Does being on Facebook make me (feel) accepted in the classroom? The relationships between early adolescents' Facebook usage, classroom peer acceptance and self-concept

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Highlights：

• The relation between peer relations and the use of social networking sites was examined.

• No differences between Facebook users and non-users were found in their peer relations.

• Facebook users reported significantly higher peer relations self-concept.

• Facebook usage predicted peer relations self-concept after controlling for classroom peer acceptance.

• Gender worked as a moderator in the relation between emotional connectedness to Facebook and peer relations self-concept.

摘要

•The relation between peer relations and the use of social networking sites was examined.•No differences between Facebook users and non-users were found in their peer relations.•Facebook users reported significantly higher peer relations self-concept.•Facebook usage predicted peer relations self-concept after controlling for classroom peer acceptance.•Gender worked as a moderator in the relation between emotional connectedness to Facebook and peer relations self-concept.

论文关键词：Social acceptance,Self-concept,Facebook usage,Early adolescents

论文评审过程：Received 30 October 2015, Revised 26 February 2016, Accepted 3 April 2016, Available online 12 April 2016, Version of Record 12 April 2016.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2016.04.013