EFFECTS OF INTERNET USE AND SOCIAL RESOURCES ON CHANGES IN DEPRESSION

By Katie Bessière, Sara B. Kiesler, Robert E. Kraut, Bonka Boneva. 2008

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Subfields: Applied Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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Does Facebook make you lonely?: A meta analysis (2014, background): “Another explanation, the social compensation hypothesis explains that using the Internet to meet new people and to contribute in online groups can have positive effects ‘‘for those with initially impoverished offline world social resources’’ (Bessière et al., 2008, p. 8).”
The Relationship between Facebook Use and Well-Being depends on Communication Type and Tie Strength (2016, background): “Adults talking to strong ties online experience emotional support and declines in depression symptoms, benefits not associated with communication with weaker ties (Bessière et al., 2008).”
The Social Dimension of Blogging about Health: Health Blogging, Social Support, and Well-being (2011, background): “Bessiere et al. (2008) found that, of those who used the Internet to meet new people, individuals with smaller social networks and less perceived support did not report as much of an increase in depression across two measurement points as did individuals who had larger social networks and greater…”
Using Social Media for Social Comparison and Feedback-Seeking: Gender and Popularity Moderate Associations with Depressive Symptoms (2015, unknown): “Researchers have called for a more nuanced understanding of the specific online behaviors and pre-existing individual characteristics that may influence these associations (Bessière et al. 2008; Davila et al. 2012; Kraut et al. 2002; Valkenburg and Peter 2013).”
The Psychology of Mukbang Watching: A Scoping Review of the Academic and Non-academic Literature (2020, background): “This is in line with the notion that one of the fundamental functions of online activities is their uses as an escape from reality to deal with unpleasant situations (Bessiere et al. 2008).”
A conceptual and methodological critique of internet addiction research: Towards a model of compensatory internet use (2014, unknown): “This has been repeatedly mentioned in the literature on internet addiction (e.g., Armstrong et al., 2000; Bessière, Kiesler, Kraut, & Boneva, 2008; Chak & Leung, 2004; Kim et al., 2009; Kuss, Louws, & Wiers, 2012; Shen & Williams, 2011; Whang et al., 2003; Widyanto & Grifﬁths, 2006; Young, 2009;…”
Need for relatedness: a self-determination approach to examining attachment styles, Facebook use, and psychological well-being (2016, methodology): “The results from this study supported earlier literature (Bessière et al., 2008) and showed that a higher frequency of interaction with online-only connections on Facebook had a positive association with loneliness.”
The Wired Generation: Academic and Social Outcomes of Electronic Media Use Among University Students (2011, unknown): “Most studies have used relationship strength, networks, or group participation as measurements of social interaction.(29,30) Electronic media use may result in a displacement effect due to its function as a filler for open time.”