The Development Of A Questionnaire Of Online Social Preferences And Its Relationship With Loneliness And Two Types Of Social Support

Online social network is the extension of real social interaction in virtual space,and it is also a supplement to social reality.It has linked more relationships among people and provided convenience for people to obtain more material,emotional and instrumental support resources.But with the development of online social network many undesirable phenomena are also becoming more and more noticeable.Loneliness is an unpleasant emotional experience when individuals are not satisfied with their quantity and quality of social relations.There's been a lot of researches on the relationship between online social network and loneliness,but these opinions are inconsistent.There are three major opinions on it: online social networking increases loneliness;loneliness encourages people to have more online social network behavior;they promote each other.Subjective cognition affects objective behavior.The Preference for Online Social Interaction(POSI)is a cognitive structure of individual differences.It is characterized by people's belief that compared with traditional face-to-face social activities,online interactions and relationships are safer,more effective,and more comfortable.It is the leading cognition of the negative consequences of reality,and it is also an important link between cognition and behavior.As a subjective cognition,whether POSI has the same effect on the loneliness of subjective experience? Is there a difference between the two kinds of social support,reality and internet? It is necessary to explore.However,POSI don't have an independent and complete measurement tool.It is necessary to develop an effective and practical measuring tool based on the review of relevant theories,research and measurement,combined with the characteristics of current network social status.Therefore,this study take the POSI as the entry,through the survey and analysis of the factors of POSI,develop the POSI measurement tools,to explore the effect of POSI on loneliness.To analysis multiple mediation effects of the two different social support,real social support and online social support,between POSI and loneliness,and contrast the role of support for two kinds of ways.In this way,we can help the network users to understand the characteristics of online social network and promote the improvement and balance of their social relationships.The following conclusions are drawn from this study:(1)The developed POSI scale has good reliability and validity,which is an effective toolto measure the public's preference for online social interaction.(2)It has no significant difference in only-child on each dimension of POSI;In factor 1,perceived online disinhibition,there was no significant difference in sexes,permanent residence and education background,while,it has significant difference among ages and the number of used social apps,It shows a trend that increases with age and the number of social apps.It has significant difference in the time that spent on social networking,less than 2h <more than 2h,well,less than 2h and more than 5h has no significant difference;In factor 2,perceived social benefits,there was no significant difference in permanent residence and education background and ages,well,it has significant difference in the time that spent on social network,less than 2h < more than 2h,there has no significant difference between less than 2h and more than 5h.It has significant difference among the number of social apps,less than 3 < more than 3,there has no significant difference between 3-6 and more than 7;In factor 3,perceived social control,there was no significant difference in sexes,ages,the time spent on social network and the number of used social apps,There are striking differences in permanent residence,the city > the countryside.In the case of education,the difference was significant,showing the trend of rising with the increase of education level.In factor4,practical social communication skills,it has no striking differences in demographic variables measured apart from the time spent on social networking,It shows a tendency to rise over time.(3)POSI can positively predict loneliness.(4)Real social support is the partial intermediary between POSI and loneliness.(5)Online social support is the partial intermediary between POSI and loneliness.(6)Real social support is the partial intermediary between POSI and Online social support.