The Mediating Role of Self/Everyday Creativity and Depression on the Relationship Between Creative Personality Traits and Problematic Social Media Use Among Emerging Adults

KIRCABURUN K., Griffiths M. D., ŞAHİN F., BAHTİYAR M., ATMACA T., TOSUNTAŞ Ş. B.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION, cilt.18, sa.1, ss.77-88, 2020 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 18 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2020
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1007/s11469-018-9938-0
  • Dergi Adı: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, PAIS International, Psycinfo, Social services abstracts, Sociological abstracts
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.77-88
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Problematic social media use, Creativity, Depression, Task-oriented, Self-confidence, Risk-taking, Creative personality, Everyday creativity, Depression, Loneliness, EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE, YOUNG-ADULTS, COLLEGE-STUDENTS, NETWORK SITES, ADDICTIVE USE, SELF-ESTEEM, BIG 5, SCALE, SYMPTOMS, INTERNET
  • Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Personality is one of the important contributory factors in the development of problematic technology use. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the direct and indirect associations of creative personality traits with problematic social media use via self/everyday creativity, depression, and loneliness. A total of 460 Turkish emerging adults aged between 18 and 26 years (61% female) were surveyed. Findings indicated that (i) task-orientedness was indirectly associated with problematic social media use via self/everyday creativity, (ii) self-confidence was directly and indirectly associated with problematic social media use via self/everyday creativity and depression, (iii) risk-taking was indirectly associated with problematic social media use via depression, and (iv) self/everyday creativity and depression were directly associated with problematic social media use. The present study is the first to suggest that creative personality traits (i.e., task-orientedness, self-confidence, and risk-taking) and self/everyday creativity are associated with problematic social media use and that these factors should be taken into account when considering the etiology of problematic social media use.