A comparison of tests of equality of variances
Computational Statistics & Data Analysis
BT Technology Journal
Relationship between the level of intimacy and lurking in online social network services
Computers in Human Behavior
Computers in Human Behavior
Predicting and explaining the adoption of online trading: An empirical study in Taiwan
Decision Support Systems
Who interacts on the Web?: The intersection of users' personality and social media use
Computers in Human Behavior
Social network use and personality
Computers in Human Behavior
Identifying social capital in the facebook interface
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Social capital, behavioural control, and tacit knowledge sharing-A multi-informant design
International Journal of Information Management: The Journal for Information Professionals
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Drawing on attachment theory, the present study examines the attachment styles of individuals relative to two ways of building social capital - bonding social capital and bridging social capital. In trying to relate attachment theory to the use of SNS, the present study argues that bonding social capital is reflected in the use of SNS for forming attachment bonds from trust-based strong ties, while bridging social capital is reflected in the use of SNS for causal affiliations among more socially distant people. The conceptual model was validated through an online survey completed by 368 Facebook users. Two hierarchical multiple regression analyses indicated several results. First, avoidance attachment was significant and negatively predictive of both bonding social and bridging social capital. Second, both bonding social capital and bridging social capital reported by respondents appeared to be greatest under conditions of low anxiety attachment coupled with low avoidance attachment. Third, levels of Facebook usage were significant and independently predictive of bridging social capital.