WeChat engagement styles: Measuring the two processes of relatedness need, moderated by personality differences

Social Media Use Among Young People in China: A Systematic Literature Review

“…Of the 20 articles reviewed, nine selected WeChat (Y. Chen, 2017; Y. Chen et al, 2019;Pang, 2016Pang, , 2018bPang, , 2018dWen et al, 2016;Xu et al, 2016;Zhou, 2019), one selected both WeChat and O2O life services apps (Zhou, 2019), and four articles selected Weibo (Hwang & Choi, 2016;Pang, 2018a;H. Wang & Shi, 2018;J.…”

“…The two-process model of the relatedness need is a branch of the two-process model of psychological needs (Sheldon, 2011; Sheldon & Schüler, 2011) that proposes a difference between the pre-motivational procedures that result in behavioral intention (the target-setting stage) and the procedures of post-intentional volition that result in action (the target-chasing stage) (Schwarzer, 2015). As a result, the model is often used to investigate respondents’ early motivation, needs or requirements, behavioral intentions, and actual behaviors (Y. Chen et al, 2019).…”

“…As these five traits have a significant impact on the behavior and intention of social media users, they are often included as factors for measuring styles or patterns of social media use (Y. Chen et al, 2019;Hou et al, 2018).…”

“…Numerous social notions, such as information-seeking, relatedness need, entertainment and amusement, social utility, engagement in public affairs, social support, sociability, and relationship maintenance, have been considered as motivations or purposes for using social media (Y. Chen, 2017; Y. Chen et al, 2019;Z. Chen & Chan, 2017;Huang et al, 2016;Pang, 2018aPang, , 2018bPang, , 2018dJ.…”

Relatedness Need Satisfaction and the Dark Triad: The Role of Depression and Prevention Focus

“…Numerous studies have found that humans, as herd animals, have experiences and psychological feelings related to interpersonal relationships that are often important predictors of personality development and motivational strategies (Gross and John, 2003;Events, 2004;Quan et al, 2021), such as relatedness need satisfaction. Studies have shown that relatedness need satisfaction is closely related to the Big Five personality (Church et al, 2012;Chen et al, 2019;Deventer et al, 2019); however, we do not yet know the relationship between relatedness need and the DT. As a group of antisocial personality characteristics, the DT is mainly characterized by maladaptive social and interpersonal interactions, which may undermine interpersonal relationships.…”