A longitudinal study of the effects of internet use on subjective well-being
Abstract: This study examined how internet use is related to subjective well-being, using longitudinal data from 19 nations with representative online samples stratified for age, gender, and region (N = 7122, 51.43% women, Mage= 45.26). Life satisfaction and anxiety served as indices of subjecti...
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| Formato: | Artículo |
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Taylor & Francis
2019
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| Acceso en línea: | https://repositorio.uca.edu.ar/handle/123456789/9012 |
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| Sumario: | Abstract: This study examined how internet use is related to subjective
well-being, using longitudinal data from 19 nations with
representative online samples stratified for age, gender, and
region (N = 7122, 51.43% women, Mage= 45.26). Life satisfaction
and anxiety served as indices of subjective well-being at
time 1 (t1) and then six months later (t2). Frequency of
internet use (hours online per day) at t1 correlated with
lower life satisfaction, r = – .06, and more anxiety, r = .13
at t2. However, after imposing multivariate controls, frequency
of internet use (t1) was no longer associated with
lower subjective well-being (t2). Frequency of social contact
by internet and use of internet for following rumors (t1)
predicted higher anxiety (t2). Higher levels of direct (faceto-
face plus phone) social contact (t1) predicted greater life
satisfaction (t2). In multivariate analyses, all effect sizes were
small. Society-level individualism-collectivism or indulgencerestraint
did not show a direct effect on outcomes nor
moderate individual-level associations. Results are discussed
in the framework of the internet as a displacement of social
contact versus a replacement of deficits in direct contact;
and as a source of positive and negative information |
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