Document Type : Original Article
Authors
1 Cognitive Psychology, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
2 Department of Psychology, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationships between the time spent on the Instagram network based on the personality traits of introversion/extroversion, neuroticism, emotional dysregulation, and emotion regulation strategies in Iranian users of this network. Our hypothesis was based on the fact that the time spent by Iranian users on this network is much longer compared to other countries, and part of its causality is related to the practical use of this network as a tool for emotion regulation, for a limited reason. The methods of expressing emotions in this country have led users to excessively use this network. Data collection was done through an online questionnaire, which was completed by a total of 918 people. The hypothesis test and evaluation of the proposed model were examined by the structural equation modeling (SEM). The results showed that the attributes of neuroticism (N), extroversion (E), emotional dysregulation, and emotion regulation strategies can well predict the time spent by the user. The variables of neuroticism, extroversion, and emotional dysregulation all have a positive effect on the target variable (increasing time), and the variable of emotion regulation strategies can reverse this effect and reduce the time spent by users.
Keywords
Main Subjects
OPEN ACCESS
©2024 The author(s). This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this license, visit: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
PUBLISHER NOTE
Sami Publishing Company remains neutral concerning jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.
CURRENT PUBLISHER
)