Social Appearance Anxiety, Automatic Thoughts, Psychological Well-Being and Social Media Addiction in University Students

This study aimed to determine the relationships between social appearance anxiety, automatic thoughts, psychological well-being and media addiction predictive power of these variables on addiction. The sample consists 440 associate degrees, undergraduate postgraduate students studying in various universities Turkey. Demographic Information Form, Social Media Addiction Scale, Automatic Thoughts Scale Psychological Well-being were used as data collection tools study. Independent group t-test, one-way ANOVA, Pearson correlation coefficient hierarchical regression analysis methods for obtained data. As a result analysis, it was found that there positive thoughts negative well-being. According concluded anxiety significantly predicted addiction, while did not contribute model. Findings discussed light relevant literature.