Decomposing Cultural Adaptation and Social Support in Relation to New Media Use and Psychological Well-Being Among Immigrants: a Chain Mediation Model

Damilola Adetola Bolaji, Yuehua Wu and Tosin Yinka Akintunde ()
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Damilola Adetola Bolaji: Shanghai Jiaotong University
Yuehua Wu: Shanghai Jiaotong University
Tosin Yinka Akintunde: The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Applied Research in Quality of Life, 2024, vol. 19, issue 4, No 3, 1525-1547

Abstract: Abstract New media use contributed to reducing pandemic risks and maintaining interpersonal relationships, but compromised psychological well-being. Until now, it is unclear how immigrants used new media during the pandemic to develop cultural adaptive strategies and gain access to social support beneficial to psychological well-being. This study tests the chain effects of cultural adaptation and social support on the association between new media use and the psychological well-being of immigrants. Cross-sectional data from 612 immigrants from a web-based survey in China was examined through partial least square structural equation models (PLS-SEM). The findings suggest that the independent mediating effect of cultural adaptation in the relationship between new media use and psychological well-being was significant with a dampening effect[β = − 0.098; 95% CI (− 0.135, − 0.069); p

Keywords: New media use; Psychological well-being; Cultural adaptation; Social support; Immigrants; COVID-19 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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