Distress, Coping, and Blogging: Comparing New Myspace Users by Their Intention to Blog

摘要

New Myspace.com users (N u0002 134, mean age 24.5 years) completed a questionnaire about theirnintent to blog and several psychosocial variables. Intending bloggers scored higher on psychologicalndistress, self-blame, and venting and scored lower on social integration and satisfactionnwith number of online and face-to-face friends. Intending bloggers may view this activitynas a potential mechanism for coping with distress in situations in which they feelninadequately linked with social supports