Longitudinal Patterns of Online Activity and Social Feedback Are Associated with Current and Perceived Changes in Quality of Life in Adult Facebook Users
Abstract
:1. Summary
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Procedure and Participants
2.2. Instruments
Facebook Data
- Percentage of Verbal Status Updates = (Number of Verbal Status Updates in Month/Total Number of Posts in Month) × 100.
- Average Received Likes = Total Likes in Month/Total Number of Posts in Month.
- 3.
- Quality of Life Measures
- 4.
- Data Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Model Fit
3.2. Longitudinal Patterns of Online Activity on Facebook and Links with QoL Dimensions
4. Discussion
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Timepoint | Variable | Mean | SD | Min | Max | N |
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1 | Percentage of Verbal Status updates | 54.61 | 33.72 | 0 | 100 | 1315 |
2 | Percentage of Verbal Status updates | 55.05 | 33.63 | 0 | 100 | 1391 |
3 | Percentage of Verbal Status updates | 54.96 | 33.71 | 0 | 100 | 1482 |
4 | Percentage of Verbal Status updates | 55.47 | 33.09 | 0 | 100 | 1522 |
5 | Percentage of Verbal Status updates | 54.44 | 33.66 | 0 | 100 | 1514 |
6 | Percentage of Verbal Status updates | 54.61 | 33.48 | 0 | 100 | 1491 |
7 | Percentage of Verbal Status updates | 54.88 | 34.28 | 0 | 100 | 1493 |
8 | Percentage of Verbal Status updates | 54.09 | 34.33 | 0 | 100 | 1485 |
9 | Percentage of Verbal Status updates | 53.63 | 34.52 | 0 | 100 | 1493 |
10 | Percentage of Verbal Status updates | 52.79 | 34.94 | 0 | 100 | 1482 |
11 | Percentage of Verbal Status updates | 52.85 | 34.43 | 0 | 100 | 1444 |
12 | Percentage of Verbal Status updates | 53.89 | 36.73 | 0 | 100 | 1279 |
1 | Average Received Likes | 12.22 | 14.01 | 0 | 84.50 | 1315 |
2 | Average Received Likes | 13.52 | 15.04 | 0 | 83.2 | 1391 |
3 | Average Received Likes | 13.48 | 14.84 | 0 | 81.00 | 1482 |
4 | Average Received Likes | 13.09 | 15.12 | 0 | 84.00 | 1522 |
5 | Average Received Likes | 13.22 | 15.39 | 0 | 83.50 | 1514 |
6 | Average Received Likes | 12.25 | 14.22 | 0 | 77.00 | 1491 |
7 | Average Received Likes | 11.93 | 13.93 | 0 | 73.00 | 1493 |
8 | Average Received Likes | 10.79 | 13.14 | 0 | 67.67 | 1485 |
9 | Average Received Likes | 10.43 | 11.67 | 0 | 64.00 | 1493 |
10 | Average Received Likes | 11.61 | 13.22 | 0 | 66.00 | 1482 |
11 | Average Received Likes | 11.31 | 13.03 | 0 | 72.00 | 1444 |
12 | Average Received Likes | 11.30 | 14.15 | 0 | 71.00 | 1279 |
Latent Correlations | |||
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Latent Variables | Mean | Current QoL | QoL Change |
% Verbal Status Updates—Intercept (Ix) | 55.321 [54.009, 56.761] | 0.093 [0.024, 0.163] | 0.067 [−0.003, 0.136] |
% Verbal Status Updates—Slope (Sx) | −0.186 [−0.317, −0.061] | −0.027 [−0.150, 0.108] | 0.011 [−0.117, 0.139] |
Avg. Received Likes—Intercept (Iy) | 13.150 [12.504, 13.779] | 0.196 [0.127, 0.269] | 0.054 [−0.023, 0.124] |
Avg. Received Likes—Slope (Sy) | −0.195 [−0.248, −0.136] | −0.031 [−0.163, 0.084] | 0.175 [0.047, 0.319] |
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Marengo, D.; Settanni, M. Longitudinal Patterns of Online Activity and Social Feedback Are Associated with Current and Perceived Changes in Quality of Life in Adult Facebook Users. Data 2024, 9, 51. https://doi.org/10.3390/data9040051
Marengo D, Settanni M. Longitudinal Patterns of Online Activity and Social Feedback Are Associated with Current and Perceived Changes in Quality of Life in Adult Facebook Users. Data. 2024; 9(4):51. https://doi.org/10.3390/data9040051
Chicago/Turabian StyleMarengo, Davide, and Michele Settanni. 2024. "Longitudinal Patterns of Online Activity and Social Feedback Are Associated with Current and Perceived Changes in Quality of Life in Adult Facebook Users" Data 9, no. 4: 51. https://doi.org/10.3390/data9040051