Resilience, Stress, and Emotion Regulation in College Students: A Moderated Mediation Model of TikTok Engagement
Samuel Bibat et al.
This study examined associations between stress, resilience, emotion regulation (ER), and TikTok use. Data were collected from 101 undergraduate students ( M age = 20.04, SD age = 4.02) at a Midwestern private university. Participants completed self-report measures of TikTok use and intensity (i.e., emotional attachment), resilience, perceived stress, and intrapersonal and interpersonal ER. Mediation and moderated mediation analyses were conducted using PROCESS macro models. Stress mediated the