The Effect of Social Media Use on Interpersonal Competence: A Longitudinal Study

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The Effect of Social Media Use on Interpersonal Competence: A Longitudinal Study

Zhuyue Chai 1*
  • 1 The Second High School Attached To Beijing Normal University, International Division 18Guan Ao’Yuan, Baoshengli, Longgang Road Qinghe, Haidian District, Beijing, P.R. China    
  • *corresponding author chaichaichai826@qq.com
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ISSN (Print): 2753-7056
ISSN (Online): 2753-7048
ISBN (Print): 978-1-915371-33-1
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Abstract

Social media is important to the research of interpersonal communication ability. according to Interpersonal communication in social networking sites: a survey literature supporting the theoretical framework of use and satisfaction This paper will shows that whether social media have impact on empathy and interpersonal skills. Through the longitudinal study, we examine 52, 59 and 160 people in the three surveys with a one-week interval. In the third surveys, 32 groups were evaluated by peer. Derived from the questionnaire, the result shows that social media has an impact on empathy, also, there is significant difference between others' evaluation and self-view. The significant difference between self-evaluation and others' evaluation in the article provides extensibility and exploration for subsequent research.

Keywords:

social media, interpersonal competence, self-report, peer-view, longitudinal study

Chai,Z. (2023). The Effect of Social Media Use on Interpersonal Competence: A Longitudinal Study. Lecture Notes in Education Psychology and Public Media,4,865-869.
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[8]. Lamblin, M., Murawski, C., Whittle, S., & Fornito, A. (2017). Social connectedness, mental health and the adolescent brain. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 80, 57-68.

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[10]. Vossen, H. G., & Valkenburg, P. M. (2016). Do social media foster or curtail adolescents’ empathy? A longitudinal study. Computers in Human Behavior, 63, 118-124.

[11]. Coroiu, A., Meyer, A., Gomez-Garibello, C. A., Brähler, E., Hessel, A., & Körner, A. (2015). Brief form of the Interpersonal Competence Questionnaire (ICQ-15): Development and preliminary validation with a German population sample. European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 31(4), 272.

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Chai,Z. (2023). The Effect of Social Media Use on Interpersonal Competence: A Longitudinal Study. Lecture Notes in Education Psychology and Public Media,4,865-869.

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Volume title: Proceedings of the International Conference on Interdisciplinary Humanities and Communication Studies (ICIHCS 2022), Part 3

ISBN：978-1-915371-33-1(Print) / 978-1-915371-34-8(Online)
Editor：Muhammad Idrees, Matilde Lafuente-Lechuga
Conference website: https://www.icihcs.org/
Conference date: 18 December 2022
Series: Lecture Notes in Education Psychology and Public Media
Volume number: Vol.4
ISSN：2753-7048(Print) / 2753-7056(Online)

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References

[1]. Apaolaza, V., Hartmann, P., & Medina, E. (2013). The relationship between socializing on the Spanish online networking site Tuenti and teenagers’ subjective wellbeing: the roles of self-esteem and loneliness. Computers in Human Behavior, 29, 1282e1289.

[2]. Sheldon, P., Rauschnabel, P., & Honeycutt, J. M. (2019). The dark side of social media: psychological, managerial, and societal perspectives. Academic Press.

[3]. Spitzberg, B. H., & Cupach, W. R. (2012). Handbook of interpersonal competence research. Springer Science & Business Media.

[4]. Bell, C., Fausset, C., Farmer, S., Nguyen, J., Harley, L., & Fain, W. B. (2013, May). Examining social media use among older adults. In Proceedings of the 24th ACM conference on hypertext and social media (pp. 158-163).

[5]. Leist, A. K. (2013). Social media use of older adults: a mini-review. Gerontology, 59(4), 378-384.

[6]. Özcan, K., & Yeter, S. C. (2022). The relationship between young adults’ interpersonal competences and purposes for using social media: Interpersonal competences and purposes for using social media. International Journal of Curriculum and Instruction, 14(1), 597-624.

[7]. Procentese, F., Gatti, F., & Di Napoli, I. (2019). Families and social media use: The role of parents’ perceptions about social media impact on family systems in the relationship between family collective efficacy and open communication. International journal of environmental research and public health, 16(24), 5006.

[8]. Lamblin, M., Murawski, C., Whittle, S., & Fornito, A. (2017). Social connectedness, mental health and the adolescent brain. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 80, 57-68.

[9]. Tempelaar, D., Rienties, B., & Nguyen, Q. (2020). Subjective data, objective data and the role of bias in predictive modelling: lessons from a dispositional learning analytics application. PloS one, 15(6), e0233977.

[10]. Vossen, H. G., & Valkenburg, P. M. (2016). Do social media foster or curtail adolescents’ empathy? A longitudinal study. Computers in Human Behavior, 63, 118-124.

[11]. Coroiu, A., Meyer, A., Gomez-Garibello, C. A., Brähler, E., Hessel, A., & Körner, A. (2015). Brief form of the Interpersonal Competence Questionnaire (ICQ-15): Development and preliminary validation with a German population sample. European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 31(4), 272.

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