Authenticity and well-being on social network sites: A two-wave longitudinal study on the effects of online authenticity and the positivity bias in SNS communication
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- Authors
- Reinecke, L., & Trepte, S.
- Affiliations
- Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (DE)
- University of Hohenheim (DE)
- Corresponding author
- Reinecke, Leonard
- Venue
- Computers in Human Behavior
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2014-01
- Volume
- 30
- Pages
- 95-102
- ISSN
- 0747-5632 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1975204823
- Cited by
- 474
- References
- 17
- Citations by year
- 2026: 39 · 2025: 48 · 2024: 57 · 2023: 62 · 2022: 40 · 2021: 62 · 2020: 34 · 2019: 34 · 2018: 33 · 2017: 25 · 2016: 21 · 2015: 6 · 2014: 12
- FWCI
- 37.45
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Computers in Human Behavior (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Mental Health via Writing
- Keywords
- social network sites, psychological well-being, subjective well-being, positivity bias, reciprocal effects, self-disclosure, online self-presentation
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