Adverse consequences of emotional support seeking through social network sites in coping with stress from a global pandemic

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Highlights：

• We examine the threat of the COVID-19 disease and the threat of unemployment.

• The two threats drive COVID-19 obsession.

• COVID-19 obsession drives emotional support seeking through social network site.

• Emotional support seeking through SNSs drives SNS exhaustion.

• SNS exhaustion drives intention to reduce SNS use.

摘要

•We examine the threat of the COVID-19 disease and the threat of unemployment.•The two threats drive COVID-19 obsession.•COVID-19 obsession drives emotional support seeking through social network site.•Emotional support seeking through SNSs drives SNS exhaustion.•SNS exhaustion drives intention to reduce SNS use.

论文关键词：Stress,Pandemic,COVID-19,Global pandemic,Social media,Coping,Lazarus and Folkman’s coping theory,Social networking site

论文评审过程：Received 14 December 2020, Revised 20 September 2021, Accepted 20 September 2021, Available online 1 October 2021, Version of Record 1 October 2021.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2021.102431