@inproceedings{49aa8ce4c755477abfc6ca549195b8b0,
title = "How using of WeChat impacts individual loneliness and health?",
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{\textquoteright} 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.",
keywords = "Loneliness, Perceived health, Social support, WeChat",
author = "Meng Yin and Qi Li and Xiaoyu Xu",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2018.; International Conference on Smart Health, ICSH 2018 ; Conference date: 01-07-2018 Through 03-07-2018",
year = "2018",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-030-03649-2\_14",
language = "英语",
isbn = "9783030036485",
series = "Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)",
publisher = "Springer Verlag",
pages = "142--153",
editor = "Hsinchun Chen and Daniel Zeng and Qing Fang and Jiang Wu",
booktitle = "Smart Health - International Conference, ICSH 2018, Proceedings",
}