Sidar TURAN, Gökçen AYDIN
Addicta The Turkish Journal On Addictions - 2026;13(2):247-253
The main purpose of this study is to examine the role of experiential avoidance and social emotional learning skills in predicting social media addiction in high school students. The participants consist of 721 high school students in Türkiye in the 2023-2024 academic year. 'Demographic Information Form,' 'SMA Scale for Adolescents,' 'Avoidance and Fusion Scale-Youth 8,' and 'SEL Scale for Adolescents' were used to collect data. Hierarchical regression analysis was utilized to analyze the data. The findings indicated that there was a positive moderate-level relationship between social media addiction and experiential avoidance, a negative moderate-level relationship between social media addiction and social emotional learning skills, and a negative low-level significant relationship between experiential avoidance and social emotional learning skills. Finally, experiential avoidance, as the strongest predictor, and social emotional learning skills explained approximately 36% of the variance in social media addiction.
