Impressions matter more than privacy: The moderating roles of affordances in the relation between social anxiety and online safety-seeking behaviors

Though socially anxious individuals tend to seek safety, little is known about whether this relationship depends on context, including the affordances of social networking sites (SNSs) to provide anonymity and publicness, and whether safety-seeking can be explained by impression management, privacy...

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Main Authors: Xue-Qin Yin, Sebastian Scherr, Lin Jin, James Gaskin, Jin-Liang Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Masaryk University 2022-08-01
Series:Cyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberpspace
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Online Access:https://cyberpsychology.eu/article/view/15280