@article{ref1,
title="Examining how and when Facebook intensive use shapes users' online pro-social behaviors",
journal="Telematics and informatics",
year="2022",
author="Raza, Ali and Usman, Muhammad and Ali, Moazzam",
volume="67",
number="",
pages="e101753-e101753",
abstract="Despite growing research on the favorable outcomes of Facebook intensive use, there is little evidence about the role of Facebook intensive use in shaping users' online pro-social behaviors. Building on the Uses and Gratification Theory, we propose a positive relationship between Facebook intensive use and users' online pro-social behaviors. We also propose self-transcendence as a relevant mediator and online relationship commitment as an important boundary condition. <br><br>RESULTS based on time-lagged data from 467 (three waves, two months apart) students at a large public sector university and analyzed using structural equation modeling in Mplus (8.5) reveal a positive relationship between Facebook intensive use and online pro-social behaviors, both directly and indirectly, via self-transcendence. Moreover, online relationship commitment moderates the direct link between Facebook intensive use and self-transcendence and the indirect relationship between Facebook intensive use and online pro-social behavior. Practical implications can help promote the meaningful use of Facebook.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0736-5853",
doi="10.1016/j.tele.2021.101753",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tele.2021.101753"
}