Emotional disclosure on social networking sites: The role of network structure and psychological needs
作者：
Highlights：
• We examined the relation between emotional disclosure and social network structure.
• Facebook users with denser networks disclosed more positive and negative emotions.
• Need for emotional expression mediates the effect of network density.
• Facebook users with larger networks disclose more positive emotions.
• Need for impression management mediates the effect of network size.
摘要
•We examined the relation between emotional disclosure and social network structure.•Facebook users with denser networks disclosed more positive and negative emotions.•Need for emotional expression mediates the effect of network density.•Facebook users with larger networks disclose more positive emotions.•Need for impression management mediates the effect of network size.
论文关键词：Facebook,Emotion,Self-disclosure,Social networking,Motivation,Network structure
论文评审过程：Available online 5 November 2014.
论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2014.09.045
