What Instagram Means to Me: Links Between Social Anxiety, Instagram Contingent Self-worth, and Automated Textual Analysis of Linguistic Authenticity

IF 2.1 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY

Affective science Pub Date : 2024-09-13 DOI:10.1007/s42761-024-00267-9

Beatriz M. Brandao, Bryan T. Denny

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Abstract

While research has shown mixed effects of social media on mental health and well-being, little is known about the association between social media attitudes and objective measures of social interaction, such as linguistic authenticity. This study examined the relationship between self-reported social anxiety, linguistic authenticity, and Instagram contingent self-worth (ICSW). A total of 149 adults with active Instagram accounts completed online questionnaires and shared their Instagram comment data. Automated linguistic analysis of authenticity was performed on participants’ comment data using validated algorithms. Multiple linear regression showed that ICSW significantly moderated the relationship between social anxiety and linguistic authenticity, whereby higher levels of social anxiety marginally predicted lower linguistic authenticity at high levels of ICSW. As social media use continues to rise, this study emphasizes the need to explore the impact of social media interactions on emotional and social well-being.

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Instagram对我意味着什么：社交焦虑、Instagram偶然的自我价值和语言真实性的自动文本分析之间的联系

虽然研究表明社交媒体对心理健康和幸福的影响好坏参半，但人们对社交媒体态度与社会互动的客观衡量标准（如语言真实性）之间的关系知之甚少。本研究考察了自我报告的社交焦虑、语言真实性和Instagram偶然自我价值（ICSW）之间的关系。共有149名拥有活跃Instagram账户的成年人完成了在线问卷调查，并分享了他们在Instagram上的评论数据。使用经过验证的算法对参与者的评论数据进行真实性的自动语言分析。多元线性回归显示，ICSW显著调节了社交焦虑与语言真实性之间的关系，在高ICSW水平下，社交焦虑水平越高，语言真实性越低。随着社交媒体的使用不断增加，本研究强调有必要探索社交媒体互动对情感和社会福祉的影响。

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Affective science

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