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Item Adolescents' eveningness chronotype and cyberbullying perpetration: The mediating role of depression-related aggression and anxiety-related aggression(Taylor & Francis, 2018-08-15) Balta, Sabah; Emirtekin, Emrah; Kircaburun, Kagan; Griffiths, Mark D.; Tosuntaş, Şule Betül; Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi/Eğitim Fakültesi/Eğitim Bilimleri Bölümü.; 0000-0002-0731-6505; 56400946800Recent empirical evidence has indicated a positive relationship between university students' evening-type chronotype and their cyberbullying perpetration (CBP) scores while controlling for gender and Big Five personality dimensions. The aims of the present study were (i) to replicate the results of the aforementioned study with an adolescent sample, and (ii) to examine the mediating role of depression, anxiety, and aggression on the relationship between chronotype and CBP. In order to investigate these aims, 493 high-school students were recruited to complete a survey that included the Reduced Morningness-Eveningness Scale, Short Depression Scale, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory Short Form, Aggression Questionnaire, and Cyberbullying Offending Scale. Results indicated that while females had higher depression and anxiety scores, males scored higher on CBP. Path analysis showed that aggression, depression-related aggression, and anxiety-related aggression fully mediated the relationship between evening-type chronotype and CBP. There were also significant gender differences in the model. Furthermore, physiological factors had an indirect effect on CBP via psychological risk factors and emotion-related negative behaviors.Item Childhood emotional abuse and cyberbullying perpetration: The role of dark personality traits(Sage Publications, 2021-11) Kırcaburun, Kağan; Jonason, Peter; Griffiths, Mark D.; Aslanargun, Engin; Emirtekin, Emrah; Billieux, Joel; Tosuntaş, Şule Betül; Uludağ Üniversitesi/Eğitim Fakültesi.; 0000-0002-0731-6505; H-8934-2018; 56400946800Dark personality traits (i.e., Machiavellianism, psychopathy, narcissism, spitefulness, and sadism) are associated with adverse childhood experiences and deviant online behaviors. However, their mediating role between childhood emotional abuse and cyberbullying has never previously been investigated. We examined direct and indirect associations of childhood emotional abuse and cyberbullying via dark personality traits among 772 participants. Men were better characterized by dark personality traits and were more likely to engage in cyberbullying than women, and there were no sex differences in childhood emotional abuse. Collectively, dark traits fully mediated the relationship between childhood emotional abuse and cyberbullying in men, with partial mediation in the total sample and women. More specifically, Machiavellianism and spitefulness were mediators in both samples, sadism was a mediator in men and the total sample, and psychopathy was a mediator in the total sample and women. The dark personality traits can account for the association between childhood emotional abuse and cyberbullying, especially among men.Publication Compensatory usage of the internet: The case of mukbang watching on youtube(Korean Neuropsychiatric Assoc, 2021-04-01) Kırcaburun, Kağan; Balta, Sabah; Emirtekin, Emrah; Tosuntaş, Şule Betül; Demetrovics, Zsolt; Griffiths, Mark D.; TOSUNTAŞ, ŞULE BETÜL; Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi/ Eğitim Fakültesi/Eğitim Bilimleri Bölümü; 0000-0002-0731-6505; H-8934-2018Objective Accumulating empirical research has emphasized that a wide range of online activities?such as using social networking sites?can be performed in order to compensate unattained needs or to cope with negative affect and psychopathological symptoms. Although the correlates of problematic social networking use have been extensively investigated, less is known about problematic YouTube use (PYU), an umbrella term grouping a number of different activities (e.g., viewing of online video games, watching specific YouTube channels). Furthermore, nothing is known concerning increasingly popular and distinct YouTube-related activities such as mukbang watching (i.e., watching livestream ?eating broadcasts? where someone eats various foods in front of the camera while interacting with viewers). The aim of the present study was to examine the mediating role of problematic mukbang watching (PMW) on the relationships between depression and loneliness with PYU. Methods An online survey that comprised assessment tools for aforementioned variables was administered to 217 mukbang viewers (mean age=20.58 years, range 18?33 years). Results Results indicated that PMW was positively related to loneliness and PYU. Depression was positively and directly associated with PYU but was not associated with PMW. Conclusion Further research is required to better understand the psychological processes underlying problematic mukbang watching and its association with other mental health conditions (e.g., addictive disorders, eating disorders).Publication Covid-19 pandemic related excessive electronic media exposure and mental health in saudi arabia(Verduci Publisher, 2021-01-01) Alnohair, Sultan; Syed, Nabeel Kashan; Ahmed, Hussain; Sharaf, Futoun Z.; Alshehri, Fahad; Haque, Shafiul; Griffiths, Mark D.; Haque, Shafiul; Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi/Tıp Fakültesi; 0000-0002-2989-121X; EXU-4037-2022OBJECTIVE: Due to the continued spread of COVID-19 and the emergence of novel mutated viral variants, families all over the world are experiencing wide-ranging stress-ors that threaten not only their financial well-being but also their physical and mental health. The present study assessed the association between excessive electronic media exposure of pandemic-related news and mental health of the residents of Ha'il Province, Saudi Arabia. The present study also assessed the prevalence of perceived stress, fear of COVID-19, anxiety, depression, and loneliness due to COVID-19-related restrictions in the same population.MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 490 residents of Ha'il Province participated in a cross-sectional online survey during a two-month period (March to April 2021). A validated 38-item self-report survey was used to collect the data.RESULTS: Significant associations were reported between excessive electronic media exposure and the prevalence of perceived stress (X-2 =140.56; p<.001), generalized anxiety (X-2 =74.55; p<001), depression (X-2 =71.58; p<.001), COVID-19-related fear (X-2 =24.54; p<.001), and loneliness (X-2 =11.46; p<.001). It was also found that participants without depressive symptoms were 0.28 times less likely to have been exposed to excessive electronic media exposure (AOR: 0.28; C.I. 0.16-0.48; p<.001). Similarly, participants with no stress/mild stress were 0.32 times less likely to have been exposed to excessive electronic media exposure (AOR: 0.32; C.I. 0.19-0.52; p<.001).CONCLUSIONS: The findings of the present study suggest an urgent need for educational resilience programs (online and in-person) for susceptible individuals (females, unemployed, urban residents, etc.). Such programs would help them to develop skills to cope with the psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.Item Dark personality traits and problematic smartphone use: The mediating role of fearful attachment(Elsevier, 2019-10-15) Balta, Sabah; Jonason, Peter; Denes, Amanda; Emirtekin, Emrah; Kircaburun, Kağan; Griffiths, Mark D.; Tosuntaş, Şule Betül; Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi/Eğitim Fakültesi/Eğitim Bilimleri/Eğitim Programı ve Öğretim Bölümü.; 0000-0002-0731-6505; H-8934-2018; 56400946800Recently, empirical research has shown dark personality traits (i.e., Machiavellianism, psychopathy, narcissism, sadism, spitefulness) to be associated with problematic and addictive online behaviors. However, their direct relationships with problematic smartphone use (PSU) have yet to be examined. The present study investigated the direct and indirect associations of dark personality traits with PSU via fearful and dismissing attachment styles among 546 participants. Results indicated that men had higher scores on measures assessing dark personality traits and women had higher PSU. Narcissism and spitefulness were directly associated with PSU in the total sample, men, and women. Machiavellianism was indirectly associated with PSU via fearful attachment among men and sadism was directly and indirectly associated with PSU via fearful attachment among women. Findings suggest that dark personality traits may play a contributory role in higher PSU (with different traits having different effects among men and women), and that attachment styles partially explain the relationship between dark traits and PSU.Item The mediating role of self/everyday creativity and depression on the relationship between creative personality traits and problematic social media use among emerging adults(Springer, 2018-05-14) Kırcaburun, Kağan; Griffiths, Mark D.; Şahin, Feyzullah; Bahtiyar, Muhammed; Atmaca, Taner; Tosuntaş, Şule Betül; Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi/Eğitim Fakültesi/Bilgisayar ve Öğretim Teknolojileri Eğitimi Bölümü.; 0000-0002-0731-6505; 56400946800Personality is one of the important contributory factors in the development of problematic technology use. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the direct and indirect associations of creative personality traits with problematic social media use via self/everyday creativity, depression, and loneliness. A total of 460 Turkish emerging adults aged between 18 and 26 years (61% female) were surveyed. Findings indicated that (i) task-orientedness was indirectly associated with problematic social media use via self/everyday creativity, (ii) self-confidence was directly and indirectly associated with problematic social media use via self/everyday creativity and depression, (iii) risk-taking was indirectly associated with problematic social media use via depression, and (iv) self/everyday creativity and depression were directly associated with problematic social media use. The present study is the first to suggest that creative personality traits (i.e., task-orientedness, self-confidence, and risk-taking) and self/everyday creativity are associated with problematic social media use and that these factors should be taken into account when considering the etiology of problematic social media use.Item Trait emotional intelligence and internet gaming disorder among gamers: The mediating role of online gaming motives and moderating role of age groups(Springer, 2020-10) Kircaburun, Kagan; Demetrovics, Zsolt; Griffiths, Mark D.; Kiraly, Orsolya; Kun, Bernadette; Tosuntaş, Sule Betül; Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi/ Eğitim Fakültesi/Eğitim Bilimleri/Eğitim Programı ve Öğretim.; 0000-0002-0731-6505; H-8934-2018; 56400946800Personality differences are important determinants of problematic online behaviors. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the mediating role of loneliness, depression, and online gaming motives and moderating role of age on the relationship between trait emotional intelligence (EI) and Internet gaming disorder (IGD) via the construction of a multiple mediation model. A total of 478 online gamers completed a self-report online survey, including validated psychometric scales assessing the aforementioned constructs. Results indicated that trait EI was directly and indirectly associated with IGD and that the motive of escape was a partial mediator between trait EI and IGD among the total sample and adult gamers, but not among adolescents. Moreover, trait EI was associated with coping, skill development, fantasy, and recreation gaming motives only among total sample and adult gamers, and the escape motive was positively associated with IGD among total sample and adult gamers. However, among these relationships, only the association between trait EI and fantasy was significantly moderated by age group. Furthermore, the direct effect of trait EI was stronger among adolescent gamers when compared to adult gamers. Results showed that trait EI is inversely associated with IGD and affects gaming for different motives among adolescent and adult gamers.Item Uses and gratifications of problematic social media use among university students: A simultaneous examination of the big five of personality traits, social media platforms, and social media use motives(Springer, 2020-06) Kırcaburun, K.; Alhabash, S.; Griffiths, Mark D.; Tosuntaş, Şule Betül; Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi/Eğitim Fakültesi/Eğitim Bilimleri Bölümü.; 0000-0002-0731-6505; H-8934-2018; 56400946800Recent studies suggest that users' preferences of social media use differ according to their individual differences and use motives, and that these factors can lead to problematic social media use (PSMU) among a minority of users. The objectives of the present study were to investigate the influences of (i) demographics and Big Five personality dimensions on social media use motives; (ii) demographics and use motives on social media site preferences; and (iii) demographics, personality, popular social media sites, and social media use motives on PSMU. The sample comprised 1008 undergraduate students, aged between 17 and 32 years (M = 20.49, SD = 1.73; 60.5% women). The participants completed a questionnaire comprising the Social Media Use Questionnaire, Social Media Usage Aims Scale, and Ten-Item Personality Inventory. Multiple linear and hierarchical regression analyses showed that social media use motives of (i) meeting new people and socializing, (ii) expressing or presenting a more popular self, and (iii) passing time and entertainment were associated with problematic social media use. Moreover, participants that preferred Instagram, Snapchat, and Facebook reported higher scores of problematic social media use. Finally, being female, introverted, conscientious, agreeable, and neurotic were associated with PSMU. The findings offer empirical evidence for uses and gratifications theory because the findings demonstrated that (i) different personality traits predict different motives, (ii) different motives predict preference of different platforms, and (iii) different individual differences such as personality, preference of platform, and specific use motives predict PSMU.