Mobile-mediated multimodal communications, relationship quality and subjective well-being: An analysis of smartphone use from a life course perspective

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Highlights：

• Face-to-face communications predict relationship quality and subjective well-being.

• Smartphone communications generally complement face-to-face communications.

• Different uses of smartphones also predict relationship quality and subjective well-being.

• Pattern of findings differ across different age cohorts (18–34, 35–54 and 55–70+).

摘要

•Face-to-face communications predict relationship quality and subjective well-being.•Smartphone communications generally complement face-to-face communications.•Different uses of smartphones also predict relationship quality and subjective well-being.•Pattern of findings differ across different age cohorts (18–34, 35–54 and 55–70+).

论文关键词：mobile communication,Smartphones,Well-being,Relationships,Facebook,WhatsApp

论文评审过程：Received 17 August 2017, Accepted 22 May 2018, Available online 22 May 2018, Version of Record 11 June 2018.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2018.05.027