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Online self-presentation and emotional well-being among emerging adults in Malaysia: the mediating role of online friendship quality

The evolution of the Internet increases social media usage and broadens the opportunity to develop new friendships online. The online world provides individuals with a platform to manifest their identity and self-presentation. Individuals are more willing to show their true selves to strangers onlin...

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Main Authors: Avethra, Muthu Pandian, Cheong, Wan Ning, Lee, Sue Qin
Format: Final Year Project / Dissertation / Thesis
Published: 2021
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BF Psychology
H Social Sciences (General)
HT Communities. Classes. Races
T Technology (General)
Online Access:http://eprints.utar.edu.my/4508/1/FYP_PY_AMP_2021.pdf
http://eprints.utar.edu.my/4508/
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spelling my-utar-eprints.45082022-12-23T18:02:26Z Online self-presentation and emotional well-being among emerging adults in Malaysia: the mediating role of online friendship quality Avethra, Muthu Pandian Cheong, Wan Ning Lee, Sue Qin BF Psychology H Social Sciences (General) HT Communities. Classes. Races T Technology (General) The evolution of the Internet increases social media usage and broadens the opportunity to develop new friendships online. The online world provides individuals with a platform to manifest their identity and self-presentation. Individuals are more willing to show their true selves to strangers online compared to face-to-face offline communication. This study examined the association between online self-presentation (adaptable self, authentic self, and freedom of self online) and emotional well-being (positive and negative affect) among emerging adults in Malaysia, online friendship quality as mediator. A correlational cross-sectional research design was used to collect quantitative data. A sample of 340 participants (74.9% females and 25.1% males) were collected using the purposive sampling method through the distribution of Qualtrics survey form online. Findings showed adaptable self and freedom of self online positively associated with online friendship quality. Adaptable self found positively linked to negative affect while authentic self negatively associated with negative affect. Online friendship quality was also found to be positively associated with positive affect. Besides, only online friendship quality mediates the linkage between freedom of self online and positive affect. Hence, this research is beneficial to the individual, society, and healthcare practitioner on increasing the awareness of self-presentation and online friendship quality with emotional well-being. 2021-11-22 Final Year Project / Dissertation / Thesis NonPeerReviewed application/pdf http://eprints.utar.edu.my/4508/1/FYP_PY_AMP_2021.pdf Avethra, Muthu Pandian and Cheong, Wan Ning and Lee, Sue Qin (2021) Online self-presentation and emotional well-being among emerging adults in Malaysia: the mediating role of online friendship quality. Final Year Project, UTAR. http://eprints.utar.edu.my/4508/
institution Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman
building UTAR Library
collection Institutional Repository
continent Asia
country Malaysia
content_provider Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman
content_source UTAR Institutional Repository
url_provider http://eprints.utar.edu.my
topic BF Psychology
H Social Sciences (General)
HT Communities. Classes. Races
T Technology (General)
spellingShingle BF Psychology
H Social Sciences (General)
HT Communities. Classes. Races
T Technology (General)
Avethra, Muthu Pandian
Cheong, Wan Ning
Lee, Sue Qin
Online self-presentation and emotional well-being among emerging adults in Malaysia: the mediating role of online friendship quality
description The evolution of the Internet increases social media usage and broadens the opportunity to develop new friendships online. The online world provides individuals with a platform to manifest their identity and self-presentation. Individuals are more willing to show their true selves to strangers online compared to face-to-face offline communication. This study examined the association between online self-presentation (adaptable self, authentic self, and freedom of self online) and emotional well-being (positive and negative affect) among emerging adults in Malaysia, online friendship quality as mediator. A correlational cross-sectional research design was used to collect quantitative data. A sample of 340 participants (74.9% females and 25.1% males) were collected using the purposive sampling method through the distribution of Qualtrics survey form online. Findings showed adaptable self and freedom of self online positively associated with online friendship quality. Adaptable self found positively linked to negative affect while authentic self negatively associated with negative affect. Online friendship quality was also found to be positively associated with positive affect. Besides, only online friendship quality mediates the linkage between freedom of self online and positive affect. Hence, this research is beneficial to the individual, society, and healthcare practitioner on increasing the awareness of self-presentation and online friendship quality with emotional well-being.
format Final Year Project / Dissertation / Thesis
author Avethra, Muthu Pandian
Cheong, Wan Ning
Lee, Sue Qin
author_facet Avethra, Muthu Pandian
Cheong, Wan Ning
Lee, Sue Qin
author_sort Avethra, Muthu Pandian
title Online self-presentation and emotional well-being among emerging adults in Malaysia: the mediating role of online friendship quality
title_short Online self-presentation and emotional well-being among emerging adults in Malaysia: the mediating role of online friendship quality
title_full Online self-presentation and emotional well-being among emerging adults in Malaysia: the mediating role of online friendship quality
title_fullStr Online self-presentation and emotional well-being among emerging adults in Malaysia: the mediating role of online friendship quality
title_full_unstemmed Online self-presentation and emotional well-being among emerging adults in Malaysia: the mediating role of online friendship quality
title_sort online self-presentation and emotional well-being among emerging adults in malaysia: the mediating role of online friendship quality
publishDate 2021
url http://eprints.utar.edu.my/4508/1/FYP_PY_AMP_2021.pdf
http://eprints.utar.edu.my/4508/
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