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The Bidirectional Relationship Between Internalizing Problems and Problematic Social Media Use Among Adolescents and Young Adults: Longitudinal Mediation of Different Executive Function Subcomponents

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Wei Xu
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Xi Shen *
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Jin-Liang Wang *
DOI:10.1002/jad.70221delete
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Excessive social media use among adolescents and young adults is increasingly common and negatively affects their physical and mental development. Therefore, identifying the factors associated with problematic social media use (PSMU) is crucial. Although many studies have shown that internalizing problems are closely related to PSMU, the direction of this relationship and the mediating mechanism remain unclear. Thus, this study aimed to explore the relationship between internalizing problems and PSMU among adolescents and young adults, and the role of executive function subcomponents.
Keywords:
cross-lagged panel model
executive function subcomponents
internalizing problems
problematic social media use

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Journal of Adolescence
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southwest university
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