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Louis Leung, Ph.D. conducted a research about the interrelationship among stressful events, motives for Internet use, social support, and the use of Internet among a sample of adolescents and children aged 8 to 18. The results show that the stressful life events are significantly associated with the consumption of the Internet for mood management (such as entertainment and information seeking) and social compensation (such as recognition gaining and relationship maintenance ) motives.


Secondly, the more children and adolescents exhibit high level of social support, either online or offline, the less they find stressful events upsetting. Thirdly, as individuals, exhibit greater ability to personal access different types of social support to meet their needs, their motivations for Internet use are characteristically more allied to mood - management and social - compensation. This study reassert that the mental and physical impact of stressful life events are in fact buffered by one’s degree of social support and Internet use, particular examples of which are entertainment and relationship maintenance, and positive coping strategies, which temporarily reduce stress and anxiety. (Taken from Abstract).