DOES ACTIVE SOCIAL MEDIA USE IMPROVE SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING? – A MEDIATION MODEL
DOES ACTIVE SOCIAL MEDIA USE IMPROVE SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING? – A MEDIATION MODEL
Author(s): Elena StanculescuSubject(s): Personality Psychology, Behaviorism, ICT Information and Communications Technologies
Published by: Carol I National Defence University Publishing House
Keywords: active social media use; number of friends/followers; affective engagement in social media use; sense to belong to online community; subjective well-being; mediation analysis;
Summary/Abstract: Social media use is inherently linked to everyday life in the digital world, from professional contexts to leisure time. Prior research focused on antecedents of social media use such as personality traits, age, gender, social skills, and also on broad range of its various effects. Positive effects include extension of friendship network, diminishing anxiety in social interaction, and improving exercise motivation. Problematic social media use and addiction are related to stress, depression, suicidal thoughts, loneliness, and scarce school engagement. Less attention has been paid to the relationship between social media use and well-being. Inconsistent results were obtained; being emphasized either small relationship between time spent using social media and psychological well-being, or absence of significant correlation.
Journal: Conference proceedings of »eLearning and Software for Education« (eLSE)
- Issue Year: 16/2020
- Issue No: 01
- Page Range: 259-266
- Page Count: 8
- Language: English