Exploring the Relationships Between Different Types of Facebook Use, Perceived Online Social Support, and Adolescents’ Depressed Mood

Social Science Computer Review

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 153-171

  Frison, Eline ^a   Eggermont, Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

active Facebook use; adolescence; depressed mood; passive Facebook use; perceived online social support

Indexed keywords

EID: 84975744148     PISSN: 08944393     EISSN: 15528286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0894439314567449     Document Type: Article

References (70)

1. A.AngoldA.ErkanliJ.SilbergL.EavesE.J.Costello (2002). Depression scale scores in 8-17-year-olds: Effects of age and gender. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 43, 1052–1063. doi:10.1111/1469-7610.00232
2. J.S.AubreyL.Rill (2013). Investigating relations between Facebook use and social capital among college undergraduates. Communication Quarterly, 61, 479–496. doi:10.1080/01463373.2013.801869
3. E.BäznerP.BroemerP.HammelsteinT.D.Meyer (2006). Current and former depression and their relationship to the effects of social comparison processes. Results of an internet based study. Journal of Affective Disorders, 93, 97–103. doi:10.1016/j.jad.2006.02.017
4. C.L.BokhorstS.R.SumterP.M.Westenberg (2010). Social support from parents, friends, classmates, and teachers in children and adolescents aged 9 to 18 years: Who is perceived as most supportive?Social Development, 19, 417–426. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9507.2009.00540.x
5. L.BonettiM.A.CampbellL.Gilmore (2010). The relationship of loneliness and social anxiety with children’s and adolescent’s online communication. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 13, 279–285. doi:10.1089/cyber.2009.0215
6. B.BonevaA.QuinnR.KrautS.KieslerI.Shklovski (2006). Teenage communication in the instant messaging era. In (Eds.), Computers, phones, and the Internet: Domesticating information technology (pp. 201–218). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
7. P.B.Brandtzaeg (2012). Social networking sites: Their users and social implications—A longitudinal study. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 17, 467–488. doi:10.1111/j.1083-6101.2012.01580.x
8. M.BurkeR.KrautC.Marlow (2011). Social capital on facebook: Differentiating uses and users. Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Vancouver, Canada, 571–580.
9. M.BurkeC.MarlowT.Lento (2010). Social network activity and social well-being. Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Atlanta, USA, 1909–1912.
10. B.M.Byrne (2010). Structural equation modeling with AMOS: Basic concepts, applications and programming. Mahwah, NY: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
11. S.-T.ChengA.C.M.Chan (2004). The multidimensional scale of perceived social support: Dimensionality and age and gender differences in adolescents. Personality and Individual Differences, 37, 1359–1369. doi:10.1016/j.paid.2004.01.006
12. G.W.CheungR.S.Lau (2008). Testing mediation and suppression effects of latent variables: Bootstrapping with structural equation models. Organizational Research Methods, 11, 296–325. doi:10.1177/1094428107300343
13. H.G.ChouN.Edge (2012). “They are happier and having better lives than I am”: The impact of using Facebook on perceptions of others’ lives. Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking, 15, 117–121. doi:10.1089/cyber.2011.0324
14. S.Cobb (1976). Social support as a moderator of life stress. Psychomatic Medicine, 38, 300–314.
15. S.CohenT.A.Wills (1985). Stress, social support, and the buffering hypothesis. Psychological Bulletin, 98, 310–357.
16. W.E.CopelandL.ShanahanJ.E.CostelloA.Angold (2010). Which childhood and adolescent psychiatric disorders predict which young adult disorders?Archives of General Psychiatry, 66, 764–772. doi:10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2009.85
17. M.K.DemarayC.K.Malecki (2002). The relationship between perceived social support and maladjustment for students at risk. Psychology in the Schools, 39, 305–316. doi:10.1002/pits.10018
18. F.G.DetersM.R.Mehl (2013). Does posting Facebook status updates increase or decrease loneliness? An online social networking experiment. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 4, 1–8. doi:10.1177/1948550612469233
19. K.G.DolginN.Minowa (1997). Gender differences in self-presentation: A comparison of the roles of flatteringness and intimacy in self-disclosure to friends. Sex Roles, 36, 371–380. doi:10.1007/BF02766653
20. C.Dunkel-SchetterK.Brooks (2009). The nature of social support. In (Eds.), Encyclopedia of human relationships (pp. 1565–1570). Thoasand Oaks, CA: Sage.
21. A.Eagly (1987). Sex differences in social behavior: A social role interpretation. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
22. N.B.EllisonR.HeinoJ.Gibbs (2006). Managing impressions online: Self-presentation processes in the online dating environment. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 11, 415–441. doi:10.1111/j.1083-6101.2006.00020.x
23. N.B.EllisonC.SteinfieldC.Lampe (2011). Connection strategies: Social capital implications of facebook-enabled communication practices. New Media & Society, 13, 873–892. doi:10.1177/1461444810385389
24. N.B.EllisonJ.VitakR.GrayC.Lampe (2014). Cultivating social resources on social network sites: Facebook relationships maintenance behaviors and their role in social capital processes. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 19, 855–870. doi:10.1111/jcc4.12078
25. O.Erdur-Baker (2009). Cyberbullying and its correlation to traditional bullying, gender and frequent and risky usage of internet-mediated communication tools. New Media & Society, 12, 109–125. doi:10.1177/1461444809341260
26. L.A.Festinger (1954). Theory of social comparison processes. Human Relations, 7, 117–140. doi:10.1177/001872675400700202
27. A.L.ForestJ.V.Wood (2012). When social networking is not working: Individuals with low self-esteem recognize but do not reap the benefits of self-disclosure on Facebook. Psychological Science, 23, 295–302. doi:10.1177/0956797611429709
28. E.FrisonS.Eggermont (2015). The impact of daily stress on adolescents’ depressed mood: The role of social support seeking through Facebook. Computers in Human Behavior, 44, 315–325. doi:10.1016/j.chb.2014.11.070
29. S.A.FröjdE.S.NissinenM.U.I.PelkonenM.J.MarttunenA.-M.KoivistoR.Kaltiala-Heino (2008). Depression and school performance in middle adolescent boys and girls. Journal of Adolescence, 31, 485–498. doi:10.1016/j.adolescence.2007.08.006
30. R.E.GuadagnoN.L.MuscanellB.M.OkdieN.M.BurkeT.B.Ward (2011). Even in virtual environments women shop and men build: A social role perspective on second life. Computers in Human Behavior, 27, 304–308. doi:10.1016/j.chb.2010.08.008
31. N.HaferkampS.C.EimlerA.-M.PapadakisJ.V.Kruck (2012). Men are from Mars, women are from Venus? Examining gender differences in self-presentation on social networking sites. Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking, 15, 91–98. doi:10.1089/cyber.2011.0151
32. N.HaferkampN.C.Krämer (2011). Social comparison 2.0: Examining the effects of online profiles on social-networking sites. Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking, 14, 309–314. doi:10.1089/cyber.2010.0120
33. K.N.HamptonL.S.GouletL.RainieK.Purcell (2011). Social networking sites and our lives. Washington, DC: Pew Internet & American Life Project.
34. J.HonakerG.King (2010). What to do about missing values in time-series cross-section data. American Journal of Political Science, 54, 561–581.
35. B.H.KaareP.B.BrandtzaegJ.HeimT.Endestad (2007). In the borderland between family orientation and peer culture: The use of communication technologies among Norwegian tweens. New Media & Society, 9, 603–624. doi:10.1177/1461444807080328
36. K.S.KendlerJ.MyersC.A.Prescott (2005). Sex differences in the relationship between social support and risk for major depression: A longitudinal study of opposite-sex twin pairs. The American Journal of Psychiatry, 162, 250–256. doi:10.1176/appi.ajp.162.2.250
37. J.KimJ.R.Lee (2011). The Facebook paths to happiness: Effects of the number of Facebook friends and self-presentation on subjective well-being. Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking, 14, 359–364. doi:10.1089/cyber.2010.0374
38. A.M.KimbroughR.E.GuadagnoN.L.MuscanellJ.Dill (2013). Gender differences in mediated communication: Women connect more than do men. Computers in Human Behavior, 29, 896–900. doi:10.1016/j.chb.2012.12.005
39. M.KoutamanisH.G.M.VossenP.M.Valkenburg (2014, 5). Adolescents’ comments in social media: Who receives negative feedback and why?Paper presented at the International Communication Association, Seattle, WA, USA.
40. H.KrasnovaH.WenningerT.WidjajaP.Buxmann (2013, 3). Envy on Facebook: A hidden threat to users’ life satisfaction?Paper presented at the 11th International Conference on Wirtschaftsinformatik, Leipzig, Germany.
41. R.KrautS.KieslerB.BonevaJ.CummingsV.HelgesonA.Crawford (2002). Internet paradox revisited. Journal of Social Issues, 58, 49–74. doi:10.1111/1540-4560.00248
42. E.KrossP.VerduynE.DemiralpJ.ParkD.S.LeeN.Linj…O.Ybarra (2013). Facebook use predicts declines in subjective well-being in young adults. PloS One, 8, e69841. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0069841
43. G.LeeH.LeeS.Kwon (2011). Use of social-networking sites and subjective well-being: A study in South Korea. Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking, 14, 151–155. doi:10.1089/cyber.2009.0382
44. S.Y.Lee (2014). How do people compare themselves with others on social network sites?: The case of facebook. Computers in Human Behavior, 32, 253–260. doi:10.1016/j.chb.2013.12.009
45. C.LiuC.Yu (2013). Can facebook use induce well-being?Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking, 16, 674–678. doi:10.1089/cyber.2012.0301
46. M.MaddenA.LenhartS.CortesiA.SmithM.Beaton (2013). Teens, social media, and privacy. Washington, DC: Pew Internet & American Life Project.
47. F.T.McAndrewH.S.Jeong (2012). Who does what on Facebook? Age, sex, and relationship status as predictors of Facebook use. Computers in Human Behavior, 28, 2359–2365. doi:10.1016/j.chb.2012.07.007
48. T.A.MurbergE.Bru (2004). Social support, negative life events and emotional problems among Norwegian adolescents. School Psychology International, 25, 387–403. doi:10.1177/0143034304048775
49. N.L.MuscanellR.E.Guadagno (2012). Make new friends or keep the old: Gender and personality differences in social networking sites. Computers in Human Behavior, 28, 107–112. doi:10.1016/j.chb.2011.08.016
50. H.J.OhE.OzkayaR.LaRose (2014). How does online social networking enhance life satisfaction? The relationships among online supportive interaction, affect, perceived social support, sense of community, and life satisfaction. Computers in Human Behavior, 30, 69–78. doi:10.1016/j.chb.2013.07.053
51. G.OlssonA.-L.von Knorring (1997). Depression among Swedish adolescents measured by the self-rating scale center for epidemiology studies-depression child (CES-DC). European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 6, 81–87. doi: 10.1007/BF00566670
52. E.Y.L.OngR.P.AngJ.C.M.HoJ.C.Y.LimD.H.GohS.LeeA.Y.K.Chua (2011). Narcissism, extraversion and adolescents’ self-presentation on Facebook. Personality and Individual Differences, 50, 180–185. doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2010.09.022
53. T.A.PempekY.A.YermolayevaS.L.Calvert (2009). College students’ social networking experiences on Facebook. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 30, 227–238. doi:10.1016/j.appdev.2008.12.010
54. L.QiuH.LinA.K.LeungW.Tov (2012). Putting their best foot forward: Emotional disclosure on Facebook. Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking, 15, 569–572. doi:10.1089/cyber.2012.0200
55. S.M.Reich (2010). Adolescents’ sense of community on MySpace and Facebook: A mixed-methods approach. Journal of Community Psychology, 38, 688–705. doi:10.1002/jcop.20389
56. A.J.RoseK.D.Rudolph (2006). A review of sex differences in peer relationship processes: Potential trade-offs for the emotional and behavioral development of girls and boys. Psychological Bulletin, 132, 98–131. doi:10.1037/0033-2909.132.1.98
57. S.Y.RuegerC.K.MaleckiM.K.Demaray (2010). Relationship between multiple sources of perceived social support and psychological and academic adjustment in early adolescence: Comparisons across gender. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 39, 47–61. doi:10.1007/s10964-008-9368-6
58. R.H.J.ScholteM.A.G.Van Aken (2006). Peer relations in adolescence. In (Eds.), Handbook of adolescent development (pp. 175–199). New York, NY: Psychology Press.
59. M.A.StefanoneK.H.KwonD.Lackaff (2012). The relationship between perceptions of social capital and enacted support online. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 17, 451–466. doi:10.111/j.1083-6101.2012.01585.x
60. L.TidwellJ.Walther (2002). Computer-mediated communication effects on disclosure, impressions, and interpersonal evaluations. Getting to know one another a bit at a time. Communication Research, 28, 317–346. doi:10.1111/j.1468-2958.2002.tb00811.x
61. S.J.TobinE.J.VanmanM.VerreynneA.K.Saeri (2014). Threats to belonging on Facebook: Lurking and ostracism. Social Influence, 10, 1–12. doi:10.1080/15534510.2014.893924
62. S.ValenzuelaN.ParkK.F.Kee (2009). Is there social capital in a social network site?: Facebook use and college students’ life satisfaction, trust, and participation. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 14, 875–901. doi:10.1111/j.1083-6101.2009.01474.x
63. P.ValkenburgJ.Peter (2007). Online communication and adolescent well-being: Testing the stimulation versus the displacement hypothesis. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 12, 1169–1182. doi:10.1111/j.1083-6101.2007.00368.x
64. P.ValkenburgJ.Peter (2009). The effects of instant messaging on the quality of adolescents’ existing friendships: A longitudinal study. Journal of Communication, 59, 79–97. doi:10.1111/j.1460-2466.2008.01405.x
65. P.ValkenburgJ.PeterA.P.Schouten (2006). Friend networking sites and their relationship to adolescents’ well-being and social self-esteem. Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking, 9, 584–590. doi:10.1089/cpb.2006.9.584
66. A.Vander StoepM.AdrianE.McCauleyS.E.CrowellA.StoneC.Flynn (2011). Risk for suicidal ideation and suicide attempts associated with co-occurring depression and conduct problems in early adolescence. Suicide & Life-Threatening Behavior, 41, 316–329. doi:10.1111/j.1943-278X.2011.00031.x
67. J.B.Walther (1996). Computer-mediated communication: Impersonal, interpersonal, and hyperpersonal interaction. Communication Research, 23, 3–43. doi:10.1177/009365096023001001
68. S.WinterG.NeubaumS.C.EimlerV.GordonJ.TheilJ.Herrmann…N.C.Krämer (2014). Another brick in the Facebook wall—How personality traits relate to the content of status updates. Computers in Human Behavior, 34, 194–202. doi:10.1016/j.chb.2014.01.048
69. K.B.Wright (2012). Emotional support and perceived stress among college students using Facebook.com: An exploration of the relationship between source perceptions and emotional support. Communication Research Reports, 29, 175–184. doi:10.1080/08824096.2012.695957
70. G.D.ZimetN.W.DahlemS.G.ZimetG.K.Farley (1988). The multidimensional scale of perceived social support. Journal of Personality Assessment, 52, 30–41.