What happens online stays online? —— Social media dependency, online support behavior and offline effects for LGBT

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Highlights：

• Worse mental health is positively related to social media dependency for LGBT.

• Social media dependency is related to online support seeking and offering activities for LGBT.

• Online support seeking and offering activities are positively correlated with perceived online social support for LGBT.

• Perceived online support is not related to better offline mental health, while having a longer history of using Weibo predicts better mental health.

摘要

•Worse mental health is positively related to social media dependency for LGBT.•Social media dependency is related to online support seeking and offering activities for LGBT.•Online support seeking and offering activities are positively correlated with perceived online social support for LGBT.•Perceived online support is not related to better offline mental health, while having a longer history of using Weibo predicts better mental health.

论文关键词：Social media,Social media dependency,LGBT,Online support,Depression,Self-identification,Perceived social support

论文评审过程：Received 9 September 2018, Revised 9 November 2018, Accepted 7 December 2018, Available online 8 December 2018, Version of Record 12 December 2018.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2018.12.011