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| Title |
The Long-Term Benefits of Positive Self-Presentation via Profile Pictures, Number of Friends and the Initiation of Relationships on Facebook for Adolescents’ Self-Esteem and the Initiation of Offline Relationships
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Psychology, November 2017
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| DOI | 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01981 |
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| Authors |
Anna Metzler, Herbert Scheithauer |
| Abstract |
Social networking sites are a substantial part of adolescents' daily lives. By using a longitudinal approach the current study examined the impact of (a) positive self-presentation, (b) number of friends, and (c) the initiation of online relationships on Facebook on adolescents' self-esteem and their initiation of offline relationships, as well as the mediating role of positive feedback. Questionnaire data were obtained from 217 adolescents (68% girls, mean age 16.7 years) in two waves. Adolescents' positive self-presentation and number of friends were found to be related to a higher frequency of receiving positive feedback, which in turn was negatively associated with self-esteem. However, the number of Facebook friends had a positive impact on self-esteem, and the initiation of online relationships positively influenced the initiation of offline relationships over time, demonstrating that Facebook may be a training ground for increasing adolescents' social skills. Implications and suggestions for future research are provided. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 8 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Senegal | 1 | 13% |
| France | 1 | 13% |
| India | 1 | 13% |
| Argentina | 1 | 13% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 13% |
| Unknown | 3 | 38% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 6 | 75% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 25% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 155 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 155 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 28 | 18% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 23 | 15% |
| Student > Master | 22 | 14% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 4 | 3% |
| Researcher | 4 | 3% |
| Other | 7 | 5% |
| Unknown | 67 | 43% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 46 | 30% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 11 | 7% |
| Social Sciences | 11 | 7% |
| Arts and Humanities | 4 | 3% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 3 | 2% |
| Other | 13 | 8% |
| Unknown | 67 | 43% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 12 December 2017.
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