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This study examines the relationship between depression, anxiety, and problematic social media use severity, focusing on distress tolerance as a mediating factor.

December 9, 2025Discover PsychologyOpen Access

Depression and anxiety in association with problematic social media use severity and the mediating role of distress tolerance

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VSV. ShanthiVels University JWJoshua R. WilliamsUniversity of Toledo JEJon D. ElhaiUniversity of Toledo

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Cross-sectional analysis reveals depression and distress tolerance influence problematic social media use, indicating affective regulation plays a key role.

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This study examines the relationship between depression, anxiety, and problematic social media use severity, focusing on distress tolerance as a mediating factor.
Conducted a cross-sectional web survey with 337 undergraduate psychology students
Used various scales: Patient Health Questionnaire-9 for depression, Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 for anxiety, Distress Tolerance Scale, Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale
Employed confirmatory factor analyses and structural equation modeling to analyze data.
Depression was significantly associated with lower distress tolerance, while anxiety was not
Distress tolerance was linked to decreased severity of problematic social media use
Lower distress tolerance mediated the relationship between depression and problematic social media use severity.

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Shanthi et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69401d682d562116f28f91f9 https://doi.org/10.1007/s44202-025-00505-6

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Cross-sectional analysis reveals depression and distress tolerance influence problematic social media use, indicating affective regulation plays a key role.

Depression and anxiety in association with problematic social media use severity and the mediating role of distress tolerance

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Depression and anxiety in association with problematic social media use severity and the mediating role of distress tolerance

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