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KMID : 1151020230510020115
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Mental Health & Social Work
2023 Volume.51 No. 2 p.115 ~ p.143
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Late adolescents’ mood disclosure intention via mobile instant messaging : Moderating effects of perceived controllability of irritable mood
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Lee Ha-Nnah
An Soon-Tae
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Abstract
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This study explores the use of mobile instant messaging (MIM) to manage irritable mood in late adolescents, specifically investigating the mechanism of emotional disclosure intention via MIM. Irritable mood is defined as an unsettled feeling analogous to physical or mental tension. This study conducted via an online panel with 200 late adolescents. After recalling a memory of an irritable mood for at least one minute, participants answered questions pertaining to external or internal loci of control, emotional disclosure intention via MIM, and control variables. First, it was confirmed that irritable mood had opposite nervous and lethargic extremes. Second, irritable mood was found to exert a significant influence on emotional disclosure intention via MIM. Third, the perception of locus of control significantly moderated between irritable mood and emotional disclosure intention via MIM.
This study emphasizes the importance of irritable mood regulation to the well-being of late adolescents and suggests that emotional disclosure via MIM is effective in managing daily mood. The use of MIM to encourage mood expression has practical implications for improving mental health. The results of this study can be used as data to establish communication strategies which encourage emotional disclosure via MIM. Practical implications and theoretical contributions are discussed.
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KEYWORD
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late adolescent, mood regulation, mood management, mobile media, mental health, irritability
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