| Title |
Online Self-Presentation on Facebook and Self Development During the College Transition
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Journal of Youth and Adolescence, November 2015
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| DOI | 10.1007/s10964-015-0385-y |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Chia-chen Yang, B. Bradford Brown |
| Abstract |
Self-presentation, a central element of young people's identity development, now extends from face-to-face contexts to social networking sites. Online self-presentation may change when youth transition to college, faced with the need to reclaim or redefine themselves in the new environment. Drawing on theories of self-presentation and self development, this study explores changes in youth's online self-presentation during their transition to a residential college. It also examines associations between online self-presentation and students' self-esteem and self-concept clarity. We surveyed 218 college freshmen (M age = 18.07; 64 % female, 79 % White) at the beginning and again at the end of their first semester. Freshmen's Facebook self-presentation became less restricted later in the semester. Broad, deep, positive, and authentic Facebook self-presentation was positively associated with perceived support from the audience, which contributed to higher self-esteem contemporaneously, though not longitudinally. Intentional Facebook self-presentation engaged students in self-reflection, which was related to lower self-concept clarity concurrently but higher self-esteem longitudinally. Findings clarified the paths from multifaceted online self-presentation to self development via interpersonal and intrapersonal processes during college transition. |
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| United States | 2 | 50% |
| Unknown | 2 | 50% |
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| Members of the public | 2 | 50% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 25% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 25% |
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| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Spain | 1 | <1% |
| Switzerland | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 439 | 99% |
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| Student > Master | 55 | 12% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 40 | 9% |
| Researcher | 19 | 4% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 18 | 4% |
| Other | 63 | 14% |
| Unknown | 173 | 39% |
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| Social Sciences | 69 | 16% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 19 | 4% |
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| Nursing and Health Professions | 8 | 2% |
| Other | 26 | 6% |
| Unknown | 180 | 41% |
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