7️⃣ Intolerance of uncertainty and emotion dysregulation mediate relations between fear of negative evaluation and problematic social media use severity
✍ Elyse F. Hutcheson, Christian Montag, @jonelhai.bsky.social
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My Tianjin (China) collaborator, Haibo Yang, and his lab have now published our paper on FOMO, attentional bias, and problematic social media use. With Christian Montag. Fulltext is available online (for free) until January 6, 2026, using this link:
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Another paper in collaboration with Brian Hall’s lab.
Full text access available until January 3, 2026.

Correlates of problematic smartphone use among Chinese adolescents during COVID-19.
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Psychology folks... We're hiring for an assistant professor position.
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Our new paper. Full-text available at the link below.
Chen, J., Yao, N., & Elhai, J. D. (2026). From active users to passive watchers: Profiles of TikTok engagement and mental health predictors. Addictive Behaviors, 173, 108552.

doi.org/10.1016/j.ad...

Our new paper.
Underlying dimensions of depression and negative affect are equally related to problematic smartphone and social media use severity.
Published open access and freely available below.

doi.org/10.1016/j.ps...

Congrats to my collaborator Nisha Yao for leading this project, now in print.
Full text access is below.
Fear of missing out mediates the relationship between intolerance of uncertainty and problematic smartphone use severity.
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Our new paper is out. Full-text is available for free via open access.
FOMO’s apprehension of missing out and constant connection desire dimensions differentially correlate with problematic smartphone and social media use, but not with depression or generalized anxiety
doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...