Orig. title: BFF op SNS? Een longitudinale studie bij adolescenten over wijzigingen in vriendschapskwaliteit binnen diverse vormen van vri endschappen op SNS.
Engl. transl.: BFF on SNS? A longitudinal study among adolescents examining changes in friendship quality within different types of friendships on SNS.
Study details
| Year: | 2018 |
| Scope: | Local |
| Countries: | Belgium |
| Methodology: | Empirical research – Quantitative |
| Methods of data collection: | Survey |
| Researched Groups: | Children |
| Children Ages: | Adolescents (14-18 Years old) |
| Funder: | FWO (Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek) |
| Funder Types: | Regional Government |
| URL: | https://www.researchgate.net/project/BFF-on-SNS-A-longitudinal-study-among-adolescents-examining-changes-in-friendship-quality-within-different-types-of-friendships-on-SNS |
Goals
The research project aims to examine how dimensions of friendship quality in different types of adolescent friendship on SNS (offline-to-online, online-to-offline, exclusively online SNS friendships) evolve over a two-year period. Moreover, we will establish the causal pathways between adolescents' use of SNS and indicators of their psychosocial well-being by comparing their levels of self-esteem, loneliness, anxiety feelings and satisfaction with life across data waves.
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