structural equation modeling of cyberspace addiction prediction among the employees of azad university based on mindfulness with the mediation of cognitive emotion regulation strategies

The present study aimed to predict cyberspace addiction among the employees of azad university based on mindfulness through the mediation of cognitive emotion regulation strategies. this study was applied in terms of its purpose and descriptive in terms of its method, and was correlational in type. the statistical population of this study consisted of all employees of tehran azad universities in 2024, from which 310 people were selected using the convenience sampling method. the research tools included the freiburg mindfulness inventory-short form by walach et al. (2006); the cognitive emotion regulation questionnaire by garnefski et al. (2001), and the mobile-based social network addiction questionnaire by khajeh ahmadi et al. (2016). the results showed that cyberspace addiction in employees is predicted based on mindfulness (p<0.01). cyberspace addiction in employees is predicted based on cognitive emotion regulation strategies (p<0.01). cyberspace addiction in employees is predicted based on mindfulness through the mediation of adaptive and maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies (p<0.05).