The Self-Control Bridge
Connecting Social Media Use to Academic Procrastination
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13665486 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Amirhossein Rasouli (0009-0000-9519-0887, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences), Zahra Nejad‐Ebrahim Soumee (0009-0009-4924-6531, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences), Zahra Nejad-Ebrahim Soumee (Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences), Hatef Tirgari Seraji (0009-0008-6837-7708, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili), Faramarz Ramzi (Zanjan University of Medical Sciences), Omid Saed (0000-0002-6070-6203, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Pages | 332941251330538-332941251330538 |
| Publication date | 2025-03-24 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Psychological Reports (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/00332941251330538 |
| PMID | 40128634 |
| OpenAlex | W4408804132 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 51 |
Problematic social media use can be characterized as compulsive or excessive engagement with social media applications that have addictive qualities. Research has highlighted a strong link between self-control and academic procrastination. Therefore, the primary aim of this study is to explore the connection between problematic social media use and academic procrastination, with self-control acting as a mediator. This study is cross-sectional and aims to describe and analyze simple and multiple-variable relationships within the framework of structural equation modeling. The participants of this study comprised 665 students (female 50.8% M-age 21.72). The survey was conducted online, and the respondents consented to participate in the study. Hierarchical regression revealed that problematic social media use (β = .238, p p < .001) were independent factors of academic procrastination; the SEM results demonstrated that self-control fully mediated the relationship between problematic social media use and academic procrastination; the bootstrap method revealed that the bounds of the CI did not contain 0, confirming the significance of this mediating effect. Problematic social media use can positively predict academic procrastination, and this relationship is fully mediated by self-control
Addiction · Control (management · Developmental psychology · Multilevel model · Procrastination · Self-control · Social media · Structural equation modeling · Cyberloafing and Workplace Behavior · Impact of Technology on Adolescents · Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |