PSMU mediated via technostress and exhaustion predicts academic performance decrement¶

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q2 i? Homaid (2022) reported significant indirect effects of PSMU on APD through technostress (β = 0.355) and exhaustion (β = 0.188). → Zerrouk Deyae 2026

Evidence¶

Zerrouk Deyae 2026¶

Zerrouk Deyae, Kassab Kenza, El Asri Achraf, Zarrouq Btissame. (2026). The relationship between Problematic Social Media Use and academic performance among university students in the MENA region: a systematic review and exploratory meta-analysis. BMC Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-026-04354-3

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PLS-SEM mediation analysis in the same cross-sectional Saudi study. The table reports the technostress indirect path β = 0.355, t = 7.370, p < 0.001, and the exhaustion path β = 0.188, t = 4.596, p < 0.001, both significant mediators.

"Indirect: β = 0.355, t = 7.370, p < 0.001** Exhaustion was a significant mediator in the relationship between PSMU and APD"

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