Social anxiety and online social interaction

Hutchins, Nicholas P.; Allen, Andrew; Curran, Michelle; Kannis‐Dymand, Lee

doi:10.1080/00050067.2021.1890977

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“…In addition to the above, it is evident from the results that whilst offline social capital, as previously theorised in the literature, continues to be significant, the results of this study suggest that the use of online platforms has also grown in significance to affect the benefits derived from relationships. These results are in line with He and Li (2020) and Hutchins et al (2021) on the significance of online social interaction in the current social and business environment.…”

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Spurring entrepreneurial intensity through social capital and relationship quality

Munyanyi

Munongo

Pooe

2021

The Southern African Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Busi

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Background: The rapid increase in the pace of globalisation has been met with increased calls for sustainability as a means to entrepreneurship development. As entrepreneurship and sustainability continue to gain recognition, entrepreneurial intensity has emerged as a critical component of the ecosystem. The entrepreneurial intensity notion conceptualised the extent and frequency of innovation, risk taking, and proactiveness within an organisation.Aim: This study investigated how social interaction and relationship quality, referred to as social capabilities, influences entrepreneurial intensity.Setting: The population comprised all small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Zimbabwe. An online questionnaire constructed using Google Docs was posted on Masvingo centred Facebook and WhatsApp groups from 15 October 2018 to 19 December 2018.Methods: Based on an extensive review of the theoretical and empirical literature, hypotheses were formulated and then tested using the structural equation modelling framework. The study was based on a sample of 312 SMEs selected through convenience sampling, and data were collected through a self-administered questionnaire based on a five-point Likert scale.Results: The study results back the propositions that social interaction and relationship quality are strongly and positively related to entrepreneurial intensity.Conclusion: In light of the findings, several recommendations are made, but generally, to promote superior innovativeness, risk taking and proactiveness, firms must concentrate on steering up and refining their social capabilities.

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Spurring entrepreneurial intensity through social capital and relationship quality

Munyanyi

Munongo

Pooe

2021

The Southern African Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Busi

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“…Alternatively, people higher in social anxiety may use TMSI as a safety behaviour. A growing body of research suggests that people higher in social anxiety use web-based and mobile social technologies in ways that mimic or extend safety behaviours from in-person “life” to the technology-mediated “world” [ 36 , 37 , 38 , 39 , 40 , 41 ]. Indeed, multiple cyberpsychology theories suggest that technology-mediated communications are appealing because of what they afford users that in-person communication does not, such as relative anonymity (i.e., being able to hide visual and/or auditory aspects of the self) and asynchronicity (i.e., time lags in communication) (e.g., the hyperpersonal model [ 42 ]; Social Information Processing theory [ 43 ]).…”

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Technology-Mediated Sexual Interactions, Social Anxiety, and Sexual Wellbeing: A Scoping Review

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Fehr

Ashley

et al. 2022

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Technology-mediated sexual interactions (TMSI) are interpersonal exchanges via technology of self-created sexual material, including photos, videos, and auditory or text messages. There is little research on the factors that predict both TMSI experiences and their sexual wellbeing outcomes. Social anxiety is anxiety experienced in response to social or performance situations. From a cognitive–behavioural perspective, people higher in social anxiety may avoid TMSI, preventing positive or negative consequences. They also may use TMSI to avoid the anxiety caused by in-person sexual interactions, benefiting from access to sexual interactions while perpetuating anxiety about them. The purpose of this scoping review was to explore the role of social anxiety in TMSI and its sexual wellbeing outcomes. We executed a comprehensive search strategy across eight academic databases and searched reference lists of included articles. We included 19 articles written in English or French that had a human sample and were published between 1991 and 2021 and evaluated connections between social anxiety constructs (e.g., shyness, anxiety) and TMSI-related experiences (e.g., sexting, internet sex addiction). The pattern of results suggested that social anxiety constructs may predict some but not all forms of TMSI. Future research from a cognitive–behavioural perspective will expand knowledge on social anxiety, TMSI, and its sexual wellbeing outcomes.

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“…3 Furthermore, in a pandemic our perception of control is decreased and anxiety is heightened (Jungmann and Witthöft 2020), even though there might be individual variations: medical professionals, essential workers and working parents are likely to be feeling more overwhelmed and stressed than individuals free from care duties, or those who are able to safely and autonomously work from their homes, or those who enjoy being able to have meetings in sweatpants and increased control over one's time. 4 Furthermore, personality traits matter: for instance, introverts or people who suffer from social anxiety might actually prefer to have most of their interactions be online as opposed to face-to-face (Amichai-Hamburger et al 2002;Mitchel et al 2011;Hutchins et al 2021). 5 However, almost everyone in a pandemic suffers from a general sense of uncertainty, stemming from the very nature of the phenomenon (i.e.…”

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Envy and Resentment in the Time of Coronavirus

Protasi

2021

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I examine the role played by the emotions of envy and resentment in interpersonal online dynamics during the COVID19 pandemic. I start by reviewing what we know about the interplay of social media use, social comparison and well-being, and by applying this knowledge to current circumstances. Then, I introduce some philosophical distinctions that complicate the already complex empirical evidence, differentiating, in particular, between envy and resentment, and between different kinds of envy. I argue that we can use the knowledge of these distinctions to better cope with these painful, but sometimes productive and always informative, emotions.

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Social anxiety and online social interaction

Cited by 42 publications

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Spurring entrepreneurial intensity through social capital and relationship quality

Spurring entrepreneurial intensity through social capital and relationship quality

Technology-Mediated Sexual Interactions, Social Anxiety, and Sexual Wellbeing: A Scoping Review

Envy and Resentment in the Time of Coronavirus

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