Mediating effects of self-concept clarity on the relationship between passive social network sites use and subjective well-being

Lin, Shanyan; Liu, Danni; Liu, Wei; Hui, Qi; Cortina, Kai S.; You, Xuqun

doi:10.1007/s12144-018-0066-6

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“…However, dichotomizing likes and comments is less straightforward than it may seem at first sight. In some included operationalizations, likes and/or comments were indeed a priori conceptualized as ASMU (Brailovskaia and Margraf, 2019; Masciantonio et al, 2021; Pang, 2021), but in an equal number of other operationalizations, likes and/or comments were conceptualized as PSMU (Hanna et al, 2017; Lin et al, 2021; Tosun and Kaşdarma, 2020).…”

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The associations of active and passive social media use with well-being: A critical scoping review

Valkenburg¹,

Driel²,

Beyens

2021

New Media & Society

144

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A recurring claim in the literature is that active social media use (ASMU) leads to increases in well-being, whereas passive social media use (PSMU) leads to decreases in well-being. The aim of this review was to investigate the validity of this claim by comparing the operationalizations and results of studies into the association of ASMU and PSMU with well-being (e.g. happiness) and ill-being (e.g. depressive symptoms). We found 40 survey-based studies, which utilized a hodgepodge of 36 operationalizations of ASMU and PSMU and which yielded 172 associations of ASMU and/or PSMU with well-/ill-being. Most studies did not support the hypothesized associations of ASMU and PSMU with well-/ill-being. Time spent on ASMU and PSMU may be too coarse to lead to meaningful associations with well-/ill-being. Therefore, future studies should take characteristics of the content of social media (e.g. the valence), its senders (e.g. pre-existing mood), and receivers (e.g. differential susceptibility) into account.

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The associations of active and passive social media use with well-being: A critical scoping review

Valkenburg¹,

Driel²,

Beyens

2021

New Media & Society

144

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“…SNSs can provide individuals experiencing loneliness and emotional instability with social support but higher stress levels resulting from a social comparison orientation toward other SNS users (Berezan et al 2020;Lo et al 2018). Passive SNS usage (e.g., direct or indirect content consumption of others' idealized SNS profiles, pictures, and status updates) is closely related to social comparison orientation, which reduces social capital and subjective well-being (Burnell et al 2019;Lin et al 2018;Liu et al 2018). Therefore, the following hypothesis is proposed: H1: Social comparison orientation will have a direct negative effect on psychological well-being.…”

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The effects of social comparison orientation on psychological well-being in social networking sites: Serial mediation of perceived social support and self-esteem

Lee

2020

Curr Psychol

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This study investigates the effects of the social comparison orientation in social networking sites on psychological well-being. In particular, it examines the mediation effect of perceived social support and self-esteem in the relationship between social comparison orientation and psychological well-being. Data were collected through an online survey with 236 participants in South Korea. The results showed that social comparison orientation negatively influenced psychological well-being. In the relationship between social comparison orientation and psychological well-being, perceived social support had no mediation effect, self-esteem had a significant negative mediation effect, and perceived social support and self-esteem had a negative serial mediation effect. The social comparison orientation in social networking sites could elicit negative emotions, which decrease perceived social support, self-esteem, and psychological well-being. Theoretical and practical implications as well as suggestions for future studies are discussed in detail.

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“…The burgeoning popularity of SNSs and the large amount of time that users devote to SNSs motivate us to pay attention to the impacts of SNS use on users' psychosocial adaptation and psychological health. Previous research has examined the associations between SNSs use and users' well-being (Lin et al 2018;Verduyn et al 2017), depression (Tandoc Jr et al 2015), loneliness (Berryman et al 2018;Sheldon 2012;Teppers et al 2014), body image concerns (Marengo et al 2018), and so on. Unfortunately, the prior literature has presented inconsistent results.…”

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Active Social Network Sites Use and Loneliness: the Mediating Role of Social Support and Self-Esteem

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A growing body of research has documented the association between general social network sites use and loneliness, though results have not clarified whether social media increases or decreases loneliness. The relationships between specific social network sites use patterns and loneliness, as well as the mechanisms underlying this association, should be further examined. To address this issue, the current study investigated the mediating roles of social support and self-esteem between active social network sites use and loneliness. A sample of 390 undergraduate students (M age = 19.39, SD = 0.95) anonymously completed the Active Social Network Sites Use Questionnaire, the Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale, the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support Scale, and the Emotional and Social Loneliness Scale in their classrooms. Latent variables structural equation modeling analysis indicated that: (a) active social network sites use was negatively associated with loneliness; (b) social support and self-esteem could significantly mediate the relationship between active social network sites use and loneliness, which contained two mediating paths: the simple mediating effect of social support and the sequential mediating effects of social support and self-esteem. These results coincide with previous research and extend them by examining the effects of how individuals use social media. Our understanding of how social media use helps to reduce the feeling of loneliness, as well as the intervention programs that aim to reduce loneliness, may benefit from these findings.

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Mediating effects of self-concept clarity on the relationship between passive social network sites use and subjective well-being

Cited by 45 publications

References 56 publications

The associations of active and passive social media use with well-being: A critical scoping review

The associations of active and passive social media use with well-being: A critical scoping review

The effects of social comparison orientation on psychological well-being in social networking sites: Serial mediation of perceived social support and self-esteem

Active Social Network Sites Use and Loneliness: the Mediating Role of Social Support and Self-Esteem

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