The Effect of Self-Discrepancy on Online Behavior: A Literature Review

Hu, Chuan; Cao, Rui; Huang, Jiao; Wei, Ying

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2022.883736

Cited by 4 publications

(6 citation statements)

References 52 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…According to their studies, youngsters are suggested to provide the self-values associated with other teenagers' perceptions, social relationship, recognition, and own domains through carefully chosen usernames, language, profile pictures in their Facebook profiles are connected in order to promote their online identity. This finding is also strengthened by Hu et al (2022). In line with the study carried out by Hu et al, people can create and provide their identity in virtual world based on their wishes.…”

Section: Achievementsupporting

confidence: 68%

Do Youngsters Reflect the ‘Fake or Real’ Identity, Personality, and Emotion on Facebook?

et al. 2023

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The sophisticated technology has the potential to integrate with social media. Hence, online social sites become a medium for youngsters’ tendency to express their appearance, identity, and narcissism. Consequently, the current study aimed to investigate the reflection of fake or real identity, personality, and emotion of Indonesian teenagers used on social media Facebook. To attain the objective of the study, qualitative descriptive was used as a research design. The data was obtained from youngsters’ posts on Facebook in the range of 2018-2019. The instrument used in gathering the data was Virtual Advertising Operations (VOA). The total data was 1473 posts. In analyzing the data that have been classified based on the three categorizations, we employed AntConc application. The findings show that youngsters express their fake personality, identity, and emotion through Facebook features in terms of style theme with several subthemes followed by spectrums and issues. On the other hand, it could be inferred that youngsters show their identity, personality, and emotion on social media Facebook based on their level of relationship. Further, future research directions on the identity, personality, and emotion of Indonesian youngsters on Facebook are discussed. Keywords: Emotion, Facebook, Identity, Personality, Youngster

show abstract

Section: Achievementsupporting

confidence: 68%

Do Youngsters Reflect the ‘Fake or Real’ Identity, Personality, and Emotion on Facebook?

et al. 2023

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…If people believe their past disclosure does not represent who they are now, they might experience self-discrepancy. According to self-discrepancy theory, the greater an individual's self-discrepancy, the more discomfort he or she will suffer, which might result in strategic behaviors adopted to reduce selfdiscrepancy (Hu et al, 2022). For example, a user might delete his or her past self-disclosure.…”

Section: One-on-one In-depth Interviewsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…For example, a user might delete his or her past self-disclosure. Self-discrepancy is also likely to be associated with problematic online behavior (Hu et al, 2022), such as WeChat addiction. Hence, based on the themes extracted from interviews, we added new measurement items for SW on WeChat, which are shown in Table 4.…”

Section: One-on-one In-depth Interviewsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Measuring users’ psychological self-withdrawal on mobile social media: the development of a context dependent instrument

Chen,

2024

Front. Psychol.

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

IntroductionMSM users have many concerns when disclosing information, such as role conflicts and privacy risks, which can result in nondisclosure. We call these negative feelings associated with MSM use “psychological self-withdrawal” (PSW).MethodsUsing a mixed-methods design, this study develops and validates an instrument for measuring PSW in the WeChat context, based on focus-group interviews (seven participants), one-on-one interviews (eight participants), and a survey of 1200 WeChat users.ResultsThe result shows that PSW measure is a four-item instrument designed to measure PSW in the WeChat context. The results of two exploratory factor analysis pilot tests (n = 91 and n = 81) and a final confirmatory factor analysis test (n = 1200) indicate that the PSW measure has good internal consistency (α = 0.839), factorial validity, and a single-factor structure.DiscussionThe study defines PSW as “users’ series of negative feelings when using WeChat” and develops and validates an PSW measurement, using focus groups, interviews, and a survey. A four-item PSW with acceptable reliability and validity was finally developed.

show abstract

“…Попытки понять способы самовыражения личности в цифровых средах способствуют быстрому накоплению эмпирического материала о: механизмах становления социальной и личной идентичности в виртуальных сообществах (Cheng, Guo, 2015;Lee et al, 2020), формировании цифрового опыта нарративной идентичности (Breen et al, 2021), трансмиссии офлайн-и онлайн-идентичности (Koles, Nagy, 2021), влиянии аватаров на динамику идентичности (Gabbiadini et al, 2014), вкладе аддиктивного развития в структуру виртуальной идентичности (Cioban et al, 2021;Pogorelov, Rylskaya, 2022). Обсуждаются корреляты идентичности с «экранным временем» (Перегудина, 2021;Granic et al, 2020), с атрибутивными, оценочными, когнитивными, демографическими и прочими характеристиками аватаров как онлайн-самопрезентаций и цифровых профилей пользователей (Jin, 2012;Zimmermann et al, 2023), с параметрами игровой и интернет-зависимости (Lemenager et al, 2020), с поведенческими характеристиками онлайн-активности в виртуальных сообществах (Hu et al, 2022;Crisanto et al, 2022;Santa Mar a et al, 2022), с разнообразием интернет-активности (Raiziene et al, 2022), с нейробиологическими функциями (Lemenager et al, 2020). Исследователи касаются роли процессов ясного самосознания и самооценки (Green et al, 2021;Lemenager et al, 2020;Müller, Bonnaire, 2021), инициативности поведения и деятельности (Cheng, Guo, 2015;Zimmermann et al, 2023), «расширения самости» (Belk, 2016;Koles, Nagy, 2021) в становлении идентичности в виртуальной среде.…”

Section: мв клементьева оценка статусов виртуальной идентичностиunclassified

“…Актуальность проблема психологических механизмов становления виртуальной идентичности приобрела в XXI в. в связи с расширением сферы жизни человека, опосредствованной цифровыми технологиями. В ряде исследований отмечены содержательные и функциональные отличительные особенности виртуальной идентичности как альтернативы тех видов идентичности, которые проявляются в реальной среде (Войскунский и др., 2013;Солдатова, Погорелов, 2018;Crisanto et al, 2022;Hu et al, 2022;Pogorelov, Rylskaya, 2022), а в других работах продемонстрировано концептуальное и функциональное сходство виртуальной идентичности с другими видами идентичности (Back et al, 2010;Granic et al, 2020;Freyth, Batinic, 2021;Shapiro, Margolin, 2014;Zimmermann et al, 2023). Подобное противоречие в понимании виртуальной идентичности, как полагаем, вызвано эмпирической многоаспектностью и разнообразием методологии исследований, что создает трудность в обобщении данных.…”

unclassified

The Virtual Identity Status: The Concept and Inventory (VISI)

Klementyeva

2024

psychology

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The objective of the study was to develop and test the methodology to assess virtual identity statuses: identity achieved, moratorium, foreclosure, diffusion. The digital image, mediated by technologies and self-simulated, refers to the virtual identity, but the basis of its psychological mechanism remains unknown. The psychological scientists study the impact of digital experiences on virtual identity, yet no research has been conducted to date that captures the statuses this complex entity. Our study of the virtual identity statuses draws on E. Erikson's conceptualizations of the identity development and provisions of cultural-historical theory. This study applies an originally designed Virtual Identity Status Inventory (VISI). The study also measured: the five broad personality traits (extraversion, agreeableness, openness, conscientiousness, and neuroticism) and self-determination. The sample comprised 350 students (age range 17 to 25 years; 44.3% men). For data processing, confirmatory factor analyses, Cronbach coefficient alpha, Pear son’s r-test, and Student's t-test were applied in the SPSS 21.0 and AMOS 21 programs. Confirmatory factor analysis confirmed the 2-factor structure of the inventory, formed by the scales “In-Depth Exploration” and “Meaningfulness of Commitment” (χ2/df = 1.17; p = .08; RMSEA = .07; CFI = .93). We modeled these variables into 4 quadrants formed by a 2-axis circumflex integration of scales in 4 virtual identity statuses. We found that male students, who were open to new experiences and high in self-determination, significantly often demonstrated an achieved virtual identity (p < .01). The status of virtual identity was relatively stable during 2 months (φ* = .21). Thus, the VISI is reliable and valid, and can be used as a tool for solving theoretical, empirical, and experimental problems related to identity development in digital space.

show abstract

The Effect of Self-Discrepancy on Online Behavior: A Literature Review

Cited by 4 publications

References 52 publications

Do Youngsters Reflect the ‘Fake or Real’ Identity, Personality, and Emotion on Facebook?

Do Youngsters Reflect the ‘Fake or Real’ Identity, Personality, and Emotion on Facebook?

Measuring users’ psychological self-withdrawal on mobile social media: the development of a context dependent instrument

The Virtual Identity Status: The Concept and Inventory (VISI)

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About