Motivated and Able: When Is Facebook Used to Seek Friendship and Social Support?

Autor/inn/en	Egbert, Nichole; Wright, Kevin B.; Zhang, Xueying
Titel	Motivated and Able: When Is Facebook Used to Seek Friendship and Social Support?
Quelle	In: Journal of American College Health, 71 (2023) 7, S.1999-2007 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Zhang, Xueying)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0744-8481
DOI	10.1080/07448481.2021.1953029
Schlagwörter	Social Media; Friendship; Social Support Groups; Computer Mediated Communication; College Students; Well Being; Communication Skills; Correlation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Soziale Medien; Freundschaft; Social support; Soziale Unterstützung; Computerkonferenz; Collegestudent; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Kommunikationsstil; Korrelation
Abstract	When employing adaptive behaviors to a changing environment, ability and motivation work hand in hand. Our goal was to investigate how ability and motivation interact when utilizing Facebook for social support and friendship. We predicted that well-being and perceived social support would be negatively related to motivation to use Facebook for social support and friendship. We also predicted that computer-mediated communication (CMC) competence would positively related to these motives. A survey of 282 college students tested our mediational model. Results indicated that perceived social support mediated the relationship between well-being and motivations to use Facebook for social support, but only when CMC competence was high, meaning students experienced this relationship only when both motivated and able to use Facebook for the purpose of seeking social support. The results suggest that interventions to increase CMC competence through Facebook use can help students garner greater social support and improve overall well-being. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01