Leila Sadri; Mansoureh Shahriari Ahmadi; parisa tajalli
Abstract
Introduction: This study aimed to investigate the causal relationship between peer-matching and body management with mediating role of mobile-based social media addiction in adolescents with social anxiety. Method: The statistical population included all-female high school students in ...
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Introduction: This study aimed to investigate the causal relationship between peer-matching and body management with mediating role of mobile-based social media addiction in adolescents with social anxiety. Method: The statistical population included all-female high school students in Tehran who were studying in the academic year of 2019-2020, among whom 251 people who were suffering from social anxiety were selected by the targeted sampling method. They answered the standard questionnaire of social anxiety (2000), compliance questionnaire (1993), body management scale (2014), and addiction questionnaire to mobile-based social networks(2016). Data were analyzed using structural equation modeling. Cronbach's alpha method was used to determine the reliability of the instrument.Finding: The results showed a direct relationship between peer compliance and addiction to mobile-based social networks (P<0.01, β = 0.30), and the relationship between addiction to mobile-based social networks and body management (P<0/01, Β= 0.28) was significant. Addiction to mobile-based social networks also fully mediated the relationship between peer compliance and body management.Conclusion: As a result, educating teens about the proper use of smartphones and social networks can reduce the impact of peer compliance on body management.