The consequences of Facebook Intrusion for personal well-being: the mediation role of distress and social functioning

Facebook Intrusion is positively related to distress and negatively with satisfaction with relation. The relation between Facebook Intrusion and flourishing was fully mediated by satisfaction with relation and distress. Moreover, age and sex moderated this mediation. In persons under 20 years of age, Facebook intrusion does not affect satisfaction with relation, but the negative relationship between these variables increased with age. Gender was the moderator of the relationship (a) between satisfaction with relation and flourishing, and (b) between distress and flourishing, namely in men the influence of Facebook intrusion on flourishing was stronger through satisfaction with relation than in women, while in women this influence is stronger through distress than in men.