Social Networking Site Use Predicts Changes in Young Adults' Psychological Adjustment

Autor/inn/en	Szwedo, David E.; Mikami, Amori Yee; Allen, Joseph P.
Titel	Social Networking Site Use Predicts Changes in Young Adults' Psychological Adjustment
Quelle	In: Journal of Research on Adolescence, 22 (2012) 3, S.453-466 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1050-8392
DOI	10.1111/j.1532-7795.2012.00788.x
Schlagwörter	Drinking; Young Adults; Adolescents; Social Networks; Friendship; Photography; Emotional Adjustment; Interviews; Computer Mediated Communication; Behavior Problems; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Peer Acceptance; Prediction; Alcohol Abuse; Social Influences + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Trinken; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Freundschaft; Fotografie; Emotionale Anpassung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Computerkonferenz; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Vorhersage; Sozialer Einfluss
Abstract	This study examined youths' friendships and posted pictures on social networking sites as predictors of changes in their adjustment over time. Observational, self-report, and peer-report data were obtained from a community sample of 89 young adults interviewed at age 21 and again at age 22. Findings were consistent with a leveling effect for online friendships, predicting decreases in internalizing symptoms for youth with lower initial levels of social acceptance, but increases in symptoms for youth with higher initial levels over the following year. Across the entire sample, deviant behavior in posted photos predicted increases in young adults' problematic alcohol use over time. The importance of considering the interplay between online and offline social factors for predicting adjustment is discussed. (Contains 3 figures and 3 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10