To share or not to share? Adolescents’ self-disclosure about peer relationships on Facebook: An application of the Prototype Willingness Model

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Highlights:

• This study examined older adolescents’ personal disclosure on Facebook (FB).

• Prototype Willingness Model was used as a theoretical framework.

• Attitude was the strongest predictor of intention to share personal information.

• Subjective norm of teachers did not influence adolescents’ intention.

• Older adolescents make more rational than emotional decisions about FB disclosure.

摘要

•This study examined older adolescents’ personal disclosure on Facebook (FB).•Prototype Willingness Model was used as a theoretical framework.•Attitude was the strongest predictor of intention to share personal information.•Subjective norm of teachers did not influence adolescents’ intention.•Older adolescents make more rational than emotional decisions about FB disclosure.

论文关键词:Prototype Willingness Model,Adolescents,Social network sites,Self-disclosure

论文评审过程:Available online 10 December 2014.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2014.11.036