社交成本在青年社交媒体使用与社交焦虑中的中介作用

Relationship between youth social media usage and social anxiety:the mediating role of social cost

目的检验我国青年的社交成本在社交媒体使用与社交焦虑关系中的中介作用。方法编制《社交媒体使用量表》和《社交成本量表》,并采用《交往焦虑量表》,对343名青年进行测量。结果社交媒体使用与社交焦虑呈正相关(r=0.47,P<0.01),社交成本与社交焦虑呈正相关(r=0.44,P<0.01),社交媒体使用与社交成本呈正相关(r=0.57,P<0.01);回归分析结果显示,社交媒体使用正向预测社交焦虑,社交媒体使用正向预测社交成本;社交媒体使用通过社交成本对社交焦虑的间接效应具有统计学意义。结论社交成本在社交媒体使用与社交焦虑的关系中起部分中介作用。

Objective The present study aimed to explore the mediating effects of social cost between social media usage and social anxiety in Chinese youth.Methods The Scale for Social Media Usage and Social Cost were developed,and Interaction Anxiousness Scale was adopted.Three hundred and forty-three youth were recruited to participate in this study.Results Their social media usage was positively correlated with social anxiety(r=0.47,P<0.01),social cost was positively correlated with social anxiety(r=0.44,P<0.01),social media usage was positively correlated with social cost(r=0.57,P<0.01).Regression analysis showed that social media usage positively predicted social anxiety,and social media usage positively predicted social cost.There was statistically signifi-cant indirect effect of social media usage on social anxiety via social cost.Conclusion Social cost plays a par-tially mediating role in the relationship between social media usage and social anxiety.