Family Harmony, Emotion Management Skills, Social Media Addiction, and Individual-social Responsibility: A Serial Mediation Model

• DOI: 10.20944/preprints202503.0230.v1
• Publication Date: 2025-03-05T05:38:46Z
• Authors: Mustafa Ercengiz; Samet Makas; Suat Polat; Nurullah Şahin; Murat Yıldırım

Background: Despite the growing recognition of the importance of family harmony, individual-social responsibility, emotional management skills, and social media addiction in an individual's psychosocial functioning, a significant gap remains in the literature regarding the associations between these constructs within the context of Turkish young adults. This study aimed to investigate the mediating effects of emotional management skills and social media addiction on the relationship between family harmony and individual social responsibility among young Turkish adults. Methods: A cross-sectional study using an online survey recruited 854 participants (64.1% female) who completed the Individual–Social Responsibility Scale, the Family Harmony Scale, the Emotion Management Skills Scale, and the Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale. Results: The results showed that high family harmony, emotional management skills, and low social media addiction were related to higher levels of individual social responsibility in young adults. Emotional management skills and social media addiction had partial and serial mediating effects on the relationship between family harmony and individual social responsibility. Conclusions: Educating young adults about fostering familial harmony can contribute to their emotional regulation abilities, reduce their involvement in detrimental social media behaviors, and enhance their levels of individual and social responsibility.