The Impact of Mobile Social Media Usage on Life Satisfaction: The Effect of Online Social Capital and Offline Social Capital

Abstract

Abstract: To investigate the impact of mobile social media usage on life satisfaction and the mediation role of online and offline social capital, 505 undergranduate students in Hubei province were recruited conveniently to complete questionnaires. The results indicated that: (1) The relationships between mobile social media usage, online social capital, offline social capital, and life satisfaction were significantly positively related. (2) Mobile social media usage could affect life satisfaction through the mediation of offline social capital as well as the serial mediation of online and offline social capital.

Key words: mobile social media, life satisfaction, social capital, serial mediation effect, college students

摘要： 本研究采用方便抽样方法对武汉市两所高校的505名大学生进行问卷调查，探讨大学生移动社交媒介使用与生活满意度的关系以及线上和线下社会资本在其间的中介作用。结果发现：（1）大学生移动社交媒介使用、线上社会资本、线下社会资本与生活满意度两两间均呈显著正相关；（2）大学生移动社交媒介使用既可以通过线下社会资本的中介作用正向影响其生活满意度，也可以通过线上和线下社会资本的链式中介作用对生活满意度产生影响。研究结果揭示了移动社交媒介使用对大学生生活满意度影响的内部作用机制，对于移动互联网时代大学生合理使用移动社交媒介有一定的启发性。

关键词: 移动社交媒介, 生活满意度, 社会资本, 链式中介作用, 大学生

CLC Number:

B849

KONG Fanchang, FENG Yameng, ZHAO Gai, LIU Zhaojun, WANG Yadan, ZHOU Zongkui. The Impact of Mobile Social Media Usage on Life Satisfaction: The Effect of Online Social Capital and Offline Social Capital[J]. Studies of Psychology and Behavior, 2019, 17(5): 699-705.

孔繁昌, 冯雅萌, 赵改, 刘诏君, 王亚丹, 周宗奎. 移动社交媒介使用对大学生生活满意度的影响：线上和线下社会资本的作用[J]. 心理与行为研究, 2019, 17(5): 699-705.

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