RESUMO
BACKGROUND: Previous studies have associated videogame playing and social media use with suicidal behaviors together with lower stress coping or poor emotion regulation strategies. Due to the inconclusive evidence regarding the factors associated with suicidal behavior, the present study aimed to overcome the limitations of previous research and explored the relationship between adolescent stress, problematic internet use (PIU), gaming disorder (GD), and emotional regulation (ER) in a cross-section design. It was hypothesized that stress would have a direct effect on suicide risk (SR) as well as being mediated by PIU, GD, and ER. METHODS: The participants comprised 430 adolescents (58.4% male) aged between 16 and 19 years. They completed an online survey including the Mobile-Related Experiences Questionnaire, Internet Gaming Disorder Scale-Short Form, Meta-Mood Trait Repair Scale, and Spanish version of the Suicidal Behaviors Questionnaire. RESULTS: A total of 34.2% of the adolescents (N = 147) were at risk for SR. Results also indicated that 30,7% had experienced suicidal ideation at some point in their life, 12.1% had at least one plan to die by suicide, and 5.1% had attempted suicide. Results of path analysis confirmed that stress appeared to be a risk factor for suicide, but that its effects were not mediated by PIU. However, ER and GD mediated the effect of stress on SR. The results suggest that stress is a main risk factor for suicide, especially among adolescents with poor emotional regulation or problematic gaming. CONCLUSIONS: Considering the prevalence of suicide among adolescents, the results of the present study suggest that suicide prevention programs should include emotional regulation strategies, stress coping, and videogaming management skills in the early stages of high school. Providing these protective resources to adolescents will help them face the stressful and changing situations typical of adolescence and will help them to attain greater well-being and satisfaction with life.
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Comportamento Aditivo , Regulação Emocional , Humanos , Masculino , Adolescente , Adulto Jovem , Adulto , Feminino , Uso da Internet , Tentativa de Suicídio , Ideação Suicida , Comportamento Aditivo/epidemiologia , Comportamento Aditivo/psicologia , InternetRESUMO
Los adolescentes y adultos jóvenes son el grupo demográfico que más utiliza las redes sociales para poder comunicarse con sus iguales. Pese a ser un lugar que conecta a las personas, las redes sociales se han visto invadidas por publicaciones modificadas por filtros que provocan que los propios jóvenes, y en especial, las mujeres, se vean expuestas a ideales de belleza irreales, y que, a su vez, acaben comparándose de forma negativa y ascendente ante estos. Debido a este aumento de la comparación social entre las mujeres, el objetivo de este estudio fue observar si la ansiedad, el uso problemático de redes sociales (PSMU) y la regulación emocional estaban asociados con la comparación ascendente y si había diferencias entre géneros. Una muestra de 176 adolescentes y adultos jóvenes completó una encuesta en línea que incluía el Generalized Anxiety Disorder Questionnaire, el Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale, el Negative Social Media Comparison Scale y la subescala Reparación del Trait Meta-Mood Scale, además de responder a otros datos demográficos y hábitos de uso de redes sociales. Los resultados mostraron que la ansiedad y el uso problemático de redes sociales aumentaban la comparación social negativa, que la regulación emocional la disminuía, y que las mujeres tendían a compararse más que los hombres. Los resultados manifiestan la necesidad de diseñar acciones educativas dirigidas a la población adolescente y joven, especialmente de género femenino, para protegerla ante los usos perjudiciales de las redes sociales.(AU)
Most social media users are adolescents and young adults, and they use them to communicate with their peers. Despite being a place that can bring people together, social media have been invaded by publications modified by filters that can cause young people, and especially women, to be exposed to unreal beauty ideals. In turn, these girls end up comparing themselves negatively or upwardly to them. Due to this social comparison increase among women, the aim of this study was to observe if anxiety, problematic social media use (PSMU) and emotion regulation were associated with upward social comparison, and if there were gender differences. 176 adolescents and young adults took an online survey that included the Generalized Anxiety Disorder Questionnaire, the Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale, the Negative Social Media Comparison Scale and the Repair subscale from the Trait Meta-Mood Scale, as well as demographic data and habits regarding their social media use. Results showed that anxiety and PSMU increased the negative social comparison while emotion regulation decreased it. In addition, women tended to compare themselves more than men. The results from our study showed the need to design educational actions aimed at adolescents and young adults to protect them from the harmful uses of social media, and especially, aimed at women.(AU)
