Adolescents' Identity Experiments on the Internet

By Patti M. Valkenburg, Jochen Peter. Communication Research, 2008

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Subfields: Communication, Education, Sociology and Political Science

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Attitudes Toward Online Social Connection and Self-Disclosure as Predictors of Facebook Communication and Relational Closeness (2011, background): “…anxiety and related constructs (Caplan, 2007; Ho & McLeod, 2008; Kelly & Keaten, 2007; McKenna et al., 2002; Morahan-Martin & Schumacher, 2003; Valkenburg & Peter, 2008) and thus warrants use as an interpretive heuristic in this investigation, it remains possible that other forces foster a…”
Beyond Screen Time: Identity Development in the Digital Age (2020, background): “Data have shown that by taking control of their own narrative identity, grappling and experimenting with it, regardless of how accurate it may be, young people (especially lonely youth) can develop their social competence more broadly (Valkenburg & Peter, 2008).”
Social networking site use: Linked to adolescents' social self‐concept, self‐esteem, and depressed mood (2014, background): “In a study by Valkenburg, Schouten, and Peter (2005), adolescents indicated that one of the primary motives for using the Internet to explore their identities was to gain knowledge about themselves through feedback from others.”
Older Adolescents' Motivations for Social Network Site Use: The Influence of Gender, Group Identity, and Collective Self-Esteem (2009, neutral): “Valkenburg et al. 7 found that among adolescents who visited chat rooms and used instant messaging, half indicated that they did so to find out how others react to them, overcome shyness, and facilitate relationship formation.”
The Faces of Facebookers: Investigating Social Enhancement and Social Compensation Hypotheses; Predicting FacebookTM and Offline Popularity from Sociability and Self-Esteem, and Mapping the Meanings of Popularity with Semantic Networks (2008, background): “The other proposition is the Social Compensation (‘‘Poor Get Richer’’) hypothesis that those who perceive their offline social networks to be inadequate compensate for them with more extensive online social networks (Valkenburg et al., 2005).”
Preadolescents' and adolescents' online communication and their closeness to friends. (2007, background): “However, more recent studies have suggested that these gender differences are not as sizeable as they once were (Gross, 2004; Lenhart et al., 2005; Valkenburg et al., 2005).”
Social isolation in Covid-19: The impact of loneliness (2020, background): “Segregation from selfidentity can also form the basis for loneliness, just that it reflects differently in different socio-economic strata (Valkenburg & Peter, 2008).”
"Girls are addicted to likes so they post semi-naked selfies": Peer mediation, normativity and the construction of identity online (2015, background): “, Vincent, J., & Jimenez, E. (2015). “Girls are addicted to likes so they post semi-naked selfies”: Peer mediation, normativity and the construction of identity online.”
The Relationship of Loneliness and Social Anxiety with Children's and Adolescents' Online Communication (2010, neutral): “This measure developed by Valkenburg and Peter (2007b) was adapted to assess frequency (Question 1) and duration (Questions 2-4) of online communication.”
The Relationship Between Body Image Concerns, Eating Disorders and Internet Use, Part I: A Review of Empirical Support (2016, background): “…has been found to strongly impact adolescent relationships (Antheunis et al. 2014; Subrahmanyam and Greenfield 2008), and the Internet has been revealed as an important space for identity creation among adolescents (Subrahmanyam et al. 2006, Subrahmanyam and Šmahel 2011b; Valkenburg et al. 2005).”
The Mobile Generation: Youth and Adolescent Ownership and Use of New Media (2014, background): “It is important to study the communication practices that adolescents engage in while using SNSs, given that these online practices are generally cited as the mechanism by which both positive and negative effects occur (Valkenburg & Peter, 2008).”