Past research found that compassionate goals were associated with more responsive behaviors on Facebook, which in turn were associated with greater social capital. The current study aimed to examine whether compassionate goals were associated with greater well-being, through greater efforts to visibly attend to Facebook friends and feeling more connected to Facebook friends. We predicted that there would be an indirect effect of compassionate goals on satisfaction with life through Facebook relationship maintenance behaviors and Facebook social connectedness. Two hundred sixty-two adult Facebook users completed an online questionnaire containing measures of compassionate goals, Facebook relationship maintenance behaviors, Facebook social connectedness, satisfaction with life, and various control variables (Big Five personality traits, self-image goals, frequency and duration of Facebook use, number of Facebook friends, age, and gender). A serial mediation analysis revealed a significant indirect effect of compassionate goals on satisfaction with life through Facebook relationship maintenance behaviors and Facebook social connectedness. Higher levels of compassionate goals predicted more Facebook relationship maintenance behaviors, more Facebook relationship maintenance behaviors predicted greater Facebook social connectedness, and greater Facebook social connectedness predicted higher satisfaction with life. The indirect effect was significant with and without controlling for other aspects of Facebook use, self-image goals, Big Five personality traits, gender, age, and recruitment method. These findings replicate and extend past research by establishing new pathways and outcomes associated with compassionate goals. Overall, this study contributes important insights into supportive and beneficial ways of using social media.

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富有同情心的目标、Facebook 使用和主观幸福感：检查关系维护和连通性的作用

过去的研究发现，富有同情心的目标与 Facebook 上更具响应性的行为相关，而这反过来又与更大的社会资本相关。目前的研究旨在通过更大的努力明显地关注 Facebook 朋友并感觉与 Facebook 朋友的联系更加紧密，从而检验富有同情心的目标是否与更大的幸福感相关。我们预测，富有同情心的目标会通过 Facebook 关系维护行为和 Facebook 社交联系对生活满意度产生间接影响。262 名 Facebook 成年用户完成了一份在线问卷调查，其中包含同情目标、Facebook 关系维护行为、Facebook 社交联系、生活满意度和各种控制变量（大五人格特质、自我形象目标、使用 Facebook 的频率和持续时间、Facebook 朋友的数量、年龄和性别）。一系列中介分析显示，富有同情心的目标通过 Facebook 关系维护行为和 Facebook 社交联系对生活满意度有显着的间接影响。更高水平的富有同情心的目标预示着更多的 Facebook 关系维护行为，更多的 Facebook 关系维护行为预示着更大的 Facebook 社交联系，更大的 Facebook 社交联系预示着更高的生活满意度。无论是否控制 Facebook 使用、自我形象目标、大五人格特质、性别、年龄和招聘方法的其他方面，间接影响都是显着的。这些发现通过建立与富有同情心的目标相关的新途径和结果来复制和扩展过去的研究。总体而言，这项研究为使用社交媒体的支持性和有益方式提供了重要见解。