Presentation Type
Oral Presentation
Keywords
Psychology, mood, Facebook, social media, PANAS mood scale
Department
Psychology
Major
Psychology
Abstract
This study investigated the effect of exposure to Facebook relationships on mood through passive encounters with three different Facebook profiles. Undergraduate students were administered a Positive and Negative Affect Scale and then completed three conditions in a random order: looking at their own Facebook profile, the Facebook profile of a close friend, and the Facebook profile of a distant acquaintance. They took a PANAS mood scale after each condition to find the influence of each relationship on mood. Personality trait scores (as measured by the International Personality Item Pool) were examined in relationship to changes in mood.
Faculty Mentor
Steve Rouse
Funding Source or Research Program
Summer Undergraduate Research Program
Presentation Session
Session A
Location
Plaza Classroom 190
Start Date
21-3-2014 4:30 PM
Included in
Effect of Facebook on Mood
Plaza Classroom 190
This study investigated the effect of exposure to Facebook relationships on mood through passive encounters with three different Facebook profiles. Undergraduate students were administered a Positive and Negative Affect Scale and then completed three conditions in a random order: looking at their own Facebook profile, the Facebook profile of a close friend, and the Facebook profile of a distant acquaintance. They took a PANAS mood scale after each condition to find the influence of each relationship on mood. Personality trait scores (as measured by the International Personality Item Pool) were examined in relationship to changes in mood.