Anja Stevic

All Publications

• Tell me more: Longitudinal relationships between online self-disclosure, co-rumination, and psychological well-being COMPUTERS IN HUMAN BEHAVIOR Stevic, A., Koban, K., Matthes, J. 2025; 165

  View details for DOI 10.1016/j.chb.2024.108540

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• Of Loving and Losing: The Influence of Dating App Motivations and Perceived Success on Psychological Well-Being SOCIAL MEDIA + SOCIETY Stevic, A., Lee, A. Y., Liu, S., Hancock, J. 2025; 11 (2)

  View details for DOI 10.1177/20563051251346888

  View details for Web of Science ID 001517512300001

• Observing phubbing behaviors during casual and serious conversations: consequences for conversation quality, connectedness, and appropriateness. BMC psychology Stevic, A., Liftinger, H., Matthes, J. 2025; 13 (1): 170

  Abstract

  The present study investigated observers' perspectives of smartphone use during social interactions in serious and casual conversational contexts, suggesting gender differences. The results of the between-subjects 2 × 2 experimental study show that female observers perceive lower conversation quality when observing phubbing than male observers, aligning with the need-threat model's assertion of female susceptibility to social exclusion. Moreover, observing phubbing diminishes perceived appropriateness of the interaction. Interestingly, no disparity was found in casual versus serious topics of the conversations. Societal implications are discussed.

  View details for DOI 10.1186/s40359-025-02426-4

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• Time to BeReal! Exploring users' well-being in relation to BeReal use duration NEW MEDIA & SOCIETY Kankova, J., Stevic, A., Binder, A., Matthes, J. 2025

  View details for DOI 10.1177/14614448251317689

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• Dating algorithms? Investigating the reciprocal relationships between partner choice FOMO, decision fatigue, excessive swiping, and trust in algorithms on dating apps NEW MEDIA & SOCIETY Binder, A., Stevic, A., Matthes, J., Thomas, M. F. 2024

  View details for DOI 10.1177/14614448241270542

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• Reflective smartphone disengagement as a coping strategy against cyberbullying: A cross-country study with emerging adults from the United States and Indonesia NEW MEDIA & SOCIETY Khaleghipour, M., Koban, K., Stevic, A., Matthes, J. 2024: 5640-5658

  Abstract

  Cyberbullying is a highly prevalent phenomenon among emerging adults, and it may lead to severe psychosocial harm for some targets. Understanding how emerging adults can cope with cyberbullying by altering their media use but without risking one of their crucial social lifelines, mobile social media, during the process is essential. To this end, this study examines a stress-coping process that involves cyberbullying as a stressor and reflective smartphone disengagement as a well-balanced coping strategy, accounting for gender-related, dispositional, and cultural specificities of emerging adults (aged 16-25, N = 4029) from the United States and Indonesia. With substantial invariance across countries, findings show that cyberbullying is related to higher perceived stress, especially for men and people with high levels of self-esteem, which, then again, is associated with reflective smartphone disengagement, in particular among American men and people with higher self-esteem.

  View details for DOI 10.1177/14614448241254015

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