Exploring associations between young adults’ facebook use and psychological well-being: A goal hierarchy approach

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Highlights：

• Clicking the Like is an idiosyncratic and essential activity in Facebook.

• Users pursuit diverse goals in Facebook.

• Overall goals in Facebook have significant relations with psychological well-being.

• Relationships between the goals for SNS use and the dimensions of psychological well-being.

• Enjoyment in Facebook has a negative relation with psychological well-being.

摘要

•Clicking the Like is an idiosyncratic and essential activity in Facebook.•Users pursuit diverse goals in Facebook.•Overall goals in Facebook have significant relations with psychological well-being.•Relationships between the goals for SNS use and the dimensions of psychological well-being.•Enjoyment in Facebook has a negative relation with psychological well-being.

论文关键词：Psychological well-being,Goal hierarchy,Social network sites,Mixed-method research,Young adults,Facebook use

论文评审过程：Received 12 May 2016, Revised 20 October 2016, Accepted 21 October 2016, Available online 26 October 2016, Version of Record 26 October 2016.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2016.10.005