Problematic Social Media Use and Impulsivity
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Impulsivity can be broken down into facets of motor impulsivity and cognitive impulsivity.
“Impulsivity can be further broken down into facets of motor impulsivity and cognitive impulsivity.”
From Problematic social media use and inhibitory control among post-secondary students (2025) · cites this paper as Lewin et al., 2023
A lack of inhibitory control is closely related to impulsivity, which can include a lack of planning and careless decision-making.
“A lack of inhibitory control is closely related to the concept of impulsivity, which can include a lack of planning and careless decision-making (Lewin et al., 2023).”
From Problematic social media use and inhibitory control among post-secondary students (2025) · cites this paper as Lewin et al., 2023
Facets of cognitive impulsivity rather than motor impulsivity appear most relevant to PSMU and online behaviors such as social comparison.
“Facets of cognitive impulsivity rather than motor impulsivity appear most relevant to PSMU and online behaviors such as social comparison (Lewin et al., 2023).”
From Problematic social media use and inhibitory control among post-secondary students (2025) · cites this paper as Lewin et al., 2023
The unique relationship between negative social comparison and PSMU may explain the disparate findings regarding PSMU and inhibitory control, because impulsivity has largely been studied in isolation from online behaviors.
“This unique relationship may explain the disparate findings regarding PSMU and inhibitory control, as impulsivity has been largely studied in isolation of online behaviors (Lewin et al., 2023).”
From Problematic social media use and inhibitory control among post-secondary students (2025) · cites this paper as Lewin et al., 2023
The lack of significant Go-Nogo results supports growing evidence that cognitive impulsivity, rather than motor impulsivity, is more relevant to PSMU.
“While task sensitivity is important to consider, a lack of significant Go-Nogo results does support growing evidence that cognitive impulsivity (rather than motor) is more relevant to PSMU (Lewin et al., 2023).”
From Problematic social media use and inhibitory control among post-secondary students (2025) · cites this paper as Lewin et al., 2023
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- Authors
- Lewin, K. M., Kaur, A., & Meshi, D.
- Affiliations
- Michigan State University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Meshi, Dar
- Venue
- Current Addiction Reports
- Published
- 2023-05-25
- Volume
- 10
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 553-562
- ISSN
- 2196-2952 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W4378216561
- Cited by
- 41
- References
- 47
- Citations by year
- 2026: 17 · 2025: 20 · 2024: 4
- FWCI
- 14.08
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- Locations
- Current Addiction Reports (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Gambling Behavior and Treatments
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
- Keywords
- social media addiction, impulsivity, attentional impulsivity, impulsive choice, behavioral tasks, survey measures
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