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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Psychiatry
Sec. Public Mental Health
Volume 16 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1582272
This article is part of the Research TopicThe influence of Internet and technology on mental health and psychological adjustment of young adultsView all 6 articles
Exploring the association between social and emotional skills and online social experiences: A network analysis and latent profile analysis
Provisionally accepted- 1School of Economics and Management, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao, China
- 2Department of Educational Psychology, Facutly of Education, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
- 3School of Psychology, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China
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With the widespread use of social media, online social experiences have become increasingly influential on the mental health of young people. However, how individuals' socio-emotional skills modify these experiences remains unclear. This study conducted a survey of 1,422 Chinese university students and applied network analysis and latent profile analysis to explore the relationship between socio-emotional skills and online social experiences. The results showed that socioemotional skills had a significant positive correlation with positive online social experiences and a significant negative correlation with negative online social experiences. Among these skills, stress resilience may serve as a key dimension for enhancing overall socio-emotional competence. Therefore, interventions targeting stress resilience could be particularly effective in helping individuals strengthen their broader socio-emotional skills, thereby improving their online social experiences. Additionally, the study found that positive and negative online social experiences are two distinct constructs, suggesting that intervention strategies should address them separately. These findings provide a theoretical foundation for developing targeted interventions to improve young people's online social experiences and promote their mental well-being.
Keywords: online social experiences, socio-emotional skills, Stress resistance, Network analysis, latent profile analysis
Received: 24 Feb 2025; Accepted: 08 Apr 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Yang, Yan and Cui. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: Ziqian Cui, School of Psychology, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, Guangdong Province, China
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