Correlates of Facebook usage patterns: The relationship between passive Facebook use, social anxiety symptoms, and brooding

•Greater social anxiety symptoms were associated with more time spent on Facebook.•Greater social anxiety symptoms were associated with passively using Facebook.•Brooding mediated the association between passive Facebook use and social anxiety.•Results have implications for the cognitive–behavioral...

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Published in:Computers in human behavior 2015-07, Vol.48, p.575-580
Main Authors: Shaw, Ashley M., Timpano, Kiara R., Tran, Tanya B., Joormann, Jutta
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Brooding
Facebook use
Rumination
Social anxiety
Social networking
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