Social relationships and information dissemination in virtual social network systems: An attachment theory perspective

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Highlights:

• Attachment internal working models predict web based social network communication.

• Attachment security level predicts social ties and initiation of relationships.

• Secure individuals emerged as best situated to become social hubs.

• Decrease in avoidance scores predicts increased willingness to deliver information.

• Higher anxiety scores predict less willingness to deliver threatening information.

摘要

•Attachment internal working models predict web based social network communication.•Attachment security level predicts social ties and initiation of relationships.•Secure individuals emerged as best situated to become social hubs.•Decrease in avoidance scores predicts increased willingness to deliver information.•Higher anxiety scores predict less willingness to deliver threatening information.

论文关键词:Attachment,Web-based social networks,Social media dissemination of information

论文评审过程:Available online 20 June 2014.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2014.05.025