The Mediating Role of Phubbing in the Association between Social Media Addiction and Subjective Vitality among University Students

Authors : Ömer Faruk Akbulut, Muhammed Akat, Sinan Okur

Pages : 3125-3146

Doi:10.51460/baebd.1591221

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Publication Date : 2025-08-28

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :This study aimed to examine the mediating role of phubbing in the relationship between social media addiction and subjective vitality of university students. The participants of the study were 352 university students, 227 female and 125 male, aged between 18 and 55 (Mage = 23.608, SD = 6.561). In the study, conditional process analysis was performed using the SPSS PROCESS macro add-in and the research hypotheses were tested. Additionally, the bootstrapping method was used for the statistical significance of the mediator variable. When the correlation findings of the study were examined, it was determined that subjective vitality was negatively correlated with both social media addiction and phubbing. Additionally, a significant positive relationship was found between social media addiction and phubbing. Conditional process analysis findings revealed that phubbing played a partial mediating role in the relationship between social media addiction and subjective vitality. The results obtained from the bootstrapping method also indicated that this mediation was statistically significant. All findings obtained within the scope of the research were discussed and interpreted in light of the literature, and recommendations were presented to both mental health practitioners and researchers.
Keywords : Sosyal medya bağımlılığı, Öznel zindelik, Phubbing

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