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A questionnaire used for measuring individuals’ online personal-enacted identity gap was generated.</p> <p>The result suggested individuals experience larger personal-enacted identity gap offline, which significantly negative predict individuals’ psychological well-being, whereas online personal-enacted identity gap positively predicts psychological well-being. 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A questionnaire used for measuring individuals’ online personal-enacted identity gap was generated.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The result suggested individuals experience larger personal-enacted identity gap offline, which significantly negative predict individuals’ psychological well-being, whereas online personal-enacted identity gap positively predicts psychological well-being. 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