Online social support for young people: Does it recapitulate in-person social support; can it help?

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Highlights:

• The relation between online and in-person social support was curvilinear.

• Social media was a less redundant source of social support for people with low levels of in-person social support.

• Social media was a relatively redundant source for people with high levels of in-person social support.

• Online and in-person social support evinced incremental advantages over and above the other.

• Online and in-person social support both ameliorated the pernicious effects of peer victimization.

摘要

•The relation between online and in-person social support was curvilinear.•Social media was a less redundant source of social support for people with low levels of in-person social support.•Social media was a relatively redundant source for people with high levels of in-person social support.•Online and in-person social support evinced incremental advantages over and above the other.•Online and in-person social support both ameliorated the pernicious effects of peer victimization.

论文关键词:Social support,Social media,Internet,Victimization,Depression,Self-esteem

论文评审过程:Received 26 February 2016, Revised 24 November 2016, Accepted 28 November 2016, Available online 8 December 2016, Version of Record 8 December 2016.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2016.11.058