The mediator role of self-disclosure and moderator roles of gender and social anxiety in the relationship between Chinese adolescents' online communication and their real-world social relationships

Authors:
Jin-Liang Wang;Linda A. Jackson;Da-Jun Zhang
Affiliations:
Center for Mental Health Education, Southwest University, China;Department of Psychology, Michigan State University, USA;Center for Mental Health Education, Southwest University, China
Venue:
Computers in Human Behavior
Year:
2011

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Abstract

Based on theory and previous research, we examined relationships among gender, social anxiety, self-disclosure, quality of real-world friendships and online communication by Chinese adolescent Internet users. Results indicated that online communication and self-disclosure are not related to quality of friendship, and online communication is positively related to self-disclosure. For adolescent boys and adolescents with high social anxiety, online communication can explain more variance in users' self-disclosure, indicating that gender and social anxiety moderate the relationship between online communication and online self-disclosure.