I’ll (Not) be Home for Christmas: The Impact of the Pandemic on Evaluation Apprehension and Self-Disclosure during the 2020 Holidays

Teagen Nabity-Grover; Christy M K Cheung; Jason Bennett Thatcher

I’ll (Not) be Home for Christmas: The Impact of the Pandemic on Evaluation Apprehension and Self-Disclosure during the 2020 Holidays

Teagen Nabity-Grover, Christy M K Cheung, Jason Bennett Thatcher

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Abstract

Social distancing was encouraged and sometimes enforced via lockdowns during the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, people still needed to socialize to combat feelings of loneliness, so many turned to social media. While online interactions were encouraged, sharing about behaviors considered unsafe during the pandemic was met with increased shaming and vitriol. This study focuses on understanding whether and why online self-disclosure behaviors changed during the holiday season – a time many people believe should be spent with family and loved ones – because of the pandemic. We collected two rounds of survey data in December 2020 from Facebook and Instagram users. Our results show significant differences between the kinds of information disclosed online between 2019 and 2020. We also found that evaluation apprehension moderated the relationship between predicted and reported behaviors for socially desirable information – such as wearing a mask and working from home.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 55th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
Editors	Tung X. Bui
Publisher	University of Hawaii at Manoa
Pages	552-561
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Print)	9780998133157
Publication status	Published - 4 Jan 2022
Event	55th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2022 - Virtual, Online, United States Duration: 3 Jan 2022 → 7 Jan 2022 https://hdl.handle.net/10125/79139 https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/communities/32d42543-f8b4-45fb-8c50-11a42cb8fe9a (Conference proceedings)

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Name	Proceedings of Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
Volume	2022-January
ISSN (Print)	1530-1605
ISSN (Electronic)	2572-6862

Conference

Conference	55th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2022
Country/Territory	United States
Period	3/01/22 → 7/01/22
Internet address	https://hdl.handle.net/10125/79139 https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/communities/32d42543-f8b4-45fb-8c50-11a42cb8fe9a (Conference proceedings)

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social media

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Nabity-Grover, T., Cheung, C. M. K., & Thatcher, J. B. (2022). I’ll (Not) be Home for Christmas: The Impact of the Pandemic on Evaluation Apprehension and Self-Disclosure during the 2020 Holidays. In T. X. Bui (Ed.), Proceedings of the 55th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (pp. 552-561). (Proceedings of Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences; Vol. 2022-January). University of Hawaii at Manoa. http://hdl.handle.net/10125/79397

Nabity-Grover, Teagen ; Cheung, Christy M K ; Thatcher, Jason Bennett. / I’ll (Not) be Home for Christmas: The Impact of the Pandemic on Evaluation Apprehension and Self-Disclosure during the 2020 Holidays. Proceedings of the 55th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. editor / Tung X. Bui. University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2022. pp. 552-561 (Proceedings of Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences).

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Nabity-Grover, T, Cheung, CMK & Thatcher, JB 2022, I’ll (Not) be Home for Christmas: The Impact of the Pandemic on Evaluation Apprehension and Self-Disclosure during the 2020 Holidays. in TX Bui (ed.), Proceedings of the 55th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. Proceedings of Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, vol. 2022-January, University of Hawaii at Manoa, pp. 552-561, 55th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2022, United States, 3/01/22. <http://hdl.handle.net/10125/79397>

I’ll (Not) be Home for Christmas: The Impact of the Pandemic on Evaluation Apprehension and Self-Disclosure during the 2020 Holidays. / Nabity-Grover, Teagen; Cheung, Christy M K; Thatcher, Jason Bennett.
Proceedings of the 55th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. ed. / Tung X. Bui. University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2022. p. 552-561 (Proceedings of Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences; Vol. 2022-January).

Research output: Chapter in book/report/conference proceeding › Conference proceeding › peer-review

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Nabity-Grover T, Cheung CMK, Thatcher JB. I’ll (Not) be Home for Christmas: The Impact of the Pandemic on Evaluation Apprehension and Self-Disclosure during the 2020 Holidays. In Bui TX, editor, Proceedings of the 55th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. University of Hawaii at Manoa. 2022. p. 552-561. (Proceedings of Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences).

I’ll (Not) be Home for Christmas: The Impact of the Pandemic on Evaluation Apprehension and Self-Disclosure during the 2020 Holidays

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