Lissitsa Sabina, Kagan Maya
Israel-School of Communication, Ariel University, Ariel, Israel.
Israel-School of Social Work, Ariel University, Ariel, Israel.
Cyberpsychol Behav Soc Netw. 2025 Mar;28(3):178-186. doi: 10.1089/cyber.2024.0216. Epub 2025 Jan 14.
In today's sociocultural milieu, characterized by pervasive social media and evolving conceptions of masculinity, this study examines the interplay among loneliness, social media addiction, self-reliance, and life satisfaction across Generations (Gen) X, Y, and Z. Employing a comprehensive model, the study explores social media addiction as a mediator between loneliness and life satisfaction, with a focus on the moderating role of the pivotal masculine trait of self-reliance in the loneliness-social media addiction relationship. Based on an online survey of 775 Israeli men aged 18-58, the findings reveal unique generational patterns. For Gen X, social media addiction negatively correlates with life satisfaction, without mediation or moderation effects. In Gen Y, loneliness is directly associated with life satisfaction, and a positive correlation exists between loneliness and social media addiction. Notably, self-reliance moderates the link between loneliness and social media addiction, amplifying this association at lower self-reliance levels. Gen Z replicates the Gen Y findings albeit without the moderation effect. This study contributes nuanced insights into the literature on masculinity, revealing the evolving nature of self-reliance-a crucial masculine trait-across generations. Such evolution, in turn, is associated with responses to loneliness and patterns of engagement with social media.
在当今以社交媒体普及和男性气质观念不断演变的社会文化环境中，本研究考察了X、Y和Z三代人中孤独感、社交媒体成瘾、自立以及生活满意度之间的相互作用。该研究采用了一个综合模型，探讨社交媒体成瘾在孤独感和生活满意度之间的中介作用，重点关注自立这一关键男性特质在孤独感与社交媒体成瘾关系中的调节作用。基于对775名年龄在18至58岁之间的以色列男性的在线调查，研究结果揭示了独特的代际模式。对于X代人来说，社交媒体成瘾与生活满意度呈负相关，不存在中介或调节效应。在Y代人中，孤独感与生活满意度直接相关，且孤独感与社交媒体成瘾之间存在正相关。值得注意的是，自立调节了孤独感与社交媒体成瘾之间的联系，在较低的自立水平上增强了这种关联。Z代人重复了Y代人的研究结果，尽管没有调节效应。本研究为男性气质文献提供了细致入微的见解，揭示了自立这一关键男性特质在不同代际间不断演变的性质。反过来，这种演变与对孤独感的反应以及社交媒体使用模式相关。
