Exploring patterns of Facebook usage, social capital, loneliness and well-being among a diverse South African student sample:

Young, Charles; Strelitz, Larry N

Title: Exploring patterns of Facebook usage, social capital, loneliness and well-being among a diverse South African student sample:
Creator: Young, Charles, Strelitz, Larry N
Date: 2015
Type: text
Type: article
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/143705
Identifier: vital:38275
Identifier: https://ischp.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/ischp_2015_abstract_booklet.pdf
Description: There has been much debate over whether the use of social network sites isolate people and truncate their relationships or alternatively, provide beneficial connections with others. This debate has been framed by a growing international literature which explores the triadic relationship between the intensity of use of Facebook to the maintenance of social capital and in turn the relationship between social capital and wellbeing and loneliness. A random list of 1168 Rhodes University students was drawn from the total student body and invited to participate in an online survey. In total, 491 students completed the survey (42% response rate). Hierarchical regression analyses demonstrate that intensity of Facebook usage adds a very small contribution to social capital, is very weakly associated with loneliness, and is not associated with wellbeing. Results contrast with international studies that fail to recognise the extent to which race and class cleavages impact on access to and use of social media.
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Language: English
Relation: International Society of Critical Health Psychology (ISCHP), Young, C. and Strelitz, L., 2015. Exploring patterns of Facebook usage, social capital, loneliness and well-being among a diverse South African student sample. International Society of Critical Health Psychology (ISCHP). 9th Biennial Conference, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa, International Society of Critical Health Psychology (ISCHP) volume 2015 number 0 2015
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