ArticleThe Journal of social psychology2018
Connecting in the Twitterverse: Using Twitter to satisfy unmet belonging needs.
Article in The Journal of social psychology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 5 papers.
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5 citing papers in PubMed.
- Socially motivated bedtime procrastination impairs sleep and wellbeing in residential college students.Sleep · 2026Article
- From self-construal to trait- and state-fear of missing out: the roles of need to belong and active social media use.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- The double-edged sword effects of active social media use on loneliness: The roles of interpersonal satisfaction and fear of missing out.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Differential Effects of Active Social Media Use on General Trait and Online-Specific State-FoMO: Moderating Effects of Passive Social Media Use.Psychology research and behavior management · 2023Article
- Dispositional need to belong and increased eating after social exclusion.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
Corrections and comments
- Erratum issued
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4 authors.
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Abstract
The current study explored how social media can satisfy unmet needs for belonging. We predicted that, of those who experience chronic ostracism (feeling excluded and ignored frequently), people high in need to belong would utilize Twitter to satisfy their unmet belonging needs more than those low in need to belong. Specifically, individuals high in need to belong and chronic ostracism should use Twitter to form and maintain parasocial relationships (one-sided relationships with media figures). Participants (n = 315) completed a survey assessing their chronic ostracism experiences, dispositional need to belong, and Twitter behavior, particularly regarding potential parasocial relationship targets (n = 229). As expected, when participants reported experiencing high rates of chronic ostracism, participants high in need to belong used Twitter more than those low in need to belong, particularly following more parasocial relationship targets. Thus, maintaining parasocial relationships on Twitter may be an effective way to satisfy unmet belonging needs.
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