Effects of cultural tightness-looseness and social network density on expression of positive and negative emotions : a large-scale study of impression management by Facebook users

• Main Authors: Liu, Pan, Chan, David, Qiu, Lin, Tov, William, Tong, Victor Joo Chuan
• Other Authors: School of Social Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Social sciences::Psychology; Impression Management; Emotional Expression
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/137053
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Using data from 13,789 Facebook users across U.S. states, this study examined the main effects of societal-level cultural tightness-looseness and its interaction effects with individuals' social network density on impression management (IM) in terms of online emotional expression. Results showe...