Adolescents’ Online Communication and Self-Disclosure to Online and Offline Acquaintances : Differential Effects of Social Anxiety and Depressed Moods

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14230%2F24%3A00139315" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14230/24:00139315 - isvavai.cz</a>

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://econtent.hogrefe.com/doi/10.1027/1864-1105/a000383" target="_blank" >https://econtent.hogrefe.com/doi/10.1027/1864-1105/a000383</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1027/1864-1105/a000383" target="_blank" >10.1027/1864-1105/a000383</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Adolescents’ Online Communication and Self-Disclosure to Online and Offline Acquaintances : Differential Effects of Social Anxiety and Depressed Moods

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Adolescents commonly use the Internet to communicate with their acquaintances. This study examines how social anxiety and depressed moods influence adolescents’ online communication – both its frequency and the level of self-disclosure. We propose that these relationships are mediated by adolescents’ preference for online social interaction (POSI), which helps explain the mixed results of previous research. Moreover, since the communication patterns may differ based on communication partners, we differentiate between online and offline acquaintances. Using structural equation modeling, we tested our hypotheses on survey data from 1,530 Czech adolescents (ages 13–18, 50.1% female). Our results suggest that while social anxiety is directly related to less online communication, indirectly, through higher POSI, it is related to more online communication. Notably, these associations are canceled out in communication with online acquaintances, but the inhibitions predominate in communication with offline acquaintances. Experiencing depressed moods is associated with more extensive online communication, both directly and via POSI, indicating that adolescents use online communication to cope with negative feelings. Theoretically, our findings support both the rich-get-richer and social-compensation hypotheses and suggest they are complementary. Moreover, they emphasize the role of adolescents’ perceptions of online communication within the social-compensation mechanism.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Adolescents’ Online Communication and Self-Disclosure to Online and Offline Acquaintances : Differential Effects of Social Anxiety and Depressed Moods

Popis výsledku anglicky

Adolescents commonly use the Internet to communicate with their acquaintances. This study examines how social anxiety and depressed moods influence adolescents’ online communication – both its frequency and the level of self-disclosure. We propose that these relationships are mediated by adolescents’ preference for online social interaction (POSI), which helps explain the mixed results of previous research. Moreover, since the communication patterns may differ based on communication partners, we differentiate between online and offline acquaintances. Using structural equation modeling, we tested our hypotheses on survey data from 1,530 Czech adolescents (ages 13–18, 50.1% female). Our results suggest that while social anxiety is directly related to less online communication, indirectly, through higher POSI, it is related to more online communication. Notably, these associations are canceled out in communication with online acquaintances, but the inhibitions predominate in communication with offline acquaintances. Experiencing depressed moods is associated with more extensive online communication, both directly and via POSI, indicating that adolescents use online communication to cope with negative feelings. Theoretically, our findings support both the rich-get-richer and social-compensation hypotheses and suggest they are complementary. Moreover, they emphasize the role of adolescents’ perceptions of online communication within the social-compensation mechanism.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50800 - Media and communications

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/GX19-27828X" target="_blank" >GX19-27828X: Pohled do budoucnosti: Porozumění vlivu technologií na “well-being” adolescentů</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2024

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Journal of Media Psychology

ISSN

1864-1105

e-ISSN

2151-2388

Svazek periodika

36

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

2

Stát vydavatele periodika

DE - Spolková republika Německo

Počet stran výsledku

12

Strana od-do

132-143

Kód UT WoS článku

001007793500002

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85162650001