The shield of the screen: The role of anger on the development of social media addiction and internet gaming disorder
This study aims to explore if the dimensions of anger can be risk factors for the development of social media addiction and an internet gaming disorder, considering that the correlation between anger and these specific subcategories of internet addiction can represent a core intervention in their pr...
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| author | Fiammetta Iannuzzo Clara Lombardo Maria Catena Silvestri Fabrizio Turiaco Giovanni Genovese Caterina Rombolà Carmela Mento Maria Rosaria Anna Muscatello Antonio Bruno |
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| description | This study aims to explore if the dimensions of anger can be risk factors for the development of social media addiction and an internet gaming disorder, considering that the correlation between anger and these specific subcategories of internet addiction can represent a core intervention in their prevention and treatment. 477 subjects, recruited among the general population, were assessed on-line by the following tools: STAXI–2; BSMAS, and IGDS9–SF. A correlation analyses showed a significantly positive relationship between the total score of the BSMAS and the STAXI–2 scales SANG (p < 0.0001), TANG (p < 0.0001), AX–O (p = 0.003), and AX–I (p < 0.0001), and between the total score of the IGDS9–SF and the STAXI–2 scales SANG (p = 0.002), TANG (p < 0.0001), AX–O (p = 0.001), AX–I (p < 0.0001), and AC–O (p = 0.004). A linear regression model showed how TANG and AX–I were direct predictors of the BSMAS total scores, and how AX–I was a direct predictor of the IGDS9–SF total scores. It appears plausible that there is a significant correlation between the dimensions of anger and the emergence of social media addiction and internet gaming: internet usage may serve as a coping mechanism for emotional or social challenges and as a protective screen to deal with negative emotions. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e2a2945183bd411784feec429bd0a8e22025-01-24T01:32:41ZengAIMS PressAIMS Public Health2327-89942024-09-011141002101210.3934/publichealth.2024051The shield of the screen: The role of anger on the development of social media addiction and internet gaming disorderFiammetta Iannuzzo0Clara Lombardo1Maria Catena Silvestri2Fabrizio Turiaco3Giovanni Genovese4Caterina Rombolà5Carmela Mento6Maria Rosaria Anna Muscatello7Antonio Bruno8Department of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and Morphofunctional Imaging, University of Messina, Messina, ItalyDepartment “Scienze della Salute”, University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, ItalyPsychiatry Unit, Polyclinic Hospital University of Messina, Messina, ItalyDepartment of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and Morphofunctional Imaging, University of Messina, Messina, ItalyPsychiatry Unit, Polyclinic Hospital University of Messina, Messina, ItalyDepartment of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and Morphofunctional Imaging, University of Messina, Messina, ItalyDepartment of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and Morphofunctional Imaging, University of Messina, Messina, ItalyDepartment of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and Morphofunctional Imaging, University of Messina, Messina, ItalyDepartment of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and Morphofunctional Imaging, University of Messina, Messina, ItalyThis study aims to explore if the dimensions of anger can be risk factors for the development of social media addiction and an internet gaming disorder, considering that the correlation between anger and these specific subcategories of internet addiction can represent a core intervention in their prevention and treatment. 477 subjects, recruited among the general population, were assessed on-line by the following tools: STAXI–2; BSMAS, and IGDS9–SF. A correlation analyses showed a significantly positive relationship between the total score of the BSMAS and the STAXI–2 scales SANG (p < 0.0001), TANG (p < 0.0001), AX–O (p = 0.003), and AX–I (p < 0.0001), and between the total score of the IGDS9–SF and the STAXI–2 scales SANG (p = 0.002), TANG (p < 0.0001), AX–O (p = 0.001), AX–I (p < 0.0001), and AC–O (p = 0.004). A linear regression model showed how TANG and AX–I were direct predictors of the BSMAS total scores, and how AX–I was a direct predictor of the IGDS9–SF total scores. It appears plausible that there is a significant correlation between the dimensions of anger and the emergence of social media addiction and internet gaming: internet usage may serve as a coping mechanism for emotional or social challenges and as a protective screen to deal with negative emotions.https://www.aimspress.com/article/doi/10.3934/publichealth.2024051internet addictionsocial media addictioninternet gaming disorderanger |
| spellingShingle | Fiammetta Iannuzzo Clara Lombardo Maria Catena Silvestri Fabrizio Turiaco Giovanni Genovese Caterina Rombolà Carmela Mento Maria Rosaria Anna Muscatello Antonio Bruno The shield of the screen: The role of anger on the development of social media addiction and internet gaming disorder AIMS Public Health internet addiction social media addiction internet gaming disorder anger |
| title | The shield of the screen: The role of anger on the development of social media addiction and internet gaming disorder |
| title_full | The shield of the screen: The role of anger on the development of social media addiction and internet gaming disorder |
| title_fullStr | The shield of the screen: The role of anger on the development of social media addiction and internet gaming disorder |
| title_full_unstemmed | The shield of the screen: The role of anger on the development of social media addiction and internet gaming disorder |
| title_short | The shield of the screen: The role of anger on the development of social media addiction and internet gaming disorder |
| title_sort | shield of the screen the role of anger on the development of social media addiction and internet gaming disorder |
| topic | internet addiction social media addiction internet gaming disorder anger |
| url | https://www.aimspress.com/article/doi/10.3934/publichealth.2024051 |
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