Social anxiety and internet use – A meta-analysis: What do we know? What are we missing?
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Highlights：
• This meta-analysis examines the relationship between social anxiety and internet use.
• Social anxiety is positively correlated with feelings of comfort online.
• Social anxiety is not correlated with total time spent online.
• Social anxiety is positively correlated with problematic internet use.
• The correlation between social anxiety and internet use becomes stronger as age increases.
摘要
•This meta-analysis examines the relationship between social anxiety and internet use.•Social anxiety is positively correlated with feelings of comfort online.•Social anxiety is not correlated with total time spent online.•Social anxiety is positively correlated with problematic internet use.•The correlation between social anxiety and internet use becomes stronger as age increases.
论文关键词：Social anxiety,Internet,Internet use,Communication,Online social networks,Meta-analysis
论文评审过程：Received 8 December 2015, Revised 30 March 2016, Accepted 1 April 2016, Available online 8 April 2016, Version of Record 8 April 2016.
论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2016.04.003
