Self-Compassion, Psychological Resilience and Social Media Use in Thai Students

Social media is widely used in Thai students, but relatively few studies have explored the effects of social media use on psychological wellbeing. In this study we explored the effects of social media use on self-compassion and psychological resilience. A total of 484 Thai undergraduate students completed a questionnaire and 21 Thai students were interviewed addressing these three constructs. The findings revealed that those Thai students who sacrificed the friends and family time to spend more time on social media use were less self-compassionate and less resilient.

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Thanyalak Boonlue

Prof. Pam Briggs

Dr. Elizabeth Sillence

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Publication date: July 2016

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[0001]PaCT Lab, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Northumbria University, NE1 8ST

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Conference name: Proceedings of the 30th International BCS Human Computer Interaction Conference

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Conference number: 30

Conference location: Bournemouth University, Poole, UK

Conference date: 11 - 15 July 2016

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Conference theme: Fusion

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[1] ETDA Thailand Internet User Profile 2013 Bangkok 2013

[2] National Statistical Office Adolescents: The Internet: Online Games 2011 Available at http://service.nso.go.th/nso/web/article/article_47.html

[3] ETDA Thailand Internet User Profile 2015 Bangkok 2015

[4] B a. FeinsteinR HershenbergV BhatiaJ a. LatackN MeuwlyJ. Davila Negative social comparison on Facebook and depres-sive symptoms: Rumination as a mechanism Psychology of Popular Media Culture 2013 2 3 161 170 doi:10.1037/a 0033111

[5] WV SiricharoenN. Siricharoen Media and Information Literacy (MIL) for Thai World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology. 2012 6 1168 1172

[6] C. Kemwimoottiwong Innovation of Knowledge-based Hyper-multimedia to Promote a Culture of Using ICT Creatively for Adolescents Computer Technology and Application 2013 4 271 274

[7] Statista Incorporations Number of monthly active mobile social media users in Asia Pacific as of January 2016, by country (in millions) Statista website 2016 Available at http://www.statista.com/statistics/295643/mobile-social-media-mau-asia-pacific-countries/ May 4 2016

[8] J KhumsriR YingyeunM ManwongN HanprathetM. Phanasathit Prevalence of Facebook Addiction and Related Factors Among Thai High School Students Journal of The Medical Association of Thailand 2015 98 3

[9] DE AgostoJ. Abbas High school seniors’ social network and other ICT use preferences and concerns Proceedings of the American Society for Information Sciences and Technology 2010 Available at http://onlinelibra-ry.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/meet.14504701025/full January 18 2015

[10] V. Barker Older Adolescents’ Motivations for Social Network Site Use: The Influence of Gender, Group Identity, and Collective Self-Esteem CyberPsychology & Behavior 2009 12 2 209 213 doi:10.1089/cpb.2008.0228

[11] S ZhangH JiangJM Carroll Babel or Great Wall: Social Media Use Among Chinese Students in the United States Proceedings of the 30th ACM international conference on Design of communication - SIGDOC ’12 2012 37 doi:10.1145/2379057.2379067

[12] RL NabiA PrestinJ. So Facebook Friends with (Health) Benefits? Exploring Social Network Site Use and Perceptions of Social Support, Stress, and Well-Being Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking 2013 16 10 721 727 doi:10.1089/cyber.20 12.0521

[13] J KimJ-ER Lee The Facebook Paths to Happiness: Effects of the Number of Facebook Friends and Self-Presentation on Subjective Well-Being Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking 2011 14 6 359 364 doi:10.1089/cyber.2010.0374

[14] P LiengpraditS SinthupinyoP. Anuntavoranich Trend of Facebook Usage Behavior and Impacts on the Attitudes Amongst Friends in Social Network Circle of Thai Youths : Case Study on College Students International Journal of Social Sciences 2014 3 2 68 80

[15] E BuechelJ. Berger Facebook Therapy? Why People Share Self-Relevant Content Online? in Presentation at Association for Consumer Research Conference Vancouver, BC 2012

[16] H LeeJ. Choi Motivation, Reliance, and Diversity, of Social Media Use and Psychological Well-being : A Cross-cultural Analysis of Korea and the United States Igarss 2014 2014 1 1 5 doi:10.1007/s13398-014-0173-7.2

[17] R WangF ChenZ Chen et al StudentLife: assessing mental health, academic performance and behavioral trends of college students using smartphones Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Ubiquitous Computing 2014 doi:10.1145/2632048.2632054

[18] S. Watcharapunyawong The Development of a Social Media Collaborative Discussion Model for Grammatical Error Reduction in English as a Foreign Language University Sstudents’ Writing 2013

[19] T. Wannaprapha Development of Data Synthesis Skill Development Model based on Self - directed Learning and Social Media for Undergraduate Students 2015

[20] W. Wiboolyasarin Blended Instructional Model based on Participatory Communication Approach on Social Media for Undergraduate Students Bangkok 2015

[21] M BurkeC MarlowT. Lento Social network activity and social well-being Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2010 1909 1912 Available at http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1753613 January 18 2015

[22] K-K MakC-M LaiH Watanabe et al Epidemiology of Internet Behaviors and Addiction Among Adolescents in Six Asian Countries Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking 2014 17 11 720 728 doi:10.1089/cyber.2014.0139

[23] M TakaoS TakahashiM. Kitamura Addictive personality and problematic mobile phone use CyberPsychology & Behavior 2009 12 5 501 507 doi:10.1089/cpb.2009.0022

[24] S JaruratanasirikulK WongwaitaweewongP. Sangsupawanich Electronic game play and school performance of adolescents in southern Thailand CyberPsychology & Behavior 2009 12 5 509 512 doi:10.1089/ cpb.2009.0035

[25] R Ma-oonG RahothanW ThamniabW. Klai-ket Factors and Social Supports that affected the health care of female adolescents in Thailand KPEAW International Symposium 2013 2 208 209

[26] K. Davis Young people’s digital lives: The impact of interpersonal relationships and digital media use on adolescents’ sense of identity Computers in Human Behavior 2013 29 6 2281 2293 doi: 10.1016/j.chb.20 13.05.022

[27] V PornsakulvanichN. Dumrongsiri Internal and external influences on social networking site usage in Thailand Computers in Human Behavior 2013 29 6 2788 2795 doi: 10.10 16/j.chb.2013.07.016

[28] KD Neff The Development and Validation of a Scale to Measure Self-Compassion Self and Identity 2003 2 223 250 doi: 10.1080 /15298860390209035

[29] J. Persinger An Alternative to Self-Esteem: Fostering Self-Compassion in Youth Communiqué 2012 40 5 20 23 Available at http://www.questia.com/magazine/1P3-2576109831/an-alternative-to-self-esteem-fostering-self-compassion January 18 2015

[30] CCY WongWWS Mak Differentiating the Role of Three Self-Compassion Components in Buffering Cognitive-Personality Vulnerability to Depression Among Chinese in Hong Kong Journal of Counseling Psychology 2013 60 1 162 169 doi: 10.1037/a003 0451

[31] K PisitsungkagarnN TaephantP. Attasaranya Body image satisfaction and self-esteem in Thai female adolescents: the moderating role of self-compassion International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health 2013 0 0 1 6 doi: 10.1515/ijamh-2013-0307

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[33] Mi SkenderA. Akin SELF-COMPASSION AND INTERNET ADDICTION The Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology 2011 10 3 215 221

[34] KD NeffY Hsieh Dejitterat K. Self-compassion Achievement Goals Coping with Academic Failure Self and Identity 2005 4 3 263 287 doi: 10.1080/135765004 44000317

[35] International Federation of Red Corss and Red Crescent Societies World Disasters Report 2004: Focus on community resilience J Water Geneva ATAR Roto Presse 2004

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[37] A KarremanVingerhoets AJJM Attachment and well-being: The mediating role of emotion regulation and resilience Personality and Individual Diffenrences 2012 53 7 821 826 doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2012.06.014

[38] C BogdanV. Negovan Psychosocial Correlates of Undergraduate Students’ Subjective Well-Being Related to the Faculty Procedía - Social and Behavioral Sciences 2015 187 653 657 doi: 10.1016/j.sbspro.20 15.03.121

[39] P ParinyapholD. Chongruksa Resilience of higher educational students, the human spirit among thai and muslim students Online Submission 2008 1 8

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[43] T KriegerD AltensteinI BaettigN DoerigMG Holtforth Self-compassion in depression: associations with depressive symptoms, rumination, and avoidance in depressed outpatients Behavior Therapy 2013 44 3 501 13 doi: 10.1016/j.beth.2013.04.004

[44] A MacBethA. Gumley Exploring compas sion: a meta-analysis of the association between self-compassion and psychopathology Clinical Psychology Review 2012 32 6 545 52 doi: 10.1016/j.cpr.2012.06.003

[45] KD NeffP. McGehee Self-compassion and Psychological Resilience Among Adolescents and Young Adults Self and Identity 2010 9 3 225 240 doi: 10.1080/1529886 0902979307

[46] L CamfieldM Guillen-RoyoJ. Velazco Does needs satisfaction matter for psychological and subjective wellbeing in developing countries: A mixed-methods illustration from Bangladesh and Thailand Journal of Happiness Studies 2010 11 4 497 516 doi: 10.1007/s10902-009-9154-5

[47] V BraunV. Clarke Successful Qualitative Research: A Practical Guide for Beginners. First M Carmichael London SAGE Publications 2013

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