The effect of mindfulness on online self-presentation, pressure, and addiction on social media
As social media has become more imperative in daily life, people pay more attention to self-presentation and impression management on social media, and some have even become psychologically dependent. There is a large group of socially addicted users who continuously strive to improve their online s...
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| description | As social media has become more imperative in daily life, people pay more attention to self-presentation and impression management on social media, and some have even become psychologically dependent. There is a large group of socially addicted users who continuously strive to improve their online self-presentation. Due to stress and burnout arising from social media addiction, people change their social media behavior. The influence of mindfulness on social behavior cannot be ignored. This study aims to explore coping behaviors and the role of mindfulness for people under social media pressure and social media addiction in China’s special political environment. We found significant differences in self-presentation, social media pressure, and social media addiction among different circles in the Chinese context. Experiments have shown that people’s socially addictive behaviors and abilities to withstand social media pressure are affected by their mindfulness. In addition, the more social media pressure people perceive on social media, the more likely they are to stop using social media and shift to offline interpersonal interactions. However, when there are more offline interpersonal interactions, people’s willingness to return to social media platforms increases. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-cbc72e254e884998a97529de04597d102022-12-22T03:49:04ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782022-12-011310.3389/fpsyg.2022.10344951034495The effect of mindfulness on online self-presentation, pressure, and addiction on social mediaChunhui You0Yang Liu1School of Humanities, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, ChinaSchool of Computer, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, ChinaAs social media has become more imperative in daily life, people pay more attention to self-presentation and impression management on social media, and some have even become psychologically dependent. There is a large group of socially addicted users who continuously strive to improve their online self-presentation. Due to stress and burnout arising from social media addiction, people change their social media behavior. The influence of mindfulness on social behavior cannot be ignored. This study aims to explore coping behaviors and the role of mindfulness for people under social media pressure and social media addiction in China’s special political environment. We found significant differences in self-presentation, social media pressure, and social media addiction among different circles in the Chinese context. Experiments have shown that people’s socially addictive behaviors and abilities to withstand social media pressure are affected by their mindfulness. In addition, the more social media pressure people perceive on social media, the more likely they are to stop using social media and shift to offline interpersonal interactions. However, when there are more offline interpersonal interactions, people’s willingness to return to social media platforms increases.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1034495/fullmindfulnesssocial network relationsself-presentationsocial media pressuresocial media addiction |
| spellingShingle | Chunhui You Yang Liu The effect of mindfulness on online self-presentation, pressure, and addiction on social media Frontiers in Psychology mindfulness social network relations self-presentation social media pressure social media addiction |
| title | The effect of mindfulness on online self-presentation, pressure, and addiction on social media |
| title_full | The effect of mindfulness on online self-presentation, pressure, and addiction on social media |
| title_fullStr | The effect of mindfulness on online self-presentation, pressure, and addiction on social media |
| title_full_unstemmed | The effect of mindfulness on online self-presentation, pressure, and addiction on social media |
| title_short | The effect of mindfulness on online self-presentation, pressure, and addiction on social media |
| title_sort | effect of mindfulness on online self presentation pressure and addiction on social media |
| topic | mindfulness social network relations self-presentation social media pressure social media addiction |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1034495/full |
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