Social Comparison as the Thief of Joy: Emotional Consequences of Viewing Strangers’ Instagram Posts

Vries, Dian A. de; Möller, A. Marthe; Wieringa, Marieke S.; Eigenraam, Anniek W.; Hamelink, Kirsten

doi:10.1080/15213269.2016.1267647

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“…We get a sense of our abilities and self‐worth from comparing ourselves to those who are better than us, through upward comparison, as well as those who are worse than us, through downward comparison. Although scholars have yet to explore social comparisons social media addiction in particular, research has discovered relationships between social comparisons and social media use (de Vries, Möller, Wieringa, Eigenraam, & Hamelink, ; Lee, ; Vogel, Rose, Okdie, Eckles, & Franz, ).…”

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A biopsychosocial approach to understanding social media addiction

Dailey

Howard

Roming

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Human Behav and Emerg Tech

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Despite the public's awareness of social media addiction, academic research in this realm remains limited. Filling this gap in the literature, the current study sought to understand predictors of social media addiction across four of the most popular social media platforms: Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, and Instagram. Regression analyses showed support for a biopsychosocial approach, demonstrating that biological (age), social (including gender, intensity of use, need for social media, and social comparison), and psychological factors (specifically stress, empathic concern, conscientiousness, and depression) accounted for over 50% of the explained variance in social media addiction. Findings demonstrate that although younger individuals are highly susceptible to social media addiction, users who manifest empathy toward others may have an enhanced psychological resiliency against addiction. K E Y W O R D Sbiopsychosocial approach, mental health, problematic social media use, social media addiction, social media intensity

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A biopsychosocial approach to understanding social media addiction

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Howard

Roming

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“…One on the causes of this is the increasing shortage of recreational time, and time spent with family and friends. Technological and workplace advances, which are actually supposed to support the life of society, apparently have a negative impact (de Vries, Möller, Wieringa, Eigenraam, & Hamelink, 2017).…”

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Nature Relatedness as a Predictor of Psychological Well-Being: A Study of Indonesian Urban Society

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Djuwita

2019

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The complexity of urban life can have its own negative impact on the psychological well-being (PWB) of its society. It is thought that the natural environment can reduce that negative impact and have an important role in the health and well-being of urban society. Nature relatedness (NR) is a construct which illustrates an approach to, or a subjective individual relationship with, the natural environment. Previous research indicates that NR has a positive relationship with the PWB of a person; however such research used a sample of society in Western countries. Does a relationship between NR and PWB exist also in the context of urban Indonesian society? The principle aim of this research was to prove a relationship between NR and PWB, using a sample from urban Indonesian society. This research was of a non-experimental nature, with 178 respondents. Analysis using structural equation modeling (SEM) proved that the NR level of an individual is a positive predictor of the PWB they have. For this reason, the higher the level of NR an individual has, the higher also is the level of PWB they will have. The authors recommend that all people managing vested interests pay attention not only to situational factors, such as the existence of open green spaces and the cleanliness of the environment, but also pay attention to dispositional factors, such as NR, which is proven to have an important role for PWB.

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“…In a study by Rantasalo (2017), he postulated that Facebook users consciously control the content of their Facebook account such as their profile pictures, the photos and status updates they post in order to project their best possible image to their online friends and cope with their low self-esteem. In relation to social comparison and Facebook addiction tendencies, Vries et al, (2018) postulated that those with high social comparison scores tend to have lower positive affect after seeing positive posts in their newsfeed which could possibly cause them to use Facebook less often, while those people with lower tendencies to compare themselves with others or lower social comparison had higher positive affect after seeing positive posts, which could drive them to engage on Facebook activities…”

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We are pleased to present to you the 2019's winter issue of our journal. The IAFOR Journal of Psychology & the Behavioral Sciences covers a variety of empirical studies about applications of psychological theories in educational and mental health settings. Moreover, the journal showcases studies that investigate topics regarding human development, psychological outreach services, family studies, as well as articles addressing the needs of at-risk children, youth and families, and vulnerable populations. IAFOR Journal of Psychology & the Behavioral Sciences is a peer-reviewed, editorially independent, and an interdisciplinary journal associated with the IAFOR (The International Academic Forum) conferences on Psychology and the Behavioral Sciences. This issue is devoted to several interdisciplinary studies which represent diverse topics, cultures, and disciplines in the fields of psychology and the behavioral sciences. All manuscripts published in the journal have been subjected to the thorough and accepted processes of academic peer review. Some of the articles are original, and some are significantly revised versions of previously presented papers or published reports in the IAFOR's conferences and proceedings. We want to express our sincere appreciation to all reviewers for taking time from their busy schedules to review each assigned manuscript and offer their professional expertise and recommendations for improvement of these published articles. Also, we like to take this opportunity to acknowledge the hard work of our support staffs at the IAFOR who were involved with the publication of this journal. Please note that we are seeking manuscripts for our upcoming 2020 Spring and Fall issues.

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Social Comparison as the Thief of Joy: Emotional Consequences of Viewing Strangers’ Instagram Posts

Cited by 202 publications

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A biopsychosocial approach to understanding social media addiction

A biopsychosocial approach to understanding social media addiction

Nature Relatedness as a Predictor of Psychological Well-Being: A Study of Indonesian Urban Society

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