Social Platform Use and Psychological Well-Being

Cammy Crolic; Peter Zubcsek; Andrew Stephen; Gillian Brooks

Social Platform Use and Psychological Well-Being

Cammy Crolic, Peter Zubcsek, Andrew Stephen, Gillian Brooks

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Abstract

Social platforms facilitate the daily interactions of billions of people globally. Prior research generally concludes that social platforms negatively affect people’s welfare. This research reopens this debate by using a robust methodology to examine the time series effects of social platform use on users’ subjective well-being, psychological well-being, physical health, and financial security. We report a six-month longitudinal study of 1,029 adults. Participants’ daily time using social platforms on their mobile device was unobtrusively tracked and their well-being was measured every two weeks. The findings suggest a small, positive effect of time spent using social platforms on both subjective well-being and psychological well-being (but no significant effects on physical health or financial security). Further, it is time spent using social platforms that facilitate interactions with intimate/close ties, that is correlated with positive subjective and psychological well-being.

Original language	English
Journal	JOURNAL OF CONSUMER PSYCHOLOGY
Publication status	Accepted/In press - 2024

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Social Platform Use and Psychological Well-Being

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