Exploring the Mediating Role of Emotion Regulation and Distress Intolerance in the Relationship Between Social Anxiety and Problematic Smartphone Use: A Cross-Sectional Study
Article (Faculty180)
An increasing body of research has demonstrated significant relations between social anxiety and problematic smartphone use (PSU). While some cognitive and affective mechanisms, such as poor emotion regulation, have been explored as mediating variables explaining these relations, there is less known about the role of distress intolerance. Our study explored the mediating role of emotion regulation strategies (expressive suppression and cognitive appraisal) and distress intolerance between social anxiety and PSU severity using structural equation modeling (SEM). We built our research model based upon the framework of the Person-Affect-Cognition-Execution (I-PACE) theoretical model of Internet use disorders.
