ABSTRACT

The main purpose of this study is to explore the influences of factors on using SNSs that arise from the basic need of belonging to emotional disclosure then the intention to make connections to others. The participants of this study were 540 university students from Turkey and Poland. The results showed that the need to belong is a significant predictor of usage intensity of SNSs, the consecutive influences of emotion disclosure and make connection intention significantly mediate this relationship, and some of these direct and indirect relationships are varying in the different collectivism conditions. All these findings were discussed according to the related theories and the findings in the literature with suggestions for future studies.

摘要

本研究的主要目的是探讨从属于情感披露的基本需求以及与他人建立联系的意图所产生的因素对使用 SNS 的影响。这项研究的参与者是来自土耳其和波兰的 540 名大学生。结果表明，归属需要是社交网络使用强度的显着预测因子，情感披露和建立联系意图的连续影响显着中介了这种关系，其中一些直接和间接关系在不同的集体主义条件下有所不同。所有这些发现都根据相关理论和文献中的发现进行了讨论，并对未来的研究提出了建议。