Online social connections as surrogates of face-to-face interactions: A longitudinal study under Covid-19 isolation

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Highlights：

• Offline and online connections interactively protected from psychological distress throughout Covid-19 lockdown.

• Offline connections protected well-being throughout isolation even if available online connections reduce their benefits.

• Online connections protected well-being only when offline ones lacked and under the most restrictive isolation stages.

• Online connections are suboptimal surrogates of offline ones as a source of well-being.

摘要

•Offline and online connections interactively protected from psychological distress throughout Covid-19 lockdown.•Offline connections protected well-being throughout isolation even if available online connections reduce their benefits.•Online connections protected well-being only when offline ones lacked and under the most restrictive isolation stages.•Online connections are suboptimal surrogates of offline ones as a source of well-being.

论文关键词：Online connections,Face-to-face connections,Social isolation,Digital technologies,COVID-19 lockdown

论文评审过程：Received 24 July 2021, Revised 11 October 2021, Accepted 16 November 2021, Available online 18 November 2021, Version of Record 23 December 2021.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2021.107102