WeChat usage during COVID-19 pandemic lockdown: the mediating role of online self-disclosure on quality of friendship and well-being

Amosun, Tunde Simeon; Chu, Jianxun; Rufai, Olayemi Hafeez; Muhideen, Sayibu; Shahani, Riffat; Shah, Zakir; Koroma, Jonathan

doi:10.1108/gkmc-09-2020-0136

Cited by 10 publications

(7 citation statements)

References 55 publications

(74 reference statements)

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Graduate research students are students cohort who are confronted with various academic challenges such as balancing academic, personal, and family life (Virtanen et al, 2017). As a result, they require specific psychological well-being and self-care mechanism for reducing anxiety and increasing psychological capability (Amosun, Jianxun, et al, 2022). An example of such is mindfulness training which has been demonstrated to significantly lower psychological anxiety among university students in different ways (Barry et al, 2019;Bellinger et al, 2015;Charoensukmongkol, 2019).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Mindfulness Contributing to Publication Anxiety Reduction: A Random Controlled Trial Analysis

2023

JHMN

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Graduate research students face unprecedented challenges due to the increased demand for publications as a graduation requirement in today's institutions of higher learning, leading to anxiety. Some people seem unfazed by this phenomenon and cope with it better than others. Using the random controlled trial method, a direct effect between mindfulness and publication anxiety was tested and mediated by psychological capital using 605 samples divided into control group (297) and intervention group (308). The intervention group was asked to listen to self-guided mindfulness audio for four weeks. The aim was to examine the impact of mindfulness practice in reducing publication anxiety among graduate research students. The findings showed that mindfulness is negatively associated with publication anxiety, and PsyCap acts as a mediator between mindfulness and publication anxiety in both control and intervention groups. The study concludes with a discussion of the study's limitations, future research, and practical applications.

show abstract

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Mindfulness Contributing to Publication Anxiety Reduction: A Random Controlled Trial Analysis

2023

JHMN

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…As youth heavily rely upon CMC for connecting with friends (Kircaburun et al, 2020) and social anxiety is most prevalent during young adulthood (Jefferies & Ungar, 2020), understanding the conditions in which online self-disclosure may support those with high social anxiety is especially relevant for young adults. According to the extant literature, personal information shared with others in dyadic and masspersonal CMC increases social connectedness and in turn enhances subjective well-being (Amosun et al, 2021;D. Liu et al, 2019;Utz, 2015).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Despite differences for disclosure, enhanced online self-disclosure has been associated with greater feelings of connectedness across the different communication modes, albeit to varying degrees (D. Liu et al, 2019). That is, positive associations were observed when users conversed in relatively private online contexts (Amosun et al, 2021), or more publicly on social networking sites (Utz, 2015) and blogging sites (Z. Liu et al, 2016).…”

Section: Social Benefits Associated With Positive Online Self-disclosurementioning

confidence: 99%

The socially poor get richer, the rich get poorer: The effect of online self-disclosure on social connectedness and well-being is conditional on social anxiety and audience size

Desjarlais

2022

Cyberpsychology

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Self-disclosure taking place in computer-mediated communication (CMC) is generally associated with enhanced well-being because it evokes a greater sense of connectedness. It has been established that the magnitude of the benefits reaped from online self-disclosure is conditional on social anxiety (under the lens of the poor-get-richer vs. rich-get-richer hypotheses) or audience size. What remains to be understood is whether those with low (compared to high) social anxiety experience greater social connectedness and subjective well-being in dyadic and/or masspersonal CMC. A sample of 411 Canadian undergraduate students (aged 17–21 years old) self-reported their anxiety in social situations, online self-disclosure in dyadic and masspersonal communication, current feelings of social connectedness, and subjective well-being. Model 7 of the PROCESS macro for SPSS was used to test the indirect effect of online self-disclosure on subjective well-being through feelings of social connectedness, conditioned on values of social anxiety. The model was run separately for dyadic and masspersonal CMC. Online self-disclosure was associated with positive outcomes only for those with high social anxiety. In both contexts, online self-disclosure was associated with enhanced social connectedness and in turn more positive subjective well-being. In contrast, for those with low social anxiety, increases in self-disclosure in masspersonal CMC was associated with decreases in social connectedness and poorer well-being. The indirect effect was not significant for dyadic CMC. Overall, the findings contribute to a more informed understanding of online self-disclosure as a double-edged sword. Theoretical implications for the poor-get-richer and rich-get-richer perspectives are discussed.

show abstract

“…The information could be text, image, audio, video, or geographic location. Some studies have demonstrated that social media are indeed effective and efficient in promoting the quality of friendship by assisting students to build on existing relationships and make new friends during crisis periods, such as during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown (Chen, 2015 ; Wen et al, 2016 ; Amosun et al, 2021 ). Therefore, digital interactions supported by trust in the context of globalized risk should be one of the focuses of research in computer-mediated communication.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Influence of personality traits on online self-disclosure: Considering perceived value and degree of authenticity separately as mediator and moderator

Fang

Zhang

et al. 2022

Front. Psychol.

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The Chinese have been spending significantly more time on the Internet during post-pandemic time. When people are confined indoors, there is a greater need to construct an identity and socialize online. Personality traits and perceived value of the media are important factors that affect users' online self-disclosure. This study involved the construction of a mediation model and a moderator model to evaluate the influence of personality traits on self-disclosure on social media. Perceived value was regarded as the mediator while the degree of authenticity was regarded as the moderator. Using a quota sampling method, 1,075 Chinese netizens were surveyed in July and August 2021. The results showed that: (1) The depth of self-disclosure of subjects with extroverted personality was significantly higher than that of those with introverted personality, that is, personality traits affect the depth of self-disclosure; (2) perceived value plays a mediating role in online self-disclosure; (3) The degree of authenticity is a significant moderator in the relationship between personality and self-disclosure. In all, the results from this study contribute to our understanding of how personality traits affect perceived value of media and self-disclosure. This study tested the credibility and validity of the proposed model in the context of the recent COVID-19 pandemic lockdown in China, and the study is a novel approach in that area of research.

show abstract

WeChat usage during COVID-19 pandemic lockdown: the mediating role of online self-disclosure on quality of friendship and well-being

Cited by 10 publications

References 55 publications

Mindfulness Contributing to Publication Anxiety Reduction: A Random Controlled Trial Analysis

Mindfulness Contributing to Publication Anxiety Reduction: A Random Controlled Trial Analysis

The socially poor get richer, the rich get poorer: The effect of online self-disclosure on social connectedness and well-being is conditional on social anxiety and audience size

Influence of personality traits on online self-disclosure: Considering perceived value and degree of authenticity separately as mediator and moderator

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About