Self-Concept Clarity and Online Self-Presentation in Adolescents

Fullwood, Chris; James, Billie May; Chen-Wilson, Josephine

doi:10.1089/cyber.2015.0623

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“…Moreover, our results have shown that adolescents of our sample frequently underestimate the consequences of their activities in the web and in virtual communities, probably because of their difficulties in identifying the relationship between the real and the virtual identity, Our findings are consistent with recent observations by Fullwood, James and Chen-Wilson (2016), who highlighted that adolescents who have a poorly integrated identity and self-representation are more prone to manifest an idealized version of themselves in the Internet, while youths with a more stable (and therefore more self-aware) self-representation have a more coherent and unitary self-representation.…”

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Adolescents’ Online And Offline Identity: A Study On Self-Representation

Cimino¹,

Erriu²,

Pisano³

et al. 2017

European Proceedings of Social &Amp; Behavioural Sciences

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Adolescence represents a crucial period for the construction of personal and social identity. Nowadays, youths create their offline and online identity, as an undistinguishable and complex Self. Adolescents, indeed, construct their online identity as an integration of their physical and virtual persona. This integration might be difficult to represent and communicate to others. The Internet is widely spread among adolescents, and it can favour the development of risky online behaviours, which in turn can involve the occurrence of youth's negative consequences, such as emotional problems, or difficulties in social behaviours. The present study intends to explore, in a sample of Italian adolescents, the capacity of representing the online and offline identity. This capacity is hypothesized to result in an adaptive use of the web. The sample was composed by 200 Italian adolescents, aged 14-17 years, who filled out an adhoc questionnaire tapping different aspects of representation of virtual reality. Adolescents revealed an unclear representation of their virtual identity. Because of their difficulties in identifying the relationship between the real and the virtual identity, the consequences of their activities in the web and in virtual communities are frequently underestimated. Identity and representation of the Self that adolescents express through social networks are very complex topics and the relationship between real and virtual identity needs further research, to carry out effective programs of prevention and intervention of problematic internet use in adolescence.

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confidence: 93%

Adolescents’ Online And Offline Identity: A Study On Self-Representation

Cimino¹,

Erriu²,

Pisano³

et al. 2017

European Proceedings of Social &Amp; Behavioural Sciences

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“…Perhaps this frequent use of online communication, and the associated positive results in peer relationships, may be due to the accessibility and asynchrony that characterises online media (Valkenburg & Peter, 2009). These features enhance the development of self-presentation and selfrevelation skills, which are necessary for the development of personal identity, intimacy and sexuality (Fullwood, James, & Chen-Wilson, 2016;Wang, Jackson, & Zhang, 2011). Furthermore, the association found between a greater use of online communication by text messages and no bullying at school was contrary to the study by Best et al (2014), which established cyberbullying as a risk factor of online communication, because a greater use of the internet to communicate with friends was associated with a lower risk of bullying in our study.…”

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confidence: 99%

Online communication, peer relationships and school victimisation: a one-year longitudinal study during middle adolescence

Gómez-Baya

Rubio-Gonzalez

Matos

2018

International Journal of Adolescence and Youth

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This study aimed to analyse how different styles of online and offline communication were associated in middle adolescence with certain indicators of the quality of peer relationships and school victimisation. A longitudinal study with two waves separated by one year was conducted, in which 882 adolescents aged 13-16 years old from Andalusia (Spain) completed self-report measures. Results showed that online communication was very frequently used to talk with friends, even more often that offline means. Cross-sectionally, online communication was positively associated with quality of peer relationships and negatively to school victimisation, reaching stronger associations than offline communication. Longitudinally, results indicated that more frequent text messaging was related to more easiness to make friends and no bullying in those adolescents with more initial difficulties. Thus, it suggests the need to develop safe spaces for online interactions in order to improve the quality of their relationships with their friends and partners.

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“…We can hypothesize that the preference for online image-ma king is sometimes due to problematic image-making offline, or due to the choice of an online image that is socially undesirable and could lead to poorer adjustment. Supporting this hypothesis is the fact that youth preference for online self-presentation is associated with a less stable sense of self (Fullwood et al, 2016), although longitudinally it could lead to better self-esteem (yang & Brown, 2016). It could be that (both in youth and adults) by becoming the main sphere where person is able to create and share his preferred meaning with others, the Internet becomes a highly unique place, thus increasing the person's vulnerability to Internet addiction.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Technology-related transformations of imaginary body boundaries: Psychopathology of the everyday excessive Internet and mobile phone use

Емелин¹,

Rasskazova²,

Тхостов³

2017

Psych. Rus.

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Background. In line with the approach of Larkin et al. (2006), we consider technological dependence in the context of the interaction between personality, environment, and culture. objective. The aim of this study is to discover technology-related changes in psychological needs and boundaries that could mediate the relationship between psychopathological symptoms and indicators of excessive use of info-communication technologies (ICT). The application of the Body Function Regulation Model to the use of ICT suggests that technology-related changes in the system of an individual's needs and psychological boundaries mediate the relationship between a sense of poor psychological well-being and the risk of technology dependence. Design. The study of a normative sample (N = 275) using two technologies-mobile phones and the Internet-was performed. Results and Discussion. We demonstrated that the relationship between the general level of psychopathological symptoms and excessive use of technology (subjective dependence and inability to refrain from use of mobile phones and the Internet) is indeed mediated by the perception of their indispensability for extension of psychological boundaries, and (for the Internet) its use in image-making.

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Self-Concept Clarity and Online Self-Presentation in Adolescents

Cited by 70 publications

References 23 publications

Adolescents’ Online And Offline Identity: A Study On Self-Representation

Adolescents’ Online And Offline Identity: A Study On Self-Representation

Online communication, peer relationships and school victimisation: a one-year longitudinal study during middle adolescence

Technology-related transformations of imaginary body boundaries: Psychopathology of the everyday excessive Internet and mobile phone use

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