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Title: | Online Prosocial Behaviour Predicts Well-Being in Different Cultures: A Daily Diary Study of Facebook Users |
Authors: | Marshall TC Chavanovanich J Huang L Deng J |
Department: | Health, Aging & Society |
Keywords: | 5205 Social and Personality Psychology;52 Psychology;Clinical Research |
Publication Date: | 29-Jun-2023 |
Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
Abstract: | <jats:p> Almost two billion people use Facebook every day, but relatively few studies have examined the ways that culture shapes its use, and in turn, its associations with well-being. Our 1-week daily diary study sought to extend this literature by comparing prosocial uses of Facebook in a collectivist culture, Thailand ( N = 169), and in an individualist culture, Canada ( N = 131). We found that, relative to Thais, Canadians more frequently engaged in knowledge-sharing prosocial Facebook behaviour (i.e., providing useful information to Facebook friends), which was mediated by their more independent self-construal, stronger motivation to use Facebook for spreading information, and weaker motivation to use it for belongingness. Only Canadians reported higher life satisfaction on days they engaged in more prosocial knowledge-sharing. However, Thais and Canadians were equally likely to engage in emotionally-supportive prosocial Facebook behavior, which was associated with higher positive affect and life satisfaction in both groups. </jats:p> |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/11375/28714 |
metadata.dc.identifier.doi: | https://doi.org/10.1177/10693971231187470 |
ISSN: | 1069-3971 1552-3578 |
Appears in Collections: | Health, Aging & Society Publications |
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