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ArticleFrontiers in psychology2025

Social media sharing, psychological distress, and student well-being: a PLS-SEM and fsQCA analysis of Chinese college students.

Bo Shu, Zhigao Dong, Fang Su, Zheng Wang

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Article in Frontiers in psychology, 2025. 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 2 papers.

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4 authors.

Bo ShuSchool of Management, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China.
Zhigao DongFaculty of Health and Wellness, City University of Macau, Macau, Macao SAR, China.
Fang SuSchool of Management, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China.
Zheng WangDepartment of Public Administration, Jiangxi Administration Institute, Nanchang, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study explores the relationship between social media sharing behavior and the mental health and well-being of college students. Based on the Digital Well-being Theory, we applied PLS-SEM and fsQCA to analyze data from 534 students across two time points. Results show that school-related (

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digital well-being theoryfsQCAPLS-SEMpsychological distresssocial media sharingstudents well-being

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PMID40771340
PMCPMC12325429

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