Distress, Coping, and Blogging: Comparing New Myspace Users by Their Intention to Blog
- 1 February 2008
- journal article
- Published by Mary Ann Liebert Inc in CyberPsychology & Behavior
- Vol. 11 (1), 81-85
- https://doi.org/10.1089/cpb.2007.9930
Abstract
New MySpace.com users (N = 134, mean age 24.5 years) completed a questionnaire about their intent to blog and several psychosocial variables. Intending bloggers scored higher on psychological distress, self-blame, and venting and scored lower on social integration and satisfaction with number of online and face-to-face friends. Intending bloggers may view this activity as a potential mechanism for coping with distress in situations in which they feel inadequately linked with social supportsKeywords
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