August 15, 2025Brain SciencesOpen Access

The Role of Fear of Negative Evaluation and Loneliness in Linking Insecure Attachment to Social Media Addiction: Evidence from Chinese University Students

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Attachment anxiety positively predicts social media addiction, with a notable effect size of 0.42.
A chained mediation pathway through fear of negative evaluation and loneliness accounts for 0.06 of this effect.
Attachment avoidance shows a weaker negative effect on social media addiction, indicating a complex relationship with loneliness.
These findings highlight the socio-emotional processes linking attachment styles to social media addiction in the Chinese context.

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This analysis reveals how attachment anxiety increases social media addiction in Chinese university students, suggesting fear of negative evaluation and loneliness as key factors.

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Xu et al. (2025) studied this question.

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This analysis reveals how attachment anxiety increases social media addiction in Chinese university students, suggesting fear of negative evaluation and loneliness as key factors.

The Role of Fear of Negative Evaluation and Loneliness in Linking Insecure Attachment to Social Media Addiction: Evidence from Chinese University Students

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The Role of Fear of Negative Evaluation and Loneliness in Linking Insecure Attachment to Social Media Addiction: Evidence from Chinese University Students

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