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Hu, Xiaomeng. Facebook paradox?. Retrieved from https://doi.org/doi:10.7282/T3PV6HPC

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TitleFacebook paradox?
NameHu, Xiaomeng (author); Wilder, David (chair); Ogilvie, Daniel (internal member); Aiello, Jack (internal member); Rutgers University; Graduate School - New Brunswick
Date Created2014
Other Date2014-05 (degree)
SubjectPsychology, Interpersonal relations, Online social networks--Psychological aspects, Facebook (Electronic resource), Well-being--Psychological aspects
Extentvii, 52 p. : ill.
DescriptionResearch suggests that Facebooking can be both beneficial and detrimental for users’ psychological well-being (“Facebook Paradox”). However, the specific effects of Facebooking on individuals’ social relationship satisfaction and psychological well-being remain inconclusive. Using structural equation modeling, causal pathways were examined between Facebook intensity, online and offline social relationship satisfaction, perceived social support, social interaction anxiety, and psychological well-being. Personality differences on each of those casual paths were also assessed. Employing a sample of 342 university students, results indicated that intensive Facebooking positively predicted users’ psychological well-being through online social relationship satisfaction, and simultaneously negatively predicted users’ psychological well-being through offline social relationship satisfaction. Furthermore, perceived social support mediated the path from Facebooking to psychological well-being, and social interaction anxiety mediated the path from offline social relationship satisfaction to psychological well-being. Taken together, the present study suggests that when and how Facebooking is helpful or harmful to users’ psychological well-being depends on both user characteristics and online-offline social contexts.
NoteM.S.
NoteIncludes bibliographical references
Noteby Xiaomeng Hu
Genretheses, ETD graduate
Persistent URLhttps://doi.org/doi:10.7282/T3PV6HPC
Languageeng
CollectionGraduate School - New Brunswick Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Organization NameRutgers, The State University of New Jersey
RightsThe author owns the copyright to this work.
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