Exploring Emotion-Sharing Patterns and Adolescents Emotional Well-Being Before and After Taking the Chilean PSU (SAT’s) Test: A Six-Wave Panel Survey

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Abstract

Social networking sites (SNSs) allow adding a multiplicity of contacts into one’s profile (Ellison, Lampe, Steinfield & Vitak, 2009), therefore adolescents can receive feedback from a very diverse pool of contacts in SNSs. Furthermore, receiving positive feedback in SNSs is associated with beneficial outcomes to social self-esteem and well-being, while negative feedback has been associated to negative outcomes (Valkenburg, Peter & Schouten, 2006). By means of a six-wave panel survey, the study compares the emotional responses of youngsters to feedback received both in social networking sites and face to face before, during, and after taking the Prueba de Seleccion Universitaria (PSU, or the equivalent to the Chilean SAT’s test). Results are expected to ascertain the role of SNSs while undergoing a stressful test, and provide insights regarding the effects of receiving feedback face to face vs. online. Study results will be complemented with 44 in-depth qualitative interviews to a selected sample of youngsters.

Authors

• Carmina Teresa Rodriguez Hidalgo, Amsterdam School of Communication Research ASCoR

• Peeter Verlegh