Investigation the Mediating Role of Instagram Addiction in Predicting Marital Commitment Based on Personality Traits

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 Master of Family Counseling, Faculty of Literature, Humanities and Social Sciences, Science and Research Branch, Tehran, Iran.

2 Assistant Professor of Counseling, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.

3 Master Student in Family Counseling, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

These days, the use of social networks is very popular. Among social networks, Instagram has had a great impact on people's personal and marital life, but little research has been done on the addictive use of Instagram and its related factors. The purpose of present study was to investigate the mediating role of Instagram addiction in predicting Marital Commitment based on Personality Traits. Method: This research is descriptive and correlational and structural equation modeling. The statistical population included all married people who are members of the Instagram social network. among them, 543 people were selected convenience sampling method. Pearson correlation and linear regression methods have been used to analyze the data, and structural equation modeling using smartpls3 software has been used to check the research hypotheses. Results: The results show that the presented model has a good fit and Instagram addiction can play a mediating role between personality traits and marital commitment. Conclusion: Considering the effects of lack of marital commitment on couples, families and society, identifying the variables involved in this matter can provide the basis for planning prevention and treatment, and it seems that Instagram addiction is one of the factors affecting the reduction of marital commitment.

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History

  • Receive Date: 11 August 2022
  • Revise Date: 06 October 2022
  • Accept Date: 23 October 2022

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