Personality Types and Mental Health Problems in Young Adults with Binge Watching: The Mediating Role of Self-Criticism

Abstract

The current research focused to find out the mediating role of Self-Criticism between Personality Types and Mental Health Problems in Young Adults with Binge Watching. A Sample of 350 participants with the age range of 19-27 (M=20.21; SD= 1.61), including men(n=175) and women(n=175) was selected from private and government universities of Lahore. The Self-Criticism Scale for University Students (Shehzadi & Saleem, 2016), Introvert Personality Scale (IPS) (Bibi & Saleem, 2022), Extrovert Personality Scale (EPS) (Imran & Khurshid, 2022) and Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS) were used. The results of this study revealed that Self-Criticism was fully mediating the relationship between Personality Types and Mental Health Problems in Young Adults with Binge Watching.  Therefore, future interventions and mental health programs targeting young adults may benefit from incorporating strategies to lower self-critical tendencies, thereby potentially reducing the negative mental health outcomes associated with binge-watching.