Mindfulness cognitive-based therapy combined with metaphor therapy can improve problematic social media use.
Frontiers in Psychiatry January 1, 2025 Weirui Xiong, Lu Yu, Jinhui Chai
A combination of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) and metaphor therapy (MT) can effectively reduce problematic social media use (PSMU) by changing participants' cognition and behavior. Thirty individuals with PSMU received the intervention, while another thirty served as controls. The therapy addressed the psychological needs and unreasonable cognitions underlying PSMU, which behavior-only approaches often miss. The results indicate that MBCT combined with MT is a useful intervention for PSMU.