Table 6.
Summary of all results
| Constructs (Cronbach’s a) |
Overall (n = 409) |
Twitter Only (n = 354) |
LINE + Twitter (n = 316) |
Instagram + Twitter (n = 270) |
Discord + Twitter (n = 101) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paths and Adjusted R2(bold on the first line) | |||||
| Perceived physical health (PPH): | .02 | .05 | .04 | .04 | .11 |
| Social capital → PPH | .14 ** | .16 ** | .14 * | .18 † | |
| Social media use → PPH | -.10 † | -.17 ** | -.16 * | -.17 * | -.32 *** |
| Personality traits → PPH | .15 * | ||||
| SWB: | .30 | .32 | .31 | .26 | .29 |
| Personality traits → SWB | .49 *** | .50 *** | .51 *** | .45 *** | .48 *** |
| Social capital → SWB | .12 ** | .10 † | .12 * | .15 * | .17 † |
| PPH à SWB | .10 † | ||||
| Loneliness: | .44 | .43 | .42 | .42 | .49 |
| Personality traits → Loneliness | -.50 *** | -.48 *** | -.50 *** | -.46 *** | -.51 *** |
| PPH → Loneliness | -.16 *** | -.18 *** | -.15 *** | -.17 *** | -.19 ** |
| Social capital → Loneliness | -.25 *** | -.25 *** | -.24 *** | -.27 *** | -.32 *** |
| Social capital (SC): | .11 | .12 | .09 | .10 | .05 |
| Personality traits → SC | .33 *** | .35 *** | .31 *** | .33 *** | .25 * |
| Online social capital (OSC): | .34 | .34 | .32 | .34 | .33 |
| Social capital → OSC | .16 *** | .19 *** | .18 *** | .18 *** | .34 *** |
| Social media usage → OSC | .55 *** | .55 *** | .53 *** | .56 *** | .46 *** |
| Social media use (SMU): | .01 | .03 | |||
| Personality traits → SMU | .11 † | .20 † | |||
| Factor Loadings | |||||
| Social media usage: | |||||
| Discord usage time | .56 *** | .47 *** | |||
| Instagram usage time | .12 † | ||||
| LINE usage time | .22 ** | .19 † | |||
| Twitter usage time | .72 *** | .66 *** | .65 *** | .62 *** | .68 *** |
| Discord post topics | .52 *** | .41 *** | |||
| Instagram post topics | .23 ** | .29 *** | |||
| LINE post topics | .30 *** | .32 *** | |||
| Twitter post topics | .77 *** | .78 *** | .77 *** | .77 *** | .73 *** |
| Discord posting frequency | .51 *** | .44 ** | |||
| Instagram posting frequency | .26 *** | .31 *** | |||
| LINE posting frequency | .26 *** | .26 *** | |||
| Twitter posting frequency | .77 *** | .76 *** | .74 *** | .77 *** | .82 *** |
| Number of Twitter accounts | .69 *** | .71 *** | .67 *** | .70 *** | .61 *** |
| Communication skills | .71 *** | .75 *** | .74 *** | .73 *** | .77 *** |
| Operational ability | .43 *** | .42 *** | .46 *** | .46 *** | .43 ** |
| Information judgment | .39 *** | .38 *** | .42 *** | .42 *** | .41 ** |
| Social capital: | |||||
| Number of groups joined | .29 * | .27 * | .38 * | .21 † | |
| Total number of members | .54 *** | .55 *** | .56 *** | .49 *** | .56 *** |
| Frequencies of interactions | .84 ***. | .83 *** | .82 *** | .81 *** | .84 *** |
| Intimacy with members | .79 *** | .79 *** | .78 *** | .80 *** | .82 *** |
| Satisfaction with members | .94 *** | .94 *** | .93 *** | .94 *** | .94 *** |
| Online social capital: | |||||
| Number of groups joined | .62 *** | .61 *** | .61 *** | .58 *** | .53 *** |
| Total number of members | .77 *** | .77 *** | .78 *** | .77 *** | .77 *** |
| Frequencies of interactions | .90 *** | .90 *** | .90 *** | .90 *** | .89 *** |
| Intimacy with members | .85 *** | .85 *** | .84 *** | .86 *** | .81 *** |
| Satisfaction with members | .95 *** | .95 *** | .95 *** | .95 *** | .95 *** |
| Personality traits | |||||
| Generalized trust | .61 *** | .61 *** | .56 *** | .60 *** | .35 † |
| Social skills | .92 *** | .93 *** | .93 *** | .89 *** | .92 *** |
| Social tolerance (entire) | .22 † | .23 † | .31 * | .41 † | |
| Social tolerance (others) | .25 * | .27 * | .32 * | .51 ** | |
*** p < .001; ** p < .01; * p < .05; † p < .10