负面评价恐惧与大学生问题性社交网络使用的关系：未满足归属需要与社交焦虑的作用

The Relationship between Fear of Negative Evaluation and Problematic Social Networking Use among College Students: The Roles of Unmet Need to Belong and Social Anxiety

摘要: 本研究以550名大学生为被试，探讨负面评价恐惧与问题性社交网络使用的关系，以及未满足归属需要和社交焦虑在这一关系中的作用。结果发现：(1) 负面评价恐惧、社交焦虑、感知匿名性与问题性社交网络使用之间均呈显著正相关；重建后的未满足归属需要与问题性社交网络使用呈显著正相关；(2) 负面评价恐惧能够显著正向预测问题性社交网络使用；重建后的未满足归属需要能够显著正向预测问题性社交网络使用；(3) 负面评价恐惧和未满足归属需要均能显著正向预测社交焦虑，但社交焦虑对问题性社交网络使用的预测作用不显著，中介效应未获支持；(4) 感知匿名性能够显著正向预测问题性社交网络使用，但其对社交焦虑与问题性社交网络使用关系的调节作用不显著。结果表明，负面评价恐惧是大学生问题性社交网络使用的重要风险因素，感知匿名性更可能作为直接影响因素发挥作用。

Abstract: This study examined the relationship between fear of negative evaluation and problematic social networking use among college students, as well as the roles of unmet need to belong and social anxiety. A total of 550 valid questionnaires were included in the final analyses. The results showed that: (1) Fear of negative evaluation, social anxiety, and perceived anonymity were positively correlated with problematic social networking use, and reconstructed unmet need to belong was also positively correlated with problematic social networking use. (2) Fear of negative evaluation significantly and positively predicted problematic social networking use; reconstructed unmet need to belong also significantly and positively predicted problematic social networking use. (3) Fear of negative evaluation and unmet need to belong also positively predicted social anxiety, whereas social anxiety did not significantly predict problematic social networking use, indicating that the mediating effect of social anxiety was not supported. (4) Perceived anonymity positively predicted problematic social networking use, but did not significantly moderate the relationship between social anxiety and problematic social networking use. These findings suggest that fear of negative evaluation is an important risk factor for problematic social networking use among college students, whereas perceived anonymity may function more as a direct predictor.