Paper Info
Title
Does the Use of WeChat Lead to Subjective Well-Being?: The Effect of Use Intensity and Motivations.
Abstract
Recently, WeChat has been widely used in China. The positive and negative effects of WeChat on users have received attention from researchers gradually. Using the questionnaire method, we recruited 339 undergraduates and graduates as participants, and tested the effects of WeChat on their subjective well-being (SWB) in terms of intensity. In addition, we confirmed the mediating effects of WeChat with respect to motivation. The results showed that the participants' WeChat use intensity was at a mid-level, 85.3 percent of them spending no more than 2 hours on WeChat every day. Furthermore, there have been no demographic differences in the variables of gender, place of residence, or grade. Participants' WeChat use intensity can significantly predict their use motivation and life satisfaction, and intrinsic use motivation was the mediator between the use intensity and SWB, while the other three types of motivation (external, introjection, and identification) cannot predict SWB significantly. The user's ultimate emotional experience is primarily derived from why and how they use it. We also tested whether the use motivation can be shaped.
Year
DOI
Venue
2016
10.1089/cyber.2016.0154
CYBERPSYCHOLOGY BEHAVIOR AND SOCIAL NETWORKING
Keywords
Field
DocType
WeChat,use intensity,use motivation,subjective well-being
Social psychology,Life satisfaction,Human factors and ergonomics,Psychology,Subjective well-being,Injury prevention,Accident prevention,Instrumental and intrinsic value
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
19.0
10
2152-2715
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
7
0.51
11
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Zhengbao Wen170.51
Xiaowei Geng270.51
Yinghua Ye336133.50