Adolescent Psych- Exam 2 Articles (social media)

describe self-disclosure social media behavior

sharing personal info- active behavior

describe self-presentation social media behavior

manipulating one’s social media presence to selectively present a specific image (active)

describe lurking social media behavior

randomly scrolling through one’s social media sites without a specific purpose (passive)

describe social monitoring social media behavior

non-interactive browsing although with a specific goal or purpose (checking a friend’s page to see if u were excluded from an event)- passive

what can active behaviors cause

increases vulnerability to negative peer feedback

what can passive behaviors cause

can increase negative feelings through self-comparison

what is the goal of social goals

aimed at achieving specific social interactions or outcomes.

what is the acceptance goal part of social goals

prioritizing closeness w/ others (communal)

what is the popularity goal part of social goals

involves agentic, which involves prioirtizing power and dominance

what do kids with high friendship goals associated do?

disclosed more private information on Facebook

what kind of behavior is social media engagement?

goal-driven behavior

—> means to achieve popularity or acceptance goal

what is relationship maintenance

communicating or staying in touch with friends

—> related to acceptance goals

the relationship between pursuit of social goals and pubertal status

as social goals increase during puberty, goal-driven behaviors aimed at achieving these goals (social media engagement) also increase

do girls tend to pursue acceptance or popularity goals?

more prosocial girls demonstrated strong investments in peer relationships and are more emotionally invested in friendships than boys

—> more likely to pursue social media behaviors aimed at increasing peer acceptance

is there a difference in the amount boys and/or girls pursue popularity goals?

no.

how is pubertal status associated w/ self-disclosure and lurking?

—> positively associated

earlier developing adolescents reported more self-disclosure and lurking behaviors

association between acceptance goal and social monitoring?

—> positively associated

having a higher acceptance goal was associated with marginally more social monitoring

why do adolescents with high popularity goals report more self-disclosure?

disclosing on social media allows the individual to stay relevant and visible in peer network

while boys and girls place equal weight on prioritizing popularity goals, the way they achieve these is different. what is different?

the positive associations between popularity goal and both self-presentation and social-monitoring were stronger for girls than boys

—> this could be bc girls play more emphasize on social image , and is more normalized for girls to manipulate their image

why were girls with high acceptance goals reported to spend marginally fewer hours on social media?

girls with higher acceptance goals could devote more time to fostering relationships offline.

active vs. passive social media behaviors

active: user is targeting one-to-one interactions

passive: scrolling w/o foraging social connections

private vs. public active/passive

private active behavior: adolescent is sending messages privately

public active behavior: adolescent is commenting openly

in ages 14-15 (group 2) and 17-18 (group 4) what was the trend associated with social media use and school-related exhaustion?

these groups reported more social media use and thus reported higher levels of school-related exhaustion

delayed bedtime was associated with active social media use in 1 group only. which group?

group 1: ages 13-14

—> early adolescence

—> this could be because younger adolescents may lack more self-regulation than older adolescents. furthermore, the concept of social media is also newer to this age group, whereas older adolescents have had the time to ‘get over the new shiny thing"‘

there was a correlated change between emotional exhaustion and bedtime only in which group?

group 4: 17-18

—> when adolescents reported higher emotional exhaustion, they also reported later bedtimes