School of Journalism and Communication, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Leuven School for Mass Communication Research, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Research Foundation Flanders (FWO-Vlaanderen), Belgium.
J Adolesc. 2018 Aug;67:35-44. doi: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2018.05.008. Epub 2018 Jun 10.
Inconsistent results have been reported concerning the relationships between SNS usage and loneliness. The current two-wave panel study with a one year interval examined the possibility of reciprocal and curvilinear relationships between active public Facebook use and adolescents' social/emotional loneliness. Belgian adolescents from fifteen high schools participated (N = 1188, 55% male). The results showed a U-shaped relationship between (1) active Facebook use and social/emotional loneliness and (2) emotional loneliness and active Facebook use. Specifically, active Facebook use predicted decreased social/emotional loneliness among low to moderate users, while among heavy users, increased levels of social/emotional loneliness were predicted by active Facebook use. Emotional loneliness predicted higher active Facebook use among lonely adolescents. At the same time, emotional loneliness predicted decreased active Facebook use among adolescents who did not feel lonely. These findings stress to consider different types of loneliness, and reciprocal and curvilinear relationships in future social media research.
关于社交网络服务（SNS）使用与孤独感之间的关系，已有研究结果并不一致。本项为期一年的两波纵向研究检验了积极使用公共 Facebook 是否与青少年的社交/情绪孤独感之间存在相互关系和曲线关系的可能性。来自比利时 15 所高中的青少年参与了此项研究（N=1188，男生占 55%）。研究结果表明，（1）积极使用 Facebook 与社交/情绪孤独感，以及（2）情绪孤独感与积极使用 Facebook 之间存在 U 型关系。具体而言，积极使用 Facebook 可预测轻度至中度用户的社交/情绪孤独感降低，而对于重度用户，积极使用 Facebook 则预示着社交/情绪孤独感的增加。孤独感预测孤独青少年更积极地使用 Facebook，同时，孤独感预测不感到孤独的青少年减少对 Facebook 的积极使用。这些发现强调了在未来的社交媒体研究中，需要考虑不同类型的孤独感以及相互关系和曲线关系。
