Ergenlerde Üst Bilişlerin Sosyal Medya Bağımlılığında Rolü: Bir Model Testi

Abstract

This study examined the mediating role of metacognition in the relationship between depression, FoMO (Fear of Missing Out), boredom and self-esteem and social media addiction in adolescents. This study, which was conducted with the quantitative research method, consisted of two stages; in the first stage, the Scale of Metacognition Related to Adolescent Social Media Use (ESMKÜÖ) was developed and as a result of validity and reliability analyses, McDonald's omega = .721 and Cronbach's alpha = .706 were found. In the second stage, the mediating effect of metacognition in the relationship between depression, FoMO, boredom and self-esteem of adolescents and social media addiction was tested using structural equation modeling (SEM). Personal Information Form, Social Media Addiction Scale for Adolescents (SMASA), SSMKÜÖ, Self-Perception Scale for Adolescents, Kutcher Adolescent Depression Inventory (KADI), FoMO Scale and Brief Boredom Scale (FSBBS) were used in the data collected from middle and high school students in the city center of Kayseri. The findings showed that boredom score had a significant indirect effect on social media addiction via positive metacognition (.019, p = .006) and positive metacognition played a mediating role in this relationship. Similarly, FoMO score had a significant indirect effect on social media addiction via positive metacognition (.031, p < .001), which concluded that positive metacognition also had a mediating role in the relationship between FoMO and social media addiction. However, negative metacognition did not have a mediating role in the relationship between FoMO and social media addiction. The research findings were discussed within the framework of the literature and various recommendations were presented for psychological counselors, families, researchers and practitioners.