Distress, coping, and blogging: comparing new myspace users by their intention to blog. |
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| Authors: | James R Baker Susan M Moore |
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| Affiliation: | School of Life and Social Sciences, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia. |
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| Abstract: | New Myspace.com users (N = 134, mean age 24.5 years) completed a questionnaire about their intent to blog and several psychosocial variables. Intending bloggers scored higher on psychological distress, self-blame, and venting and scored lower on social integration and satisfaction with number of online and face-to-face friends. Intending bloggers may view this activity as a potential mechanism for coping with distress in situations in which they feel inadequately linked with social supports. |
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