Abstract
Prior research has reported contradictory findings on the relationship between the use of Social Network Sites (SNS) and psychological well-being. We addressed this shortcoming by incorporating a finer measure of SNS user engagement and hypothesizing a U-shaped rather than purely linear relationship between the two. We tested our hypotheses via a Web based questionnaire administered to 289 Facebook users. Ordinary least squares approach confirmed the hypothesized Ushaped relationship. Our results further show that User Engagement, and in turn well-being, is associated with the number of SNS friends. These findings indicate that well-being derived from SNS usage could be optimized by avoiding underuse as well as overuse.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | CSCW 2015 - Proceedings of the 2015 ACM International Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing |
| Publisher | ACM |
| Pages | 375-382 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781450329224 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 28 Feb 2015 |
| MoE publication type | A4 Conference publication |
| Event | ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing - Vancouver, Canada Duration: 14 Mar 2015 → 18 Mar 2015 Conference number: 18 |
Conference
| Conference | ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing |
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| Abbreviated title | CSCW |
| Country/Territory | Canada |
| City | Vancouver |
| Period | 14/03/2015 → 18/03/2015 |
Keywords
- Content production
- Facebook vitality
- SNS
- Social Network Sites
- User engagement
- Well-being.
