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Reda Mahrous Ebrahim
Al-Azhar University
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Empathy and social media addiction: the mediating role of emotional contagion among university students Mohamed Ali Nemtallah; Reda Mahrous Ebrahim; Shimaa Abdelmoghny Elbeltagy; Sabry Mohamed Sharamant; Aya Fawzy Torky; Ashraf Ragab Ibrahim
International Journal of Evaluation and Research in Education (IJERE) Vol 15, No 5: October 2026
Publisher : Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.11591/ijere.v15i5.38774

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Social media addiction (SMA) has emerged as a significant behavioral health concern among university students, yet the mechanisms linking empathic sensitivity to compulsive platform use remain unclear. This study examined whether emotional contagion mediates the relationship between empathy and SMA among 1,471 Egyptian university students. Participants completed the affective and cognitive measure of empathy (ACME), susceptibility to emotional contagion scale, and SMA scale. Structural equation modeling revealed that empathy negatively predicted SMA directly (β=-.527, p
Co-Authors Ashraf Ragab Ibrahim Aya Fawzy Torky Mohamed Ali Nemtallah Sabry Mohamed Sharamant Shimaa Abdelmoghny Elbeltagy