title: Distress, coping, and blogging: comparing new myspace users by their intention to blog.
abstract: New Myspace.com users (N = 134, mean age 24.5 years) completed a questionnaire about their intent to blog and several psychosocial variables. Intending bloggers scored higher on psychological distress, self-blame, and venting and scored lower on social integration and satisfaction with number of online and face-to-face friends. Intending bloggers may view this activity as a potential mechanism for coping with distress in situations in which they feel inadequately linked with social supports.
authors.affiliation: School of Life and Social Sciences, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: James R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Baker
authors.forename: Susan M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Moore
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D033182:Intention; D020407:Internet / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D011584:Psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires