Transformative moderation: Self‐control redefines the relationship between social media usage perception and academic burnout among high‐achieving adolescents

Key Points

• The aim is to explore how self-control affects the relationship between social media perception and academic burnout in adolescents.
• Analyzed the interplay of self-control and social media usage perceptions
• Examined impacts on academic burnout
• Identified potential interventions like media literacy and social support
• Higher self-control correlates with lower academic burnout among adolescents
• Effective interventions could mitigate burnout by enhancing self-regulatory skills
• Social media engagement alone is not a determinant for burnout, but perception plays a role