{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,10,10]],"date-time":"2026-10-10T09:49:27Z","timestamp":1791625767659,"version":"4.3.4"},"reference-count":62,"publisher":"Wiley","issue":"5","license":[{"start":{"date-parts":[[2026,5,5]],"date-time":"2026-05-05T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1777939200000},"content-version":"vor","delay-in-days":4,"URL":"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/"},{"start":{"date-parts":[[2026,5,1]],"date-time":"2026-05-01T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1777593600000},"content-version":"tdm","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"http:\/\/doi.wiley.com\/10.1002\/tdm_license_1.1"}],"content-domain":{"domain":["onlinelibrary.wiley.com"],"crossmark-restriction":true},"short-container-title":["Brain and Behavior"],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2026,5]]},"abstract":"<jats:title>ABSTRACT<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Purpose<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Social media continues to be associated with emerging adults\u2019 thinking skills and decision\u2010making processes, as well as behavioral addictions. This research aims to examine the correlation between emerging adults\u2019 levels of social media addiction and psychological resilience through the processes of \u201cPerceived Cognitive Manipulation\u201d and \u201cBrain Rot,\u201d and to develop an original Perceived Digital Cognitive Manipulation Scale (PEDCOM\u20108) within this scope.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Method<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The research was conducted in two stages. In the first stage, confirmatory factor analysis was applied to data obtained from 151 participants in the pilot study and 309 participants in the confirmatory factor analysis conducted during the development of the PEDCOM\u20108.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Finding<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The scale was found to be valid and reliable with a two\u2010factor structure and high internal consistency coefficients. In the second stage (N 355, mean age 20.78, 49.9% female), the relationships among social media addiction (X), perceived digital cognitive manipulation (M\n                      <jats:sub>1<\/jats:sub>\n                      ), brain rot (M\n                      <jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>\n                      ), and resilience (Y) were examined using structural equation modeling (SEM) and network analyses, which were created with data obtained from 355 participants. The findings showed that social media addiction is a significant and strong predictor of perceived digital cognitive manipulation. It has been demonstrated that perceived digital cognitive manipulation is negatively associated with brain rot, and compromised brain health is, in turn, linked to lower levels of resilience. Serial mediation analysis results revealed that perceived digital cognitive manipulation and brain rot together play a significant mediating role in the relationship between social media addiction and resilience.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The study presents a new conceptual model that explains the indirect roles of social media addiction on the cognitive integrity and psychological resilience mechanisms of emerging adults. The developed PEDCOM\u20108 serves as a unique measurement tool for future research examining the mental effects of digital behaviors.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1002\/brb3.71472","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,5,6]],"date-time":"2026-05-06T06:26:31Z","timestamp":1778048791000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["The Serial Mediating Role of Perceived Digital Cognitive Manipulation and Brain Rot in the Relationship Between Social Media Addiction and Resilience: An SEM and Network Analysis Study"],"prefix":"10.1002","volume":"16","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5979-1586","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Hasan","family":"Batmaz","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Psychology Karabuk University  Karab\u00fck T\u00fcrkiye"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,5,5]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_14_2_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.tele.2024.102123"},{"issue":"2","key":"e_1_2_14_3_1","first-page":"121","article-title":"From Addiction to Fatigue: Social Network Fatigue in the Digital Age","volume":"4","author":"Aka L. B.","year":"2024","journal-title":"Journal of Economics and Political Sciences"},{"key":"e_1_2_14_4_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.47752\/sjss.42.59.64"},{"issue":"2","key":"e_1_2_14_5_1","first-page":"62","article-title":"Brain Rot and National Resilience: A Review of Digital Threats to Human Resource Quality and National Stability in the Global Information Age","volume":"1","author":"Al Husaini M.","year":"2025","journal-title":"Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Innovation"},{"key":"e_1_2_14_6_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.37016\/mr\u20102020\u2010101"},{"key":"e_1_2_14_7_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1186\/s40359\u2010025\u201002383\u2010y"},{"key":"e_1_2_14_8_1","unstructured":"Alvi M. H.2016. \u201cA Manual for Selecting Sampling Techniques in Research.\u201d MPRA Paper No. 70218. Munich Personal RePEc Archive March 25.https:\/\/mpra.ub.uni\u2010muenchen.de\/60138\/."},{"key":"e_1_2_14_9_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s40429\u2010015\u20100056\u20109"},{"key":"e_1_2_14_10_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.addbeh.2016.03.006"},{"key":"e_1_2_14_11_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.2466\/02.09.18.PR0.110.2.501\u2010517"},{"key":"e_1_2_14_12_1","first-page":"34","article-title":"Investigation of Resilience in Terms of Gender: A Meta\u2010Analysis Study","volume":"4","author":"Ar\u0131 A.","year":"2020","journal-title":"Research on Education and Psychology"},{"key":"e_1_2_14_13_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Ataman\u2010Bor N. Y.Dilbilir R.Duran andH.Do\u011fan.2025. \u201cChallenges of the Digital Age: The Relationship between Internet Addiction Loneliness and Psychological Resilience of University Students.\u201dPsychological Reports ahead of print April 17.https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/00332941251335581.","DOI":"10.1177\/00332941251335581"},{"key":"e_1_2_14_14_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s12144\u2010025\u201007931\u20108"},{"key":"e_1_2_14_15_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.5281\/zenodo.15676357"},{"key":"e_1_2_14_16_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.13189\/ujer.2018.060418"},{"key":"e_1_2_14_17_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.25215\/0803.084"},{"key":"e_1_2_14_18_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"\u00c7i\u00e7ek \u0130. F.\u00dcnsal andZ.Korkmaz.2025. \u201cLoneliness and Problematic Social Media Use Among University Students: Exploring the Mediating Roles of Meaning in Life and Resilience.\u201dPsychology Health & Medicine ahead of print October 30.https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/13548506.2025.2581894.","DOI":"10.1080\/13548506.2025.2581894"},{"key":"e_1_2_14_19_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/da.10113"},{"key":"e_1_2_14_20_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.paid.2017.06.011"},{"key":"e_1_2_14_21_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.7275\/jyj1\u20104868"},{"key":"e_1_2_14_22_1","volume-title":"Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches","author":"Creswell J. W.","year":"2014"},{"key":"e_1_2_14_23_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.5455\/apd.41585"},{"issue":"1","key":"e_1_2_14_24_1","first-page":"93","article-title":"K\u0131sa psikolojik sa\u011flaml\u0131k \u00f6l\u00e7e\u011fi'nin T\u00fcrk\u00e7e Uyarlamas\u0131: Ge\u00e7erlik Ve G\u00fcvenirlik \u00c7al\u0131\u015fmas\u0131","volume":"3","author":"Do\u011fan T.","year":"2015","journal-title":"Journal of Happiness & Well\u2010Being"},{"key":"e_1_2_14_25_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/brb3.71163"},{"key":"e_1_2_14_26_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3758\/s13428\u2010017\u20100862\u20101"},{"key":"e_1_2_14_27_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/00332941231166609"},{"key":"e_1_2_14_28_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.heliyon.2025.e41869"},{"key":"e_1_2_14_29_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3390\/healthcare13091072"},{"key":"e_1_2_14_30_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.35365\/ctjpp.21.2.15"},{"key":"e_1_2_14_31_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm11247431"},{"key":"e_1_2_14_32_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/14659890500114359"},{"key":"e_1_2_14_33_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3390\/nursrep13010032"},{"key":"e_1_2_14_34_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s12144\u2010023\u201005526\u20109"},{"key":"e_1_2_14_35_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.32604\/ijmhp.2025.067388"},{"key":"e_1_2_14_36_1","volume-title":"Principles and Practice of Structural Equation Modeling","author":"Kline R. B.","year":"2023"},{"key":"e_1_2_14_37_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.18863\/pgy.1137812"},{"key":"e_1_2_14_38_1","unstructured":"Krebs D. M.2025. \u201cPredicting Social Media Addiction: The Influence of Paralinguistic Digital Affordances and Cognitive Processes on Social Media Use.\u201dMaster's thesis University of North Dakota."},{"issue":"3","key":"e_1_2_14_39_1","first-page":"180","article-title":"Investigating the Relationship Between Mindfulness, Social Networking Addiction and Resilience Among Young Adults","volume":"3","author":"Kulshreshtha S.","year":"2025","journal-title":"International Journal of Interdisciplinary Approaches in Psychology"},{"key":"e_1_2_14_40_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s11469\u2010023\u201001026\u2010w"},{"key":"e_1_2_14_41_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/1073858415595005"},{"issue":"2","key":"e_1_2_14_42_1","first-page":"74","article-title":"Resilience in Development","volume":"74","author":"Masten A. S.","year":"2002","journal-title":"Handbook of Positive Psychology"},{"key":"e_1_2_14_43_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.pone.0321361"},{"key":"e_1_2_14_44_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.21608\/ejhc.2024.387317"},{"key":"e_1_2_14_45_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.2147\/PRBM.S447067"},{"key":"e_1_2_14_46_1","volume-title":"Brain Rot Named Oxford Word of the Year 2024","author":"Oxford University Press","year":"2024"},{"key":"e_1_2_14_47_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.4135\/9781412984898"},{"key":"e_1_2_14_48_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s10639\u2010024\u201012595\u20101"},{"key":"e_1_2_14_49_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/0-387-23824-7_2"},{"key":"e_1_2_14_50_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.63056\/ACAD.004.02.0192"},{"key":"e_1_2_14_51_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.36106\/gjra"},{"key":"e_1_2_14_52_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.2196\/33450"},{"key":"e_1_2_14_53_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s10339-023-01155-z"},{"key":"e_1_2_14_54_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/10705500802222972"},{"key":"e_1_2_14_55_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3389\/fpos.2021.647957"},{"key":"e_1_2_14_56_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.2147\/PRBM.S441030"},{"key":"e_1_2_14_57_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3390\/bs15050665"},{"key":"e_1_2_14_58_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s12144\u2010024\u201006148\u20105"},{"key":"e_1_2_14_59_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.54535\/rep.1666895"},{"key":"e_1_2_14_60_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.2466\/pr0.1996.79.3.899"},{"key":"e_1_2_14_61_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1089\/cpb.1998.1.237"},{"key":"e_1_2_14_62_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3390\/brainsci15030283"},{"key":"e_1_2_14_63_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1037\/cou0000747"}],"container-title":["Brain and Behavior"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.1002\/brb3.71472","content-type":"application\/pdf","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/full-xml\/10.1002\/brb3.71472","content-type":"application\/xml","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.1002\/brb3.71472","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2026,10,10]],"date-time":"2026-10-10T09:06:27Z","timestamp":1791623187000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1002\/brb3.71472"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2026,5]]},"references-count":62,"journal-issue":{"issue":"5","published-print":{"date-parts":[[2026,5]]}},"alternative-id":["10.1002\/brb3.71472"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/brb3.71472","archive":["Portico"],"relation":{},"ISSN":["2162-3279","2162-3279"],"issn-type":[{"value":"2162-3279","type":"print"},{"value":"2162-3279","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2026,5]]},"assertion":[{"value":"2026-02-23","order":0,"name":"received","label":"Received","group":{"name":"publication_history","label":"Publication History"}},{"value":"2026-04-24","order":2,"name":"accepted","label":"Accepted","group":{"name":"publication_history","label":"Publication History"}},{"value":"2026-05-05","order":3,"name":"published","label":"Published","group":{"name":"publication_history","label":"Publication History"}}],"article-number":"e71472"}}