yoluyla belirlenmiş 220 ortaokulöğrencisidir. Öğrencilerin işbirlikli öğrenmeye yönelik tutumlarını belirlemek amacıyla Şahin Arseven Ökmen Eriş ve İlğan (2017) tarafından geliştirilen İşbirlikli Öğrenme Ölçeği kullanılmıştır. Kodlamaya yönelik tutumları ise araştırma kapsamında geliştirilen Kodlamaya Yönelik Tutum Ölçeği aracılığıyla toplanmıştır. Araştırmanın nitel verileri 6 sorudan oluşan yarı yapılandırılmış bir görüşmeformu kullanılarak odak grup görüşmeleri aracılığıyla toplanmıştır. Araştırma sonucunda öğrencilerinişbirlikli öğrenme ve kodlamaya yönelik tutumlarının olumlu olduğu belirlenmiştir. Cinsiyet açısındanişbirlikli öğrenmeye yönelik tutum puanları farklılaşmamıştır. Kodlamaya yönelik tutum puanları iseerkek öğrencilerin lehine anlamlı şekilde farklılaşmıştır. Kodlamaya yönelik tutumları ile işbirlikli öğrenme yönelik tutumları arasında pozitif yönlü korelasyon olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Bu doğrultuda eşlikodlama uygulamasına yönelik görüşlerde işbirlikli öğrenmenin olumlu etkileri vurgulanmıştır. Sonuçolarak öğrencilerin hem kodlama eğitimine hem işbirlikli öğrenmeye yönelik olumlu tutumlarından yolaçıkılarak kodlama eğitiminde işbirlikli öğrenme yaklaşımının bir örneği olan eşli kodlama teknik altyapıyetersizliği dezavantajını avantaja çevirebilme açısından önemli bir fırsat ve pedagojik bir altyapı sunmaktadır.
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Neuroticism Trait Fear of Missing Out and Phubbing: The Mediating Role of State Fear of Missing Out and Problematic Instagram Use
(Springer, 2020) Sabah Balta; Emrah Emirtekin; Kağan Kircaburun; Mark D. Griffiths; Kircaburun, Kagan; Emirtekin, Emrah; Balta, Sabah; Griffiths, Mark D.
One of the relatively new negative consequences of smartphone use is “phubbing” (snubbing someone while an individual checks their smartphone in the middle of a real-life conversation). The purpose of the present study was to investigate the direct and indirect associations of neuroticism trait anxiety and trait fear of missing out with phubbing via state fear of missing out and problematic Instagram use. A total of 423 adolescents and emerging adults aged between 14 and 21 years (53% female) participated in the study. Findings indicated that females had significantly higher scores of phubbing fear of missing out problematic Instagram use trait anxiety and neuroticism. Path analysis showed that trait fear of missing out and neuroticism were indirectly associated with phubbing via state fear of missing out and problematic Instagram use. State fear of missing out was directly and indirectly associated with phubbing via problematic Instagram use. The present study is the first to demonstrate empirical evidence for the relationship between different dimensions of fear of missing out problematic Instagram use and phubbing. © 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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Problematic Mukbang Watching and Its Relationship to Disordered Eating and Internet Addiction: A Pilot Study Among Emerging Adult Mukbang Watchers
(Springer, 2021) Kağan Kircaburun; Cemil Yurdagül; Daria Joanna Kuss; Emrah Emirtekin; Mark D. Griffiths; Kircaburun, Kagan; Emirtekin, Emrah; Yurdagul, Cemil; Kuss, Daria; Griffiths, Mark D.
Internet technology has facilitated the use of a wide variety of different activities and applications in online contexts. One such activity is watching mukbang (i.e. watching videos of “eating broadcasts” where someone eats a large amount of food while interacting with viewers). In the present study the relationship of problematic mukbang watching with disordered eating and internet addiction was examined. Participants were 140 emerging adults who watched mukbang at least once in the past 30 days (66% female, Mage = 21.66 SD = 1.88 range = 19–29 years). Structural equation modeling indicated that problematic mukbang watching was positively associated with both disordered eating and internet addiction. The present study is the first to explore the predictive role of problematic mukbang watching on adverse consequences and suggests that mukbang watching may be problematic for a minority of emerging adults and that problematic mukbang watching warrants further examination of its impact on mental health and wellbeing. © 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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Psychopathological Consequences Related to Problematic Instagram Use Among Adolescents: The Mediating Role of Body Image Dissatisfaction and Moderating Role of Gender
(Springer, 2021) Cemil Yurdagül; Kağan Kircaburun; Emrah Emirtekin; Pengcheng Wang; Mark D. Griffiths; Kircaburun, Kagan; Emirtekin, Emrah; Wang, Pengcheng; Yurdagul, Cemil; Griffiths, Mark D.
In a minority of cases problematic use of technology can negatively impact on adolescents and impair some aspects of their social emotional and psychological development. The purpose of the present study was to examine the direct and indirect effects of problematic Instagram use (PIU) on different psychopathological outcomes including loneliness depression anxiety and social anxiety via body image dissatisfaction (BID). Additionally moderating role of gender on the relationships among variables was investigated. A total of 491 adolescents (Mage = 15.92 years SDage = 1.07, range = 14 to 19 years) were recruited for the study to complete a questionnaire that included the relevant assessment tools for the aforementioned variables. Mediation and moderation analyses showed that among male adolescents PIU was directly associated with loneliness depression general anxiety and social anxiety and BID partially mediated these associations. Among females PIU was directly associated with depression and indirectly with general anxiety and social anxiety via BID. Gender significantly moderated the direct relationships of PIU with loneliness general anxiety and social anxiety. PIU was directly associated with loneliness general anxiety and social anxiety among males only whereas among females PIU was indirectly associated with general and social anxiety via BID but was not related to loneliness. Results of this study indicate that PIU has different negative psychological effects on male and female adolescents and that BID appears to be one explanatory factor for these impairments especially among females. © 2022 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Psychopathological Consequences Related to Problematic Instagram Use Among Adolescents: The Mediating Role of Body Image Dissatisfaction and Moderating Role of Gender (vol 19- pg 1385- 2021)
(SPRINGER, 2022) Cemil Yurdagul; Kagan Kircaburun; Emrah Emirtekin; Pengcheng Wang; Mark D. Griffiths; Kircaburun, Kagan; Emirtekin, Emrah; Wang, Pengcheng; Yurdagül, Cemil; Griffiths, Mark D.
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Sofalizing and its relationship with social media addiction and psychosocial factors: A new phenomenon among emerging adults
(Taylor and Francis Ltd., 2024) Şule Betül Tosuntaş; Engin Karadaǧ; Emrah Emirtekin; Kağan Kircaburun; Mark D. Griffiths; Kircaburun, Kagan; Emirtekin, Emrah; Karadağ, Engin; Tosuntaş, Şule Betül; Griffiths, Mark D.
Sofalizing is a term that emerged from the combination of the words ‘sofa’ and ‘socializing’ and can be defined as interacting with others online from home rather than going out and actually meeting individuals. In the present study the relationships between psychosocial factors (including social anxiety and social connectedness) and sofalizing were examined. Additionally the possible mediating role of social media addiction between social anxiety and connectedness with sofalizing was also investigated. The participants comprised 666 university students (69% female Mage = 20.35 years SD = 2.28 age range = 17 to 40 years) recruited via convenience sampling. The data were analyzed using exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses correlation analysis t-tests and structural equation modeling. Results showed that social anxiety but not social connectedness was indirectly significantly associated with sofalizing via social media addiction. Social media addiction also had a moderate effect on sofalizing. The present study is the first to empirically explore the concept of ‘sofalizing’ and its potential contributing factors and suggests that sofalizing warrants further examination of its impact on mental health and wellbeing. © 2024 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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Study addiction and ‘dark’ personality traits: a cross-sectional survey study among emerging adults
(Routledge, 2021) Kağan Kircaburun; Irfan Süral; Evita March; Sabah Balta; Emrah Emirtekin; Mark D. Griffiths; Süral, İrfan; Kircaburun, Kagan; Emirtekin, Emrah; March, Evita; Balta, Sabah; Griffiths, Mark D.
Background: Research has shown that personality traits can have an important role in the development and maintenance of behavioral addictions. However the relationship between dark personality traits (i.e. Machiavellianism psychopathy narcissism sadism spitefulness) and ‘study addiction’ has yet to be investigated. Objectives: The purpose of the present study was to examine the associations of dark traits with study addiction among the total sample males and females separately while adjusting for the Big Five personality traits (i.e. extroversion neuroticism agreeableness openness conscientiousness). Methods: A total of 716 university students completed an online survey including questions assessing the aforementioned variables. Results: Hierarchical regression analysis suggested that being female neuroticism conscientiousness Machiavellianism and sadism were positively associated with study addiction. However dark personality traits (i.e. Machiavellianism sadism) were significantly related to study addiction only in males but not in females. Conclusions: Findings of this preliminary study suggest that dark personality traits may be better at explaining male addictive studying patterns and that gender should be taken into account when investigating the role of personality in the development of study addiction. © 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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The Mediating Role of Depression in the Relationship Between Body Image Dissatisfaction and Cyberbullying Perpetration
(Springer, 2020) Sabah Balta; Emrah Emirtekin; Kağan Kircaburun; Mark D. Griffiths; Kircaburun, Kagan; Emirtekin, Emrah; Balta, Sabah; Griffiths, Mark D.
Preliminary evidence suggests that psychopathological factors (e.g. depression) are associated with higher engagement in cyberbullying perpetration and those with elevated body image dissatisfaction (BID) are more susceptible to depression. However the possible impact of body image dissatisfaction (BID) on cyberbullying remains untested. The present study examined the direct and indirect relationships of BID with cyberbullying via depression among a sample of 507 university students (mean age 21.37 years, range 18–44 years). t tests showed that males had a higher prevalence of cyberbullying than females. Structural equation modeling indicated that BID was directly and indirectly associated with cyberbullying via depression among the total sample and males. However BID was only indirectly related to cyberbullying via depression among females. Depression fully explained the relationship between BID and cyberbullying among females although there were additional mediating factors between BID and cyberbullying among males. The findings are in accordance with theoretical models suggesting that individuals’ personal characteristics including psychopathological factors are associated with cyberbullying. Furthermore males attempt to cope with their body image–related psychopathology with more externalizing behaviors than females. © 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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The role of childhood emotional maltreatment and body image dissatisfaction in problematic smartphone use among adolescents
(ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD, 2019) Emrah Emirtekin; Sabah Balta; Irfan Sural; Kagan Kircaburun; Mark D. Griffiths; Joel Billieux; Sural, İrfan; Kircaburun, Kagan; Emirtekin, Emrah; Balta, Sabah; Billieux, Joel; Griffiths, Mark D.
Growing empirical evidence has identified specific psychological and contextual risk factors associated with problematic smartphone use (PSU). However the potential direct and indirect impact of childhood emotional maltreatment (CEM) on PSU remains largely unexplored despite the established role of CEM in the onset of other excessive problematic and addictive behaviors. Consequently the purpose of the present study was to test the direct and indirect relationships of emotional abuse and neglect (two facets of CEM) with PSU via specific mediational pathways including body image dissatisfaction (BID) social anxiety and depression. The sample comprised 443 adolescents who completed a questionnaire that included assessment tools of aforementioned variables. Multiple mediation model results indicated that CEM was directly and indirectly associated with PSU via BID depression BID-related depression and BID-related social anxiety. Results suggested that emotionally traumatic experiences were associated with PSU in adolescents and that this relationship may partially be explained by BID and psychosocial risk factors. The present study draws caution to the amplifying roles of CEM and BID on increased PSU. The results of the study have important clinical and public health implications but additional research is needed before interventions can be developed and implemented on the basis of present results.
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The Role of Procrastination Between Personality Traits and Addictive Mukbang Watching Among Emerging Adults
(SAGE Publications Inc., 2022) Kağan Kircaburun; Evita March; Sabah Balta; Emrah Emirtekin; Tarık Kışla; Mark D. Griffiths; Kircaburun, Kagan; Emirtekin, Emrah; Kışla, Tarık; March, Evita; Balta, Sabah; Griffiths, Mark D.
The role of personality traits in the development of addictive use of different online activities has been extensively demonstrated in the previous studies. One new type of online activity is the watching of mukbang (the South Korean term for “eating broadcasts”). However very little is known about addictive mukbang watching (AMW) and its relationship to personality constructs. The present study investigated the direct and indirect associations of Big Five personality traits (i.e. extroversion neuroticism agreeableness openness conscientiousness) and dark personality traits (i.e. narcissism Machiavellianism psychopathy sadism spitefulness) with AMW via procrastination. An online survey that comprised items assessing the aforementioned variables was completed by 222 university students who had watched mukbang at least once in the previous week. Path analysis indicated that extroversion was indirectly negatively associated with AMW via procrastination. Furthermore conscientiousness sadism and procrastination were directly positively associated with higher AMW. Findings suggest that individuals may develop and maintain uncontrolled mukbang watching in order to procrastinate and personality traits may play a contributing role in this association. © 2022 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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Trait Emotional Intelligence and Problematic Social Media Use Among Adults: The Mediating Role of Social Media Use Motives
(Springer New York LLC barbara.b.bertram@gsk.com, 2019) Irfan Süral; Mark D. Griffiths; Kağan Kircaburun; Emrah Emirtekin; Süral, Irfan; Kircaburun, Kagan; Emirtekin, Emrah; Griffiths, Mark D.
There are many contributing factors to problematic social media use including personality differences psychosocial factors and specific use motivations. The present study (N = 444 emerging adults 75% women) investigated the direct and indirect relationships between trait emotional intelligence and problematic social media use via social media use motives by testing a complex mediation model. Path analyses suggested that trait emotional intelligence was directly and indirectly associated with problematic social media use via two social media use motives: (i) expressing or presenting a more popular self and (ii) passing time. Results of the present study indicate that trait emotional intelligence may have a role in the motives for using social media as well as the development and maintenance of problematic social media use. Moreover future studies should focus mediator risk factors between trait emotional intelligence and problematic social media use. © 2019 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.