An Examination of the Reciprocal Relationship of Loneliness and Facebook Use among First-Year College Students

By L. Lou, Zheng Yan, Amanda B. Nickerson, R. F. McMorris. 2012

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Subfields: Communication, Education, Sociology and Political Science

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Facebook Addiction and Subjective Well-Being: a Study of the Mediating Role of Shyness and Loneliness (2019, background): “Similarly, Lou et al. (2012) found that there is no reciprocal relationship between FA and loneliness and that loneliness is predicted by FA.”
How Social Are Social Media? A Review of Online Social Behaviour and Connectedness (2017, background): “, 2011), and reduction of loneliness (Große Deters & Mehl, 2013; Lou et al., 2012).”
Domains and predictors of first-year student success: A systematic review (2018, background): “…students' use of social media in itself was not related to students' well-being (Kord & Wolf-Wendel, 2009; Lou, Yan, Nickerson, & McMorris, 2012), but the frequency of use was (small effect sizes; Lou et al., 2012; Strayhorn, 2012): Students who used social media more frequently felt more lonely.”
Loneliness and Social Internet Use: Pathways to Reconnection in a Digital World? (2018, background): “, 2012), but when number of Facebook friends is measured, this is typically associated with lower loneliness (Lemieux et al., 2013; Lou et al., 2012; Skues et al., 2012).”
Does Facebook make you lonely?: A meta analysis (2014, background): “Although there have been a few attempts to investigate the reciprocal relationship between loneliness and Internet use (Kim et al., 2009; Lou et al., 2012), more evidence is needed to add to overall understanding.”
The Digital Self: How Social Media Serves as a Setting that Shapes Youth’s Emotional Experiences (2015, background): “loneliness decreases with increased Facebook use (Lou et al. 2012).”