Day-to-day Social Interactions Online and Offline: The Interplay Between Interaction Mode, Interaction Quality, and Momentary Well-being

IF 4.9 1区文学 Q1 COMMUNICATION

Communication Research Pub Date : 2025-05-31 DOI:10.1177/00936502251341088

Timon Elmer, Aurelio Fernández, Jeffrey A. Hall, Marie Stadel

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Abstract

Digital social interactions differ in many ways from face-to-face interactions. This study examines four preregistered hypotheses on the within-person interplay between interaction mode (i.e., digital vs. face-to-face interactions), interaction quality, and momentary well-being. Young adults from Spain ( N 1 = 216) and the Netherlands ( N 2 = 22)—provided 5,116 and 1,386 Ecological Momentary Assessments (EMA), respectively. In the Spanish sample, there were no differences in interaction quality between digital and face-to-face interactions, whereas in the Dutch sample, digital interactions were of higher quality. Interaction quality was positively associated with momentary well-being in both samples. Momentary well-being was higher after face-to-face interactions in the Spanish but not in the Dutch sample. Interaction quality did not mediate the relationship between interaction mode and well-being; instead, it moderated it in the Spanish sample. Although interaction quality was consistently associated with momentary well-being, it only partially explains why face-to-face interactions differ from digital ones.

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日常社会互动线上和线下：互动模式、互动质量和瞬间幸福感之间的相互作用

数字社交互动在很多方面不同于面对面的互动。本研究考察了互动模式（即数字与面对面互动）、互动质量和瞬间幸福感之间的四种预先登记的假设。来自西班牙（N 1 = 216）和荷兰（N 2 = 22）的年轻人分别提供了5,116和1,386份生态瞬时评估（EMA）。在西班牙的样本中，数字互动和面对面互动的互动质量没有差异，而在荷兰的样本中，数字互动的质量更高。在两个样本中，互动质量与瞬间幸福感呈正相关。面对面交流后，西班牙人的瞬时幸福感更高，而荷兰人则不然。互动质量在互动模式与幸福感之间没有中介作用；相反，它在西班牙样本中起到了缓和作用。尽管互动质量一直与短暂的幸福感有关，但它只能部分解释为什么面对面的互动不同于数字互动。

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