Social benefits of living in the metaverse: The relationships among social presence, supportive interaction, social self-efficacy, and feelings of loneliness
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Highlights：
• The metaverse benefits young generations by enhancing their sense of social presence within the virtual environment.
• The sense of social presence in the metaverse facilitated supportive interactions among young users.
• The amount of supportive interactions in which users engaged in the metaverse enhanced users' social self-efficacy.
• Social self-efficacy mediated the effect of supportive interactions in the metaverse on users' feelings of loneliness.
摘要
•The metaverse benefits young generations by enhancing their sense of social presence within the virtual environment.•The sense of social presence in the metaverse facilitated supportive interactions among young users.•The amount of supportive interactions in which users engaged in the metaverse enhanced users' social self-efficacy.•Social self-efficacy mediated the effect of supportive interactions in the metaverse on users' feelings of loneliness.
论文关键词：Metaverse,Social presence,Supportive interaction,Social self-efficacy,Loneliness
论文评审过程：Received 23 November 2021, Revised 30 August 2022, Accepted 19 September 2022, Available online 21 September 2022, Version of Record 1 October 2022.
论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2022.107498
