Distress, Coping, and Blogging: Comparing New Myspace Users by Their Intention to Blog
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New Myspace.com users (N = 134, mean age 24.5 years) completed a questionnaire about their intent to blog and several psychosocial variables. Intending bloggers scored higher on psychological distress, self-blame, and venting and scored lower on social integration and satisfaction with number of online and face-to-face friends. Intending bloggers may view this activity as a potential mechanism for coping with distress in situations in which they feel inadequately linked with social supports.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Cyberpsychology & behavior : the impact of the Internet, multimedia and virtual reality on behavior and society
دوره 11 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2008