TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2023//
TI  - Adolescent athletes' self-presentations on social media and their self-esteem as moderated by their perceptions of responsiveness by others
JO  - Perceptual and motor skills
A1  - Yang, Kyoungjin
A1  - Kwon, Sungho
A1  - Jang, Dojin
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - Social media has been an increasingly utilized communication tool, and it has gained popularity among adolescent athletes. Our aim here was to investigate whether a positive and honest self-presentation on social media increased adolescent athletes' self-esteem, and we examined the moderating effect of perceived responsiveness. After receiving informed consent of participants and their parents/legal guardians, we recruited 468 adolescent athletes/participants (244 males, 224 females; Mage = 15.39 years, SD = 1.61) through purposive sampling and engaged them in completing face-to-face or online self-report measures of their: (a) self-presentation on social media, (b) perceived responsiveness of others, and (c) Rosenberg self-esteem scales. Given the continuous nature of our moderating variable (i.e., perceived responsiveness), we conducted regression analysis using Hayes's PROCESS macro in SPSS software. A positive self-presentation showed no significant relationship with self-esteem, except when the level of perceived responsiveness was high. Conversely, an honest self-presentation was positively related to higher self-esteem, and the relationship between honest self-presentation and self-esteem was moderated by perceived responsiveness. Our findings extend existing psychological theory into the online environment and have practical implications. These data highlight the link between social media self-presentation and self-esteem among adolescent athletes and illustrate the crucial role of perceived responsiveness in the social media context.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0031-5125
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00315125231216020
ID  - ref1
ER  -