Chia‐chen Yang
Biographic Data
| ID | 3595031 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Chia‐chen Yang |
| GIVEN NAMES | Chia‐chen |
| FAMILY NAME | Yang |
| SIGNATURE | YANG C C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Oklahoma State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8207-5211 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 25 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 105 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 25 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Fostering social-emotional development in the digital era
The rapid evolution of digital media has fundamentally reshaped the developmental landscape for children and adolescents. Today’s youth navigate an environment where social media and smartphones ar...
Digital stress among adolescents
Disordered phone use and loneliness in adolescence
Adolescent loneliness has become a pressing public health concern, coinciding with the near-ubiquity of smartphones in daily life. Guided by the antecedent model of compulsive internet use and the loneliness model, this study examined how disordered phone use relates to loneliness through three mediating mechanisms: technoference, social comparison, and self-esteem. A sample of 2,105 U.S. adolescents (Mage = 15.39, SD = 1.82) completed measures o…
From Stigma to Strength? The Interrelations Between Sexual Identity Stigma, Well‐Being, and Accepting Communities on Instagram Amongst Sexual Minority Youth
INTRODUCTION: Initial evidence suggests that engaging with accepting communities on social media such as Instagram may inform sexual minority youths' sense of stigma and well-being. However, as existing research has predominately drawn upon cross-sectional or qualitative designs, it is currently unclear whether the positive experiences identified in previous research accumulate, endure, or evolve over time. We also know relatively little about wh…
Insta-identity
Social media such as Instagram have provided sexual minority youth with safer contexts to express their sexual identity authentically and positively. However, as much of the existing literature draws upon small-scale, cross-sectional, and/or qualitative designs, it is currently unclear how authentic and positive self-presentation on social media informs sexual identity development over time. This study therefore explored the longitudinal relation…
Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives on Youth Digital Well-Being Research
The purpose of this paper is to provide a broad, multi-disciplinary overview of key insights, persistent gaps, and future paths in youth digital well-being research from the perspectives of researchers who are conducting this work. Participants included 38 researchers representing diverse disciplinary fields from universities and research institutes spanning 12 countries. We conducted semi-structured interviews with 25 researchers via Zoom and ho…
Well-Being Implications of Digital Social Multitasking in Adolescent Friendship
Adolescents' phone use during face-to-face interactions (i.e., digital social multitasking [DSMT]) has gained increasing attention because of its prevalence as well as implications for well-being. However, most studies have focused on only one dimension of the behavior and relied on variable-centered approaches. Informed by the DSMT framework, we adopted a person-centered approach to identify different groups of adolescents based on their levels,…
Motives for digital social multitasking (DSMT) and problematic phone use among adolescents
INTRODUCTION: Phone use during face-to-face interactions (i.e., digital social multitasking [DSMT]) is a growing activity among adolescents. DSMT appears to be a risk factor for problematic phone use, but little is known about why adolescents engage in DSMT and how different motives of DSMT would be associated with problematic phone use. Drawing on the framework of DSMT and the uses and gratifications theory, this study explored (1) the motives o…
Digital social multitasking (DSMT), digital stress, and socioemotional wellbeing among adolescents
Phone use during face-to-face interactions has become increasingly common in adolescents’ social lives, but the mechanisms through which the behavior is associated with adolescents’ socioemotional wellbeing remain understudied. Drawing on the frameworks of digital social multitasking (DSMT) and digital stress, this study examined whether and how three types of digital stress (availability stress, connection overload, and fear of missing out) medi…
Negotiating Emerging Adulthood at the Onset of Covid-19 in Singapore
Historical events and cultural contexts have major implications for emerging adults' developmental experiences. Underpinned by the theory of emerging adulthood, this study examined how COVID-19 interacted with Singapore youths' negotiation of emerging adulthood. We employed a mixed-methods design and drew on Telegram text messaging among 757 Singapore youths ( M age = 19.60, SD = .63) at the onset of the pandemic. Using qualitative analysis, we e…
Social media social comparison and identity processing styles
Despite the growing attention to online social comparison, most studies have focused on the psycho-emotional implications of the behavior, leaving the identity implications ambiguous. Given the importance of identity development and the prevalence of social media use among emerging adults going through college transition, this study explored how social comparison on social media predicted identity processing styles among college freshmen. Short-t…
Emotional Response and Behavioral Coping Associated with Experienced and Media Discrimination Among Asians and Asian Americans in the United States
Digital Social Multitasking (DSMT), Friendship Quality, and Basic Psychological Needs Satisfaction Among Adolescents
Discrimination and Well-Being Among Asians/Asian Americans During Covid-19
Since the outbreak of COVID-19, Asians and Asian Americans have been experiencing an uptick of discrimination. With most people experiencing months of lockdowns, social media may become a particularly important tool in Asian people's coping with discrimination. Grounded in the multiactivity framework of social media use, this study explored whether experience with discrimination was associated with more social media use among Asian people and how…
Interactants and activities on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter
Research shows use of social media (SM) has important implications for college adjustment. However, most studies only focused on Facebook and did not attend to specific use patterns. Drawing on the activity-audience framework of social media use and literature of college adjustment, we examined the associations between use of Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter and college social adjustment. Regression and cluster analyses of survey data from 257 un…
On the Phone When We’re Hanging Out
Developmentally salient psychosocial characteristics, rumination, and compulsive social media use during the transition to college
Background: As social media have become highly accessible, compulsive usage has become a concern. Research on compulsive social media usage is typically informed by earlier models of problematic Internet use. One limitation of many earlier models is their lack of attention to users’ developmental context. In this study, we focused on youth experiencing the transition to college, and proposed a model explaining the development of compulsive social…
Retracted
The puzzle of whether digital media are improving or harming psychological well-being has been plaguing researchers and the public for decades. Derived from media richness theory, this study proposed that phone calls and texting improve well-being, while use of social network sites (SNSs), instant messaging (IM), and online gaming may displace other social contacts and, thereby, impair well-being. To test this hypothesis, a meta-analysis of 124 s…
Social Media Social Comparison of Ability (but not Opinion) Predicts Lower Identity Clarity
Instagram Use, Loneliness, and Social Comparison Orientation
Ever since the emergence of social networking sites (SNSs), it has remained a question without a conclusive answer whether SNSs make people more or less lonely. To achieve a better understanding, researchers need to move beyond studying overall SNS usage. In addition, it is necessary to attend to personal attributes as potential moderators. Given that SNSs provide rich opportunities for social comparison, one highly relevant personality trait wou…
Media Niche of Electronic Communication Channels in Friendship
The current landscape of communication technologies is characterized by a wide variety of choices. As each medium provides different affordances, each may occupy a different niche and be used in different relationships. Drawing on the theory of the niche, we did a meta-analysis involving 27 effect sizes from 22 independent samples to test the correlation between media selection/use and friendship closeness. Results showed that the 5 communication…
Social Media as More Than a Peer Space
Social networking sites, first embraced by youth, have become increasingly popular among older generations. With more parents joining the sites, young people today are likely to encounter their parents on these platforms. However, there is limited information about how youth respond to the changing landscape, especially during the transition to a residential college, when parental support is particularly important but parent-child interaction may…
Online Self-Presentation on Facebook and Self Development During the College Transition
From Facebook to cell calls
Communication technologies are widely used to manage interpersonal relationships, but little is known about which media are most useful at different stages of relationship development, and how the pattern of usage may be influenced by contextual factors or users’ gender. Drawing on theories of relationship development, this study examined usage patterns among 34 college students participating in six geographically stratified focus group interview…
Motives for Using Facebook, Patterns of Facebook Activities, and Late Adolescents’ Social Adjustment to College
Retracted
The puzzle of whether digital media are improving or harming psychological well-being has been plaguing researchers and the public for decades. Derived from media richness theory, this study proposed that phone calls and texting improve well-being, while use of social network sites (SNSs), instant messaging (IM), and online gaming may displace other social contacts and, thereby, impair well-being. To test this hypothesis, a meta-analysis of 124 s…
From Facebook to cell calls
Communication technologies are widely used to manage interpersonal relationships, but little is known about which media are most useful at different stages of relationship development, and how the pattern of usage may be influenced by contextual factors or users’ gender. Drawing on theories of relationship development, this study examined usage patterns among 34 college students participating in six geographically stratified focus group interview…
Online Self-Presentation on Facebook and Self Development During the College Transition
Motives for Using Facebook, Patterns of Facebook Activities, and Late Adolescents’ Social Adjustment to College
Social Media as More Than a Peer Space
Social networking sites, first embraced by youth, have become increasingly popular among older generations. With more parents joining the sites, young people today are likely to encounter their parents on these platforms. However, there is limited information about how youth respond to the changing landscape, especially during the transition to a residential college, when parental support is particularly important but parent-child interaction may…
Media Niche of Electronic Communication Channels in Friendship
The current landscape of communication technologies is characterized by a wide variety of choices. As each medium provides different affordances, each may occupy a different niche and be used in different relationships. Drawing on the theory of the niche, we did a meta-analysis involving 27 effect sizes from 22 independent samples to test the correlation between media selection/use and friendship closeness. Results showed that the 5 communication…
Social Media Social Comparison of Ability (but not Opinion) Predicts Lower Identity Clarity
Emotional Response and Behavioral Coping Associated with Experienced and Media Discrimination Among Asians and Asian Americans in the United States
Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives on Youth Digital Well-Being Research
The purpose of this paper is to provide a broad, multi-disciplinary overview of key insights, persistent gaps, and future paths in youth digital well-being research from the perspectives of researchers who are conducting this work. Participants included 38 researchers representing diverse disciplinary fields from universities and research institutes spanning 12 countries. We conducted semi-structured interviews with 25 researchers via Zoom and ho…
On the Phone When We’re Hanging Out
From Facebook to cell calls
Communication technologies are widely used to manage interpersonal relationships, but little is known about which media are most useful at different stages of relationship development, and how the pattern of usage may be influenced by contextual factors or users’ gender. Drawing on theories of relationship development, this study examined usage patterns among 34 college students participating in six geographically stratified focus group interview…
Motives for Using Facebook, Patterns of Facebook Activities, and Late Adolescents’ Social Adjustment to College
Instagram Use, Loneliness, and Social Comparison Orientation
Ever since the emergence of social networking sites (SNSs), it has remained a question without a conclusive answer whether SNSs make people more or less lonely. To achieve a better understanding, researchers need to move beyond studying overall SNS usage. In addition, it is necessary to attend to personal attributes as potential moderators. Given that SNSs provide rich opportunities for social comparison, one highly relevant personality trait wou…
Media Niche of Electronic Communication Channels in Friendship
The current landscape of communication technologies is characterized by a wide variety of choices. As each medium provides different affordances, each may occupy a different niche and be used in different relationships. Drawing on the theory of the niche, we did a meta-analysis involving 27 effect sizes from 22 independent samples to test the correlation between media selection/use and friendship closeness. Results showed that the 5 communication…
Social Media as More Than a Peer Space
Social networking sites, first embraced by youth, have become increasingly popular among older generations. With more parents joining the sites, young people today are likely to encounter their parents on these platforms. However, there is limited information about how youth respond to the changing landscape, especially during the transition to a residential college, when parental support is particularly important but parent-child interaction may…
Online Self-Presentation on Facebook and Self Development During the College Transition
Social Media Social Comparison of Ability (but not Opinion) Predicts Lower Identity Clarity
Developmentally salient psychosocial characteristics, rumination, and compulsive social media use during the transition to college
Background: As social media have become highly accessible, compulsive usage has become a concern. Research on compulsive social media usage is typically informed by earlier models of problematic Internet use. One limitation of many earlier models is their lack of attention to users’ developmental context. In this study, we focused on youth experiencing the transition to college, and proposed a model explaining the development of compulsive social…
Retracted
The puzzle of whether digital media are improving or harming psychological well-being has been plaguing researchers and the public for decades. Derived from media richness theory, this study proposed that phone calls and texting improve well-being, while use of social network sites (SNSs), instant messaging (IM), and online gaming may displace other social contacts and, thereby, impair well-being. To test this hypothesis, a meta-analysis of 124 s…
Discrimination and Well-Being Among Asians/Asian Americans During Covid-19
Since the outbreak of COVID-19, Asians and Asian Americans have been experiencing an uptick of discrimination. With most people experiencing months of lockdowns, social media may become a particularly important tool in Asian people's coping with discrimination. Grounded in the multiactivity framework of social media use, this study explored whether experience with discrimination was associated with more social media use among Asian people and how…
Interactants and activities on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter
Research shows use of social media (SM) has important implications for college adjustment. However, most studies only focused on Facebook and did not attend to specific use patterns. Drawing on the activity-audience framework of social media use and literature of college adjustment, we examined the associations between use of Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter and college social adjustment. Regression and cluster analyses of survey data from 257 un…
On the Phone When We’re Hanging Out
Digital Social Multitasking (DSMT), Friendship Quality, and Basic Psychological Needs Satisfaction Among Adolescents
Social media social comparison and identity processing styles
Despite the growing attention to online social comparison, most studies have focused on the psycho-emotional implications of the behavior, leaving the identity implications ambiguous. Given the importance of identity development and the prevalence of social media use among emerging adults going through college transition, this study explored how social comparison on social media predicted identity processing styles among college freshmen. Short-t…
Emotional Response and Behavioral Coping Associated with Experienced and Media Discrimination Among Asians and Asian Americans in the United States
Well-Being Implications of Digital Social Multitasking in Adolescent Friendship
Adolescents' phone use during face-to-face interactions (i.e., digital social multitasking [DSMT]) has gained increasing attention because of its prevalence as well as implications for well-being. However, most studies have focused on only one dimension of the behavior and relied on variable-centered approaches. Informed by the DSMT framework, we adopted a person-centered approach to identify different groups of adolescents based on their levels,…
Motives for digital social multitasking (DSMT) and problematic phone use among adolescents
INTRODUCTION: Phone use during face-to-face interactions (i.e., digital social multitasking [DSMT]) is a growing activity among adolescents. DSMT appears to be a risk factor for problematic phone use, but little is known about why adolescents engage in DSMT and how different motives of DSMT would be associated with problematic phone use. Drawing on the framework of DSMT and the uses and gratifications theory, this study explored (1) the motives o…
Digital social multitasking (DSMT), digital stress, and socioemotional wellbeing among adolescents
Phone use during face-to-face interactions has become increasingly common in adolescents’ social lives, but the mechanisms through which the behavior is associated with adolescents’ socioemotional wellbeing remain understudied. Drawing on the frameworks of digital social multitasking (DSMT) and digital stress, this study examined whether and how three types of digital stress (availability stress, connection overload, and fear of missing out) medi…
Negotiating Emerging Adulthood at the Onset of Covid-19 in Singapore
Historical events and cultural contexts have major implications for emerging adults' developmental experiences. Underpinned by the theory of emerging adulthood, this study examined how COVID-19 interacted with Singapore youths' negotiation of emerging adulthood. We employed a mixed-methods design and drew on Telegram text messaging among 757 Singapore youths ( M age = 19.60, SD = .63) at the onset of the pandemic. Using qualitative analysis, we e…
Insta-identity
Social media such as Instagram have provided sexual minority youth with safer contexts to express their sexual identity authentically and positively. However, as much of the existing literature draws upon small-scale, cross-sectional, and/or qualitative designs, it is currently unclear how authentic and positive self-presentation on social media informs sexual identity development over time. This study therefore explored the longitudinal relation…
Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives on Youth Digital Well-Being Research
The purpose of this paper is to provide a broad, multi-disciplinary overview of key insights, persistent gaps, and future paths in youth digital well-being research from the perspectives of researchers who are conducting this work. Participants included 38 researchers representing diverse disciplinary fields from universities and research institutes spanning 12 countries. We conducted semi-structured interviews with 25 researchers via Zoom and ho…
From Stigma to Strength? The Interrelations Between Sexual Identity Stigma, Well‐Being, and Accepting Communities on Instagram Amongst Sexual Minority Youth
INTRODUCTION: Initial evidence suggests that engaging with accepting communities on social media such as Instagram may inform sexual minority youths' sense of stigma and well-being. However, as existing research has predominately drawn upon cross-sectional or qualitative designs, it is currently unclear whether the positive experiences identified in previous research accumulate, endure, or evolve over time. We also know relatively little about wh…
Fostering social-emotional development in the digital era
The rapid evolution of digital media has fundamentally reshaped the developmental landscape for children and adolescents. Today’s youth navigate an environment where social media and smartphones ar...
Digital stress among adolescents
Disordered phone use and loneliness in adolescence
Adolescent loneliness has become a pressing public health concern, coinciding with the near-ubiquity of smartphones in daily life. Guided by the antecedent model of compulsive internet use and the loneliness model, this study examined how disordered phone use relates to loneliness through three mediating mechanisms: technoference, social comparison, and self-esteem. A sample of 2,105 U.S. adolescents (Mage = 15.39, SD = 1.82) completed measures o…
Psychology (22 works) · Impact of Technology on Adolescents (20 works) · Social Psychology (18 works) · Developmental psychology (15 works) · Social media (13 works) · Social Psychology (12 works) · Social Media and Politics (10 works) · Child Development and Digital Technology (9 works) · Cognitive psychology (6 works) · Human multitasking (6 works)