Love addiction symptoms and subjective cognitive complaints: The mediator role of depression and anxiety and the impact of social media use

IF 2.3 3区心理学 Q2 BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES

Behavioural Brain Research Pub Date : 2025-05-04 DOI:10.1016/j.bbr.2025.115621

Gianpaolo Maggi , Chiara Giacobbe , Lorenzo Borrello , Angelo Barone , Clara Mastromarino , Paolo Antonelli , Gabriella Santangelo

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Abstract

Love addiction (LA) can lead to adverse psychological, social, and cognitive consequences. However, the relationship between LA symptoms and perceived cognitive function, as well as the contribution of social media use, remains unclear. The present study aimed to unravel the exact nature of these relationships in a large Italian sample using an online questionnaire. We found that individuals with even mild LA symptoms experienced reduced everyday memory ability and more severe cognitive failures during daily activities and at work, compared to those without LA. Psychological symptoms mediated the effect of LA symptoms on perceived cognitive function, with the use of social media as a strong risk factor for LA development. LA deserves more scientific attention to provide clinicians with a clinical framework and spread awareness of its harmful consequences involving cognitive aspects. Awareness should encourage most at-risk individuals to recognize early LA manifestations and seek professional help for mental health care.

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恋爱成瘾症状与主观认知抱怨：抑郁、焦虑的中介作用及社交媒体使用的影响

爱情成瘾（LA）会导致不良的心理、社会和认知后果。然而，LA症状与感知认知功能之间的关系以及社交媒体使用的影响尚不清楚。目前的研究旨在通过在线问卷调查，在意大利的一个大样本中揭示这些关系的确切性质。我们发现，与没有LA的人相比，即使有轻微LA症状的人在日常活动和工作中也会经历日常记忆能力下降和更严重的认知失败。心理症状介导了LA症状对感知认知功能的影响，使用社交媒体是LA发展的一个强大风险因素。LA值得更多的科学关注，为临床医生提供临床框架，并传播认知方面的有害后果意识。意识应该鼓励大多数有风险的个体认识到早期的洛杉矶表现，并寻求精神卫生保健的专业帮助。

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Behavioural Brain Research 医学-行为科学

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5.60

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0.00%

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383

审稿时长

61 days

期刊介绍： Behavioural Brain Research is an international, interdisciplinary journal dedicated to the publication of articles in the field of behavioural neuroscience, broadly defined. Contributions from the entire range of disciplines that comprise the neurosciences, behavioural sciences or cognitive sciences are appropriate, as long as the goal is to delineate the neural mechanisms underlying behaviour. Thus, studies may range from neurophysiological, neuroanatomical, neurochemical or neuropharmacological analysis of brain-behaviour relations, including the use of molecular genetic or behavioural genetic approaches, to studies that involve the use of brain imaging techniques, to neuroethological studies. Reports of original research, of major methodological advances, or of novel conceptual approaches are all encouraged. The journal will also consider critical reviews on selected topics.