원문정보
초록
영어
People can differently act online than in real-life. Their virtual identities may allow them to express themselves more freely. In this perspective, there is a self-discrepancy between virtual- and real-life. Due to the anonymity, people can feel free to express who actually they are online without considering social pressure. Especially, for those people who live in a repressed society, virtual-selves can play a significant role to achieve their well-being. For this reason, a self-discrepancy between actual- and virtual-self related to well-being was studied. With 183 survey responses, political freedom, extraversion and neuroticism are identified as significant influencers of subjective well-being (SWB). In addition, an increase in self-discrepancy between virtual- and real-life for ‘unhappy’ people leads to an increased online well-being, which is contradictory to Higgins’ self-discrepancy theory.
목차
1. Introduction
2. Theoretical Development
2.1 Subjective Well-being and Self-discrepancy
2.2 Self-discrepancy and ‘Online’ Well-being
2.3 Freedom
2.4 Equality
2.5 Indulgence-Restraint
2.6 Extraversion and Neuroticism
2.7 Subjective Well-being
2.8 Self-discrepancy
3. Methods
4. Results
4.1 Supported Hypotheses
4.2 Unsupported Hypotheses
5. Discussion
5.1 Social Factors and Subjective Well-being
5.2 Subjective Well-being and Self-discrepancy
5.3 Self-discrepancy and ‘Online’ Well-being
5.4 Implications for theory
5.5 Implications for Practice
5.6 Limitations and Implications for Further Research
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