KMAN Publication Inc. (KMANPUB) Journal of Assessment and Research in Applied Counseling (JARAC) 7 Serial Number 27 2025 10 01 Social Media Doomscrolling and Anxiety: Psychological Resilience as a Moderator Social Media Doomscrolling and Anxiety: Psychological Resilience as a Moderator 1 10 10.61838/kman.jarac.4776 EN Journal Article 2025 07 23 <table> <tbody> <tr> <td> <p><strong>Objective:</strong>  This study aimed to examine the relationship between social media doomscrolling and anxiety among Egyptian adults and to test whether psychological resilience moderates this association, potentially buffering individuals against the anxiety-provoking effects of doomscrolling.</p> <p><strong>Methods and Materials: </strong>A descriptive correlational design was used with a sample of 399 adult social media users recruited from diverse Egyptian online communities. Sample size was determined based on the Morgan and Krejcie table to ensure adequate statistical power. Data were collected using validated instruments: the Social Media Disorder Scale adapted for doomscrolling, the Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale-7 (GAD-7) for anxiety, and the Connor–Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC-25) for psychological resilience. Analyses were conducted using IBM SPSS 27 for descriptive and bivariate statistics and AMOS 21 for structural equation modeling (SEM). Model fit was evaluated using χ²/df, GFI, AGFI, CFI, TLI, and RMSEA indices.</p> <p><strong>Findings: </strong>Results showed that doomscrolling was significantly and positively correlated with anxiety (r = .58, p &lt; .001), while resilience was negatively associated with both doomscrolling (r = –.46, p &lt; .001) and anxiety (r = –.52, p &lt; .001). SEM demonstrated an excellent fit (χ²/df = 2.10, GFI = .93, CFI = .96, RMSEA = .053). Doomscrolling had a significant direct effect on anxiety (β = 0.47, p &lt; .001) and a significant indirect effect via reduced resilience (β = –0.11, p &lt; .001). Resilience strongly predicted lower anxiety (β = –0.35, p &lt; .001) and significantly buffered the relationship between doomscrolling and anxiety.</p> <p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Excessive exposure to negatively oriented social media content is associated with heightened anxiety, but psychological resilience serves as a protective factor, weakening this link.</p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> https://www.journals.kmanpub.com/index.php/jarac/article/download/4776/8648