Title Trauma disclosure on social networking websites and psychological well-being /
Translation of Title Traumos atskleidimas internetiniuose socialiniuose tinkluose ir psichologinė gerovė.
Authors Gegieckaitė, Goda ; Raubaitė, Agnė ; Gervinskaitė-Paulaitienė, Lina
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Is Part of Jaunųjų mokslininkų psichologų darbai.. Vilnius : Vilniaus universiteto leidykla. 2016, Nr. 5, [7 p.].. ISSN 2029-9958. eISSN 2351-4620
Keywords [eng] Disclosure ; trauma ; social networking websites ; well-being
Abstract [eng] Trauma disclosure is associated with mental health, and could facilitate trauma recovery. Social networking websites are transforming social interactions and becoming a big part of everyday social life. The aim of the study was to analyze how trauma disclosure on social network sites is associated with psychological well-being. Methods. In total 70 participants, 37.1% (n = 26) men, aged from 18 to 65 participated in this study. The Life Event Checklist (LEC) was used to assess traumatic experiences. The Psychological Well-being Questionnaire was used to assess psychological well-being. Questions measuring disclosure behavior on social network sites developed by the authors of this study were also included. Results. Participants that reported disclosing and participants that reported never disclosing their traumatic experiences on social networking sites did not differ in their psychological well-being. Conclusions. Results suggest that \majority of participants did not disclose traumatic experiences on social networking sites. Disclosure of traumatic events on social network websites was not associated with psychological well-being.
Published Vilnius : Vilniaus universiteto leidykla
Type Journal article
Language English
Publication date 2016