The mediating effect of social media addiction on the relationship between social and emotional loneliness and marital adjustment in married women

Key Points

• This study investigates how social media addiction influences the relationship between loneliness and marital adjustment in married women.
• Descriptive study design with a sample of 569 married women
• Utilized Social and Emotional Loneliness Scale for Adults, Marital Adjustment Test, and Social Media Addiction Scale
• Analyzed correlations between social media addiction, loneliness, and marital adjustment
• Found a small positive correlation between social media addiction and social loneliness (r=0.296; p<0.05)
• Determined that social media addiction mediates the relationship between emotional loneliness and marital adjustment
• Indicated that higher levels of social media addiction are associated with increased loneliness affecting marital quality