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Adolescents’ Identity Experiments on the Internet: Consequences for Social Competence and Self-Concept Unity

Valkenburg, Patti M., Peter, Jochen·2008·Communication Research
DOI 10.1177/0093650207313164
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Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of adolescents' online identity experiments on their social competence and self-concept unity. An online survey was conducted among 1,158 Dutch adolescents between 10 and 17 years of age. Using structural equation modeling, the authors investigated the validity of four opposing effects hypotheses in an integrative antecedents-and-effects model. Adolescents who more often experimented with their identity on the Internet more often communicated online with people of different ages and cultural backgrounds. This communication, in turn, had a positive effect on adolescents' social competence but did not affect their self-concept unity. In particular, lonely adolescents used the Internet to experiment with their identity. The social competence of lonely adolescents benefited significantly from these online identity experiments.

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Authors
Valkenburg, P. M., & Peter, J.
Affiliations
University of Amsterdam (NL)
ORCID
Venue
Communication Research
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
2008-04
Volume
35
Issue
2
Pages
208-231
ISSN
  • 0093-6502 (ISSN-L)
  • 1552-3810
DOI
10.1177/0093650207313164
OpenAlex
W2152853956
Cited by
306
References
11
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FWCI
37.51
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations
  • Communication Research (publishedVersion)
  • UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam) (publishedVersion)
  • UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam) (submittedVersion)
  • Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Impact of Technology on Adolescents
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression
  • Social Sciences › Communication › Media and Digital Communication
Keywords
adolescents, social competence, loneliness, online communication, intercultural communication, identity construction

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