Facebook friends, subjective well-being, social support, and personality

Abstract

a b s t r a c tOffline social capital in the form of interpersonal networks is known to be associated with subjective well-being (SWB). In two studies run in the US (N ¼ 153) and Germany (N ¼ 187), we initially investigated whether the size of an individual's Facebook social network was associated with SWB and perceived social support. Objectively measured Facebook network size was positively associated with several measures of both self-and informant rated SWB but not with perceived social support. More pertinent to the present research, we next investigated whether the observed associations between network size and SWB were, in fact, an artifact of personality e trait Extraversion in particular. Indeed, self-and informant-rated Extraversion was associated with both Facebook social network size and with self-and informant-rated SWB. Importantly, controlling for Extraversion rendered the associations between Facebook social network size and SWB weak and statistically insignificant. We discuss the importance of social relationships on Facebook for well-being, as well as the implications of our results for research on the relationship between SWB, social network size, and personality.

Structural equation modeling and confirmatory factor analysis of social media use and education

“…A plethora of research studies have been conducted on Facebook from different facets. Several studies have demonstrated the influence of prolonged use of Facebook on the psychological characteristics (attitudes and behaviors) of users (Amichai-Hamburger & Vinitzky, 2010;Correa et al, 2010;Dickie & Meier, 2015;Hayes et al, 2015;Lönnqvist & große Deters, 2016;Ross et al, 2009;Ryan & Xenos, 2011;Sagioglou & Greitemeyer, 2014;Shen et al, 2015;Wilson, Fornasier, & White, 2010). Some other existing studies pinpoint the effect of Facebook media interaction between users (Brailovskaia & Bierhoff, 2016;Mendes, Furtado, Militao, & de Castro, 2015), and several other studies have been carried out to investigate the privacy, trust and security concerns on Facebook (Junior, Xavier, & Prates, 2014;Külcü & Henkoğlu, 2014;Saeri, Ogilvie, La Macchia, Smith, & Louis, 2014;Tsay-Vogel et al, 2016).…”

The Effect of Social Support on Subjective Well-being:Mediator Roles of Self-esteem and Self-efficacy

“…School-related social support has positive on subjective well-being among teenagers have been proved, and the teacher's support is significant to the school satisfaction of students (Reddy, 2003 [52] ; Tian a, 2015 [53] ). The social network work and online communication can be regarded as social sources which is one kind of the social support, and there are studies to demonstrate that online behavior influences real-life behavioral, social capital also has been mentioned in social media studies, social media use has a positive effect on subjective well-being and social capital (Bumsoo, Yonghwan, 2017 [54] ; Lonnqvist, Deters, 2016 [55] ). The involvement in a group or class also influences the college student's selfefficacy, self-esteem mediated the relationship between leadership strengths and life satisfaction is proved (Weber, Ruch, 2013 [56] ).…”

Uso abusivo de Facebook entre universitarios portugueses: contribución a la adaptación de la Bergen Facebook Addiction

“…Además de los contactos, permite fortalecer las relaciones (Boyd y Ellison, 2007;Ellison, Steinfield y Lampe, 2007;Johnston, Tanner, Lalla y Kawalski, 2013;Lönnqvist y Deters, 2016;Wilcox y Stephen, 2013).…”