Publication | |
Author(s) | Reinecke, L.; Trepte, S. |
Title | Authenticity and Well-being on Social Network Sites: A Two-Wave Longitudinal Study on the Effects of Online Authenticity and the Positivity Bias in SNS Communication. |
Source | Computers in Human Behavior, 2014, Vol. 30, 95 - 102 |
URL | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0747563213002689 |
DOI | doi:10.1016/j.chb.2013.07.030 |
Investigation | |
Public | Social media users,, Germany, followed 6 months, 2010-2011 |
Age: M=26.00, S=6.67; males:38.2%, females: 61.8% | |
Collect period | october 2010 |
Last collect period | april 2011 |
T1 T2 | |
Survey name | Unnamed study |
2-wave panel survey | |
Sample | Non-probability self-selected |
Participants were recruited via links posted on Facebook and StudiVZ, the 2 most popular social network sites.at the time | |
Respondents N = | 374 |
Non Response | Not available |
Assesment | Questionnaire: web |
Happiness measure(s) used |
Full text | Selfreport on 10 questions. This scale consists of a number of words that describe different feelings and emotions. Read each item and mark the appropriate answer in the space next to that word. Indicate how often you feel this way in the present. A upset B hostile C alert D ashamed E inspired F nervous G determined H attentive I afraid J active Answer options: 1 never 2 3 4 5 always Computation: (C=E+G+H+J)/5 - (A+B+D+F+I)/5 Name: Watson et al's PANAS, International short form I-PANAS-SF |
Classification | A-BW-c-mq-v-5-a |
Author's label | Positive and negative affect |
Page in publication | 98 |
Remarks | ABS computed by WDH-team ABS computed is the mean of ABS at T1 and T2 |
Finding used in nation ranks | Yes |
On original range -20 - 20 | On range 0 - 10 | |
Mean | 1.19 | |
Standard deviation | 0.40 |
Author's label | Our subject description | |
Online authenticity | show | Earlier internet behaviour |
Online authenticity | show | Earlier self-disclosing, also classified as above ↑ |
Online authenticity | show | Genuine, also classified as above ↑ |
Online authenticity | show | Later internet behaviour, also classified as above ↑ |
Online authenticity | show | Later self-disclosure, also classified as above ↑ |
Online authenticity | show | Self-disclosure on internet, also classified as above ↑ |