Impulsivity and Difficulties in Emotional Regulation as Predictors of Binge-Watching Behaviours

Recently, the question about the potentially problematic characteristics of binge-watching behaviours has been raised in the contemporary literature. Binge-watching is a highly popular behaviour that involves watching multiple episodes of TV series in one sitting. Studies show that binge-watching ca...

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Autores principales:	Jolanta Starosta, Bernadetta Izydorczyk, Katarzyna Sitnik-Warchulska, Sebastian Lizińczyk
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Publicado:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
Materias:	binge-watching behavioural addiction impulsivity emotional regulation problematic binge-watching Psychiatry RC435-571
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/6184c08f9da04b8d863b38d67ecfb544
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:6184c08f9da04b8d863b38d67ecfb5442021-11-10T07:11:00ZImpulsivity and Difficulties in Emotional Regulation as Predictors of Binge-Watching Behaviours1664-064010.3389/fpsyt.2021.743870https://doaj.org/article/6184c08f9da04b8d863b38d67ecfb5442021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.743870/fullhttps://doaj.org/toc/1664-0640Recently, the question about the potentially problematic characteristics of binge-watching behaviours has been raised in the contemporary literature. Binge-watching is a highly popular behaviour that involves watching multiple episodes of TV series in one sitting. Studies show that binge-watching can be both an entertaining, but also a potentially problematic, behaviour. Therefore, this research aimed to answer the question about how impulsivity, difficulties in emotional regulation, and one's motivations around why they want to watch a TV series predict problematic binge-watching among a group of Polish young adults. The research group consisted of 645 participants. The following tools were then used to measure the study variables: the Impulsive Behaviour Scale, the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale, the Viewing Motivation Scale, and the Questionnaire of Excessive Binge-watching. Furthermore, a regression analysis was performed on the responses to each measure in order to answer our research questions. Our results show that a lack of premeditation, impulse control difficulties, and having an escapist motivation are all significant predictors of problematic binge-watching behaviours. Furthermore, one's motivations around dealing with loneliness, their motivations around how to best spend their free time, as well as their informative and entertaining motivations were also found to be significant predictors of problematic binge-watching behaviours.Jolanta StarostaBernadetta IzydorczykKatarzyna Sitnik-WarchulskaSebastian LizińczykFrontiers Media S.A.articlebinge-watchingbehavioural addictionimpulsivityemotional regulationproblematic binge-watchingPsychiatryRC435-571ENFrontiers in Psychiatry, Vol 12 (2021)
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spellingShingle	binge-watching behavioural addiction impulsivity emotional regulation problematic binge-watching Psychiatry RC435-571 Jolanta Starosta Bernadetta Izydorczyk Katarzyna Sitnik-Warchulska Sebastian Lizińczyk Impulsivity and Difficulties in Emotional Regulation as Predictors of Binge-Watching Behaviours
description	Recently, the question about the potentially problematic characteristics of binge-watching behaviours has been raised in the contemporary literature. Binge-watching is a highly popular behaviour that involves watching multiple episodes of TV series in one sitting. Studies show that binge-watching can be both an entertaining, but also a potentially problematic, behaviour. Therefore, this research aimed to answer the question about how impulsivity, difficulties in emotional regulation, and one's motivations around why they want to watch a TV series predict problematic binge-watching among a group of Polish young adults. The research group consisted of 645 participants. The following tools were then used to measure the study variables: the Impulsive Behaviour Scale, the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale, the Viewing Motivation Scale, and the Questionnaire of Excessive Binge-watching. Furthermore, a regression analysis was performed on the responses to each measure in order to answer our research questions. Our results show that a lack of premeditation, impulse control difficulties, and having an escapist motivation are all significant predictors of problematic binge-watching behaviours. Furthermore, one's motivations around dealing with loneliness, their motivations around how to best spend their free time, as well as their informative and entertaining motivations were also found to be significant predictors of problematic binge-watching behaviours.
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author	Jolanta Starosta Bernadetta Izydorczyk Katarzyna Sitnik-Warchulska Sebastian Lizińczyk
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title	Impulsivity and Difficulties in Emotional Regulation as Predictors of Binge-Watching Behaviours
title_short	Impulsivity and Difficulties in Emotional Regulation as Predictors of Binge-Watching Behaviours
title_full	Impulsivity and Difficulties in Emotional Regulation as Predictors of Binge-Watching Behaviours
title_fullStr	Impulsivity and Difficulties in Emotional Regulation as Predictors of Binge-Watching Behaviours
title_full_unstemmed	Impulsivity and Difficulties in Emotional Regulation as Predictors of Binge-Watching Behaviours
title_sort	impulsivity and difficulties in emotional regulation as predictors of binge-watching behaviours
publisher	Frontiers Media S.A.
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/6184c08f9da04b8d863b38d67ecfb544
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Impulsivity and Difficulties in Emotional Regulation as Predictors of Binge-Watching Behaviours

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