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Exploring the Relationships Between Different Types of Facebook Use, Perceived Online Social Support, and Adolescents’ Depressed Mood
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This study aims to provide a deeper understanding of the relationships between different types of Facebook use, perceived online social support, and boys’ and girls’ depressed mood. To address this aim, this study ( N = 910) developed a comprehensive model that (1) differs between specific types of Facebook use, (2) examines the mediating role of perceived online social support, and (3) takes adolescent users’ gender into account. Structural equation modeling showed that the harmful impact of Facebook use exclusively occurs among girls who passively use Facebook and among boys who actively use Facebook in a public setting. Girls, however, who actively use Facebook, either in a public setting or in a private setting and subsequently perceive online social support, benefit from actively using Facebook, as perceived online social support negatively predicted girls’ depressed mood. The discussion focuses on the explanation and understanding of these findings, key limitations, and directions for future research.
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“Furthermore, the use of social media for the purpose of social comparison and feedback seeking (Nesi & Prinstein, 2015), and passive, rather than active use of social media (Frison & Eggermont, 2016;Thorisdottir, Sigurvinsdottir, Asgeirsdottir, Allegrante, & Sigfusdottir, 2019) have been shown to be associated with higher subsequent depressive symptoms among adolescents.”
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- Authors
- Frison, E., & Eggermont, S.
- Affiliations
- KU Leuven (BE)
- Corresponding author
- Frison, Eline
- Venue
- Social Science Computer Review
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2015-01-21
- Volume
- 34
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 153-171
- ISSN
- 0894-4393 (ISSN-L)
- 1552-8286
- OpenAlex
- W1964309626
- Semantic Scholar
- 116a0a3f4f56cb5bf4a9a941623f6529f804153f
- Cited by
- 519
- References
- 74
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- 2026: 41 · 2025: 56 · 2024: 62 · 2023: 66 · 2022: 95 · 2021: 55 · 2020: 51 · 2019: 35 · 2018: 31 · 2017: 17 · 2016: 6 · 2015: 4
- FWCI
- 63.99
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- lirias.kuleuven.be
- Locations
- Social Science Computer Review (publishedVersion)
- Lirias (KU Leuven) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Mental Health via Writing
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender and Technology in Education
- Keywords
- Facebook use, gender differences, social media use, mediation, adolescents
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