The proliferation of social media usage has led to the manifestation of certain negative behaviours that are now referred to as the ‘dark side’ of social media use. These behaviours are a matter of concern, as they are detrimental to people's well-being. The present study examines the empirical association among social media stalking, online self-disclosure, social media sleep hygiene, compulsive social media use and problematic sleep, most of which have been previously recognized as key dark side behaviours. While social media stalking is a relatively new and under-explored phenomenon, its predecessor, the much-castigated cyberstalking, has received sufficient scholarly attention. This study's hypothesized associations are grounded in cognitive-behavioural theory, self-awareness theory and problem behaviour theory, which we test using cross-sectional data from 876 social media users. We further control for age and gender. The findings suggest that stalking and online self-disclosure drive compulsive use and poor sleep hygiene, with stalking being the chief driver in both cases. Problematic sleep is influenced by stalking, compulsive use and poor sleep hygiene, with sleep hygiene having the strongest effect, while poor sleep hygiene and compulsive use also partially mediate the association of both stalking and online self-disclosure with problematic sleep.

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社交媒体的阴暗面：跟踪、在线自我披露和有问题的睡眠

社交媒体使用的激增导致了某些负面行为的表现，这些行为现在被称为社交媒体使用的“阴暗面”。这些行为令人担忧，因为它们对人们的福祉有害。本研究考察了社交媒体跟踪、在线自我披露、社交媒体睡眠卫生、强迫性社交媒体使用和有问题的睡眠之间的实证关联，其中大部分以前被认为是关键的阴暗面行为。虽然社交媒体跟踪是一种相对较新且未被充分探索的现象，但其前身，备受谴责的网络跟踪，已受到足够的学术关注。本研究的假设关联基于认知行为理论、自我意识理论和问题行为理论，我们使用来自 876 个社交媒体用户的横截面数据进行测试。我们进一步控制年龄和性别。研究结果表明，跟踪和在线自我披露会导致强迫性使用和不良的睡眠卫生，在这两种情况下，跟踪都是主要驱动因素。有问题的睡眠受到跟踪、强迫性使用和不良睡眠卫生的影响，其中睡眠卫生的影响最强，而不良睡眠卫生和强迫性使用也部分调节了跟踪和在线自我披露与问题睡眠之间的关联。