Gingras Marie-Pier, Brendgen Mara, Beauchamp Miriam H, Séguin Jean R, Tremblay Richard E, Côté Sylvana M, Herba Catherine M
Université du Québec à Montréal (Department of Psychology), Montréal, QC, Canada.
CHU Sainte-Justine Azrieli Research Center, Montréal, QC, Canada.
J Youth Adolesc. 2025 Mar;54(3):807-820. doi: 10.1007/s10964-024-02097-1. Epub 2024 Oct 9.
Knowledge is lacking on whether adolescents' motivations for social media use predict internalizing symptoms, and few studies have considered the moderating role of extraversion. In 2017 (T1) and 2018 (T2), 197 adolescents (49.70% girls, M = 13.15, SD = 0.36) from a large metropolitan area participated in this study. Adolescents reported on their social media use motivations and extraversion (at T1) and depressive and anxiety symptoms (T1 and T2). Latent class analysis revealed four motivation profiles at T1: (1) entertainment and fun (30.97%); (2) avoidance and escapism (14.21%); (3) meeting new people, feel involved (16.75%); (4) boredom (38.07%). Social motivations (profile 3) predicted elevated internalizing symptoms at T2. Avoidance and boredom motivations (profile 2 and 4) predicted internalizing symptoms for adolescents with low extraversion. Social media use motivations and extraversion distinguish adolescents who benefit from social media from those who experience difficulties.
目前尚不清楚青少年使用社交媒体的动机是否能预测内化症状，而且很少有研究考虑外向性的调节作用。2017年（T1）和2018年（T2），来自一个大都市地区的197名青少年（49.70%为女孩，M = 13.15，SD = 0.36）参与了这项研究。青少年报告了他们使用社交媒体的动机、外向性（在T1时）以及抑郁和焦虑症状（T1和T2）。潜在类别分析在T1时揭示了四种动机类型：（1）娱乐和乐趣（30.97%）；（2）回避和逃避现实（14.21%）；（3）结识新朋友、融入其中（16.75%）；（4）无聊（38.07%）。社交动机（类型3）预测了T2时内化症状的增加。回避和无聊动机（类型2和4）预测了外向性较低的青少年的内化症状。社交媒体使用动机和外向性区分了从社交媒体中受益的青少年和那些遇到困难的青少年。
