Association between the use of social networking sites, perceived social support, and life satisfaction: Evidence from a population-based survey in Japan.

This study examined the association between the use of social networking sites (SNS), perceived social support (PSS), and life satisfaction (LS), focusing on the mediating effect of PSS on the association between SNS use and LS. To this end, we used data (N = 15,574) obtained from a population-based...

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Main Authors: Takashi Oshio, Hiromi Kimura, Toshimi Nishizaki, Takashi Omori
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0244199