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    THE PREDICTING VALUE OF EMOTIONAL-REGULATION IN PATHOLOGICAL USAGE OF SOCIAL MEDIA AMONG PALESTINIAN ADOLESCENCE AT ARAB COMMUNITIES
    (2022-10-27) Ayman Mahmoud Shadafneh
    Introduction: Social Media has spread very widely, and its use has become very widespread. It’s noticeable that the most used group of social media are young people (adolescence), and this use may reach the point of pathological use, and this stems from the different level of emotional regulation among adolescents. Objective: The study aimed to identify the predicting value of emotional Regulation in pathological usage of social media among Palestinian adolescence at Arab Communities. The Emotional-Regulation Scale (Self- Blame, putting into perspective, Other-blame, Positive reappraisal, Catastrophizing, refocus on planning, Positive refocusing, Acceptance and Rumination) was of medium level among the Adolescents, on the other hand the level of pathological usage social media among Arab adolescence was in the medium level. Methods: The analytical correlative descriptive approach was used to suit the purpose of the study related to the predicting value of emotional-regulation in pathological usage of social media among Arab adolescence. Results: The results showed that there is a positive significant relationship between emotional-Regulation with its dimensions (Self-blame, Acceptance, Rumination, Positive refocusing, Refocus on planning, Positive reappraisal, Putting into perspective, Catastrophizing, Other blame, total degree) and pathological usage social media among Arab Adolescence, and the (Self Blame, Rumination, Positive refocusing, Refocus on planning, Positive reappraisal, Putting into perspective, Catastrophizing and Other blame) have predicting in pathological usage social media among Arab adolescence. The results showed that there are no statistically significant differences in the level of Pathological Usage Social Media among Arab Adolescence Attributed to the Gender, age, daily hours on Social media and Family Income. Conclusion: Hence, it can be concluded that the emotional regulation predicting in the pathological use of social media among Palestinian adolescents in Arab communities, and this use was largely equal among adolescents according to their gender, age, daily hours of using social media, and according to family income. In the light of the result the study recommended necessary to activating the role of educational institutions and the media by increasing awareness and interest in using emotional Regulation strategies in various life situations and Holding workshops and seminars for adolescent students to improve their emotional Regulation. Keywords: Adolescence; Emotional Regulation; Pathological usage; Predicting; Social Media.