Social media usage, acculturation and psychological well-being: a study with Chinese in New Zealand

This study examined the relationships between social media usage, acculturation and psychological well-being through a survey with 121 Chinese in New Zealand. The results showed that (1) higher use frequency of social media popular in New Zealand (NZ social media) was associated with higher score on identification with New Zealand (NZI) and lower score on identification with China (CNI), (2) the relationship between the use frequency of social media popular in CN (CN social media) and CNI or NZI was not statistically significant, (3) the use frequency of CN social media and NZ social media were significantly and positively correlated. (4) Both CNI and NZI were positively related to Happiness, but had no significant relationship with Depression, (5) the relationship between NZ social media use and Happiness was positively mediated by NZI. Implications for working with Chinese migrants and for future research were discussed.