Internet Communication and Its Relation to Well-Being: Identifying Some Underlying Mechanisms

By Patti M. Valkenburg, Jochen Peter. 2007

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Subfields: Communication, Literature and Literary Theory, Sociology and Political Science

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Increases in Depressive Symptoms, Suicide-Related Outcomes, and Suicide Rates Among U.S. Adolescents After 2010 and Links to Increased New Media Screen Time (2018, background): “…with positive wellbeing (e.g., Dienlin, Masur, & Trepte, 2017; Oh, Ozkaya, & LaRose, 2014; Valkenburg, Peter, & Schouten, 2006), with outcomes depending on motivation for using social media (Valkenburg & Peter, 2007) and whether the frequency of use qualifies as addictive (Andreassen et al., 2016).”
Social Media and Depressive Symptoms in Childhood and Adolescence: A Systematic Review (2017, background): “By contrast, the social compensation hypothesis postulates that socially-awkward people derive benefit from online contact that they do not find with face-to-face interaction (Valkenburg and Peter 2007; Amichai-Hamburger and Schneider 2014).”
The Digital Self: How Social Media Serves as a Setting that Shapes Youth’s Emotional Experiences (2015, background): “Additionally, preadolescents and adolescents who communicate with friends on the Internet feel closer to their existing friends (Valkenburg and Peter 2007c).”
The Effects of Instant Messaging on the Quality of Adolescents’ Existing Friendships: A Longitudinal Study (2009, methodology): “…of friendships, there is initial evidence from the Internet-effects literature that intimate online self-disclosure stimulates online friendship formation (McKenna, Green, & Gleason, 2002; Peter, Valkenburg, & Schouten, 2005) and the closeness of existing friendships (Valkenburg & Peter, 2007a).”
The Role of Social Networking Sites in Early Adolescents’ Social Lives (2016, background): “In general, it is worth pointing out that the effect sizes we obtained are comparable with other studies on online communication and general media effects research (e.g., Huang, 2010; Riddle, Potter, Metzger, Nabi, & Linz, 2011; Schouten, Valkenburg, & Peter, 2007; Valkenburg & Peter, 2007a).”
Social capital on facebook: differentiating uses and users (2011, background): “Adolescents use instant messenger with existing friends and so tend to disclose more, which improves the quality of their relationships [35].”
Internet Use and Psychological Well-being: A Meta-Analysis (2009, unknown): “23 Although previous empirical research has provided a useful database on the effect of Internet use on psychological well-being, the current literature on the relationship be-tween Internet use and psychological well-being suffers some limitations.”