Mediating effect of self-acceptance between values and offline/online identity expressions among college students

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Highlights:

• We study how values and self-acceptance influence authenticity of identity expression.

• Our model identifies self-acceptance as mediator between values and identity.

• Only freedom influences authentic identity expression via self-acceptance.

• Desire to be teacher predicts online and offline identity authenticity.

• Sex and socioeconomic status have no significant effect on self-acceptance or online/offline identity expression.

摘要

•We study how values and self-acceptance influence authenticity of identity expression.•Our model identifies self-acceptance as mediator between values and identity.•Only freedom influences authentic identity expression via self-acceptance.•Desire to be teacher predicts online and offline identity authenticity.•Sex and socioeconomic status have no significant effect on self-acceptance or online/offline identity expression.

论文关键词:Values,Self-acceptance,Offline identity,Online identity,Identity expression,College students

论文评审过程:Available online 27 March 2015.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2015.03.025