scholarly journals Adult Attachment Orientations and Social Networking Site Addiction: The Mediating Effects of Online Social Support and the Fear of Missing Out

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chang Liu ◽  
Jian-Ling Ma
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Adult Attachment ◽  
Social Networking Site ◽  
Mediating Effects ◽  
Online Social Support ◽  
Fear Of Missing Out ◽  
Attachment Orientations

Mediating effect of online social support on the relationship between stress and mental well-being

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 178-186 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naveenraj Xavier ◽  
Reeves Wesley J.
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Social Networking Site ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Mental Wellbeing ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Online Social Support ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose Workplace stress is on the rise and progressive organizations devise their own mechanisms to mitigate it and enhance mental wellbeing (MWB). Of late, the workforce is increasingly dependent on social networking sites (SNS) for social exchanges and debate is well documented if SNS could be used to mediate the relationship between stress and MWB. The purpose of this paper is to investigate this relationship. Design/methodology/approach This study is based on a survey of 269 employees, on the following constructs: stress, online social support (OSS) and MWB. The authors’ proposed framework was investigated using structural equation modeling. Findings Results indicated that stress has a significant negative effect on MWB and subsequently, OSS partially mediates the relationship between stress and MWB. The results suggest that organizations allow the use of social networking site in a controlled setting so that employees could use this as a mechanism to control stress and enhance MWB. Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first study on OSS role in mediating the relationship between stress and MWB.

Does the Fear of Missing Out Moderate the Relationship Between Social Networking Use and Affect? A Daily Diary Study

2021 ◽  
pp. 003329412110404
Author(s):  
Benjamin C. Riordan ◽  
Taylor Winter ◽  
Jayde A. M. Flett ◽  
Andre Mason ◽  
Damian Scarf ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Negative Affect ◽  
Positive Affect ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Daily Diary ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Bayesian Regression ◽  
Social Networking Site ◽  
Diary Study ◽  
Fear Of Missing Out ◽  
Daily Diary Study

Social networking site (SNS) use is common and speculation about the negative impact of SNS use on mental health and psychological well-being is a recurring theme in scientific debates. The evidence for this link, however, is inconclusive. The Fear of Missing Out (FoMO) may assist in understanding the mixed evidence, as individuals who experience FoMO are more driven to keep up with what is happening to avoid missing out. We used a 2-week daily diary study of 408 university students to measure the daily associations between SNS use and negative and positive affect and whether FoMO moderated these associations. Multi-level Bayesian regression analyses revealed that 1) greater SNS use was associated with reductions in successive positive affect, but not increases in negative affect and 2) FoMO moderated the influence of SNS use such that increases in successive negative affect occurred only in those individuals high in trait FoMO.

On the Relationship between Online Social Support and Users' ontinuance Intention

2015 ◽  
pp. 140-152 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaolin Lin ◽  
Dawei Zhang ◽  
Yibai Li
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
User Satisfaction ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Continuance Intention ◽  
Online Social Support ◽  
Managerial Implications ◽  
The Relationship

This chapter discusses the online social support in the context of social networking sites (SNSs). The pervasive adoption of social networking sites has profound influence on society and enables a new way to provide social support. Social support has been considered a key social value that online users can obtain from social networking sites. Research has shown that social support may reduce stress and promote well-being among diverse populations. Despite its significance to society, the online social support in the context of SNSs has been surprisingly under-investigated. Some fundamental questions—such as (1) What are the dimensions of online social support on SNSs? and (2) How does online social support influence other factors such as the users' satisfaction and continuance intention to SNSs?—have not been answered. This chapter attempts to answer those questions. Specifically, this chapter aims to first identify the definitional dimensions of online social support on SNSs through an extensive review of the literature. Second, this chapter uses these dimensions to model online social support and test its effects on other SNS factors: user satisfaction and continuance intention. Eventually, the results support all proposed hypotheses. The theoretical contributions and managerial implications of the results are discussed at the end of this chapter. 1

scholarly journals Gender Differences in Usage of Social Networking Sites and Perceived Online Social Support on Psychological Well Being of Youth

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nishi Misra ◽  
Shivani Dangi ◽  
Sanaya Patel
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Gender Differences ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Perceived Social Support ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Daily Routine ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Online Social Support

Social Networking Sites have been consuming a major part in the Youth daily routine. The study was conducted with an aim to study the effect of social networking sites and perceived social support on the psychological well-being of the youth. The sample size was 100 which had 50 males and 50 females. All the participants were college going students or new entrants in the corporate sector. The participants were asked to fill the questionnaire which had four parts – 1. Social Networking Sites Survey, 2. Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support Assessment, 3. Psychological General Well-Being Index. The results indicated a negative relationship between the usage of social networking sites and the psychological well-being while positive relationship existed between online perceived social support and psychological well-being. Certain gender differences were also found among the variables like perceived social support and attraction towards social networking sites. This study has a lot of implications in terms of creating awareness among the youth so that they limit the usage of social networking sites and also a lot of research in the Indian context is yet to be done.

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