Facebook Friends with (Health) Benefits? Exploring Social Network Site Use and Perceptions of Social Support, Stress, and Well-Being
Facebook Friends with (Health) Benefits? Exploring Social Network Site Use and Perceptions of Social Support, Stress, and Well-Being
复制标题
DOI：
10.1089/cyber.2012.0521
复制
发表时间：
2013-10-01
影响因子：
6.6
通讯作者：
So, Jiyeon
中科院分区：
文献类型：
--
作者：
Nabi, Robin L.;Prestin, Abby;So, Jiyeon
有明确的证据表明，人际社会支持影响压力水平，进而影响身体疾病和心理健康的程度。本研究探讨是否介导的社交网络服务于相同的姑息功能。一项对401名Facebook本科生用户的调查显示，正如预测的那样，Facebook好友的数量与更强的社会支持感知相关，这反过来又与压力减少相关，进而减少身体疾病和更大的幸福感。当考虑到人际网络的大小时，这种影响被最小化。然而，对于那些经历过许多客观生活压力的人来说，Facebook朋友的数量成为感知社会支持的更强预测因素。朋友越多越好的启发式被认为是对这些发现最有可能的解释。
There is clear evidence that interpersonal social support impacts stress levels and, in turn, degree of physical illness and psychological well-being. This study examines whether mediated social networks serve the same palliative function. A survey of 401 undergraduate Facebook users revealed that, as predicted, number of Facebook friends associated with stronger perceptions of social support, which in turn associated with reduced stress, and in turn less physical illness and greater well-being. This effect was minimized when interpersonal network size was taken into consideration. However, for those who have experienced many objective life stressors, the number of Facebook friends emerged as the stronger predictor of perceived social support. The more-friends-the-better heuristic is proposed as the most likely explanation for these findings.