How using of WeChat impacts individual loneliness and health?

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Abstract

WeChat has been developed as the popular social media in China, and enables people to break the limits of time and space, give and obtain variety of social supports. In order to research the influence of social support on individual health, this study constructed a research model based on social support theory and loneliness. Data were collected through questionnaire and analyzed by SPSS and Smart PLS. Research results showed that informational support and network support during the WeChat usage can significantly influence users’ perceived health. In addition, informational support, emotional support, and network support can significantly reduce the perceived loneliness. Network support exerts the strongest influence on perceived loneliness. Finally, the perceived loneliness significantly reduces the perceived health.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSmart Health - International Conference, ICSH 2018, Proceedings
EditorsHsinchun Chen, Daniel Zeng, Qing Fang, Jiang Wu
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages142-153
Number of pages12
ISBN (Print)9783030036485
DOIs
StatePublished - 2018
EventInternational Conference on Smart Health, ICSH 2018 - Wuhan, China
Duration: 1 Jul 20183 Jul 2018

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume10983 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

ConferenceInternational Conference on Smart Health, ICSH 2018
Country/TerritoryChina
CityWuhan
Period1/07/183/07/18

Keywords

  • Loneliness
  • Perceived health
  • Social support
  • WeChat

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