Measuring associations between social anxiety and use of different types of social media using the Swedish Social Anxiety Scale for Social Media Users
A psychometric evaluation and cross‐sectional study
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21391776 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Olivia J Erliksson (0000-0002-8227-4413, Department of Psychology Stockholm University Stockholm Sweden, corresponding author), Philip Lindner (0000-0002-3061-501X, Department of Psychology Stockholm University Stockholm Sweden), Ewa Mörtberg (0000-0001-9760-8298, Department of Psychology Stockholm University Stockholm Sweden) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 61 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 819-826 |
| Publication date | 2020-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Scandinavian Journal of Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0036-5564 • E-ISSN: 1467-9450 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/sjop.12673 |
| PMID | 32713014 |
| OpenAlex | W3044829881 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 36 |
Research on the association between social anxiety and social media usage remains inconclusive: despite the preference for computer‐mediated communication there is currently no clear empirical support for social anxiety being associated with longer duration of social media use. Self‐report measures for social anxiety that are adapted for the context of social media could facilitate further research. The current study aimed to develop a Swedish version of the recently developed Social Anxiety Scale for Social Media Users (SAS‐SMU), evaluate its psychometric properties, and explore associations between different uses of social media and social anxiety. Three factors were retained for SAS‐SMU with excellent internal consistency. SAS‐SMU evidenced convergent validity with measures of social anxiety, negative convergent validity with satisfaction with life, and divergent validity with measures of obsessive‐compulsive disorder, depression and generalized anxiety disorder. Results indicated that higher levels of social anxiety were associated with passive and active use as well as longer duration of social media use in general, which is at odds with a previous study where passive use remained the only significant predictor for social anxiety
Anxiety · Context (archaeology) · Convergent validity · Developmental psychology · Internal consistency · Psychiatry · Psychometrics · Social anxiety · Social media · Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes · Clinical Psychology · Impact of Technology on Adolescents · Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies · Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 11 |
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| Citations per year | 2,2 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |