DOI: 10.54535/rep.2000199 ISSN: 2602-3733

Doomscrolling and Psychological Resilience: The Indirect Role of Cognitive Flexibility

Dilara Şahin, Özge Erduran Tekin
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This study examined the relationships among doomscrolling, cognitive flexibility, and psychological resilience in adults and investigated whether cognitive flexibility was indirectly associated with psychological resilience and moderated the association between doomscrolling and psychological resilience. Using a quantitative cross-sectional correlational design, data were collected through an online survey from 212 adults aged 20-50 residing in Türkiye who actively used digital media. Participants completed a Demographic Information Form, the Doomscrolling Scale, the Cognitive Flexibility Scale, and the Brief Resilience Scale. Confirmatory factor analysis, structural equation modeling, bootstrap analysis, and hierarchical regression were used to examine the proposed relationships. Doomscrolling was negatively associated with psychological resilience and cognitive flexibility, whereas cognitive flexibility was positively associated with psychological resilience. The indirect association between doomscrolling and psychological resilience through cognitive flexibility was statistically significant but small. In contrast, the interaction between doomscrolling and cognitive flexibility was negligible and not statistically significant. These findings indicate that cognitive flexibility accounts for a modest portion of the association between doomscrolling and psychological resilience but does not appear to alter its strength. Given the cross-sectional design, interpret the findings as statistical associations rather than evidence of causal or temporal relationships.

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