Social Comparison 2.0: Examining the Effects of Online Profiles on Social-Networking Sites

By Nina Haferkamp, Nicole C. Krämer. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 2011

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Subfields: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Literature and Literary Theory, Marketing

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Using Social Media for Social Comparison and Feedback-Seeking: Gender and Popularity Moderate Associations with Depressive Symptoms (2015, unknown): “Furthermore, girls are more likely to prioritize and compare themselves on dimensions of physical attractiveness online (Haferkamp and Krämer 2011; Jones 2001).”
Instagram #Instasad?: Exploring Associations Among Instagram Use, Depressive Symptoms, Negative Social Comparison, and Strangers Followed (2015, unknown): “15,22 This is particularly important because of the increasing size of people’s social networks, which have tripled over the last decade, jumping from an average of 150–200 8 to 649, 38 which most likely reﬂects a trend toward including more distant ac-quaintances and strangers.”
Social Network Sites and Well-Being: The Role of Social Connection (2018, unknown): “Experimental work also confirms that comparing oneself with superior others’ profiles on social network sites can result in greater dissatisfaction with one’s achievements (Haferkamp & Krämer, 2011).”
Facebook is Linked to Body Dissatisfaction: Comparing Users and Non-Users (2015, background): “Haferkamp and Krämer (2011) found that German participants report a more negative body image after viewing attractive users’ social media profiles compared to”
The Selfie Generation: Examining the Relationship Between Social Media Use and Early Adolescent Body Image (2019, background): “Previous 7 research suggests that adolescents do engage in appearance-based upward social comparisons on social media, and individuals had more negative feelings toward their own bodies after viewing social media profiles of attractive users versus unattractive users (Haferkamp & Kramer, 2011).”
Social comparison, social media, and self-esteem. (2014, background): “Consistent with prior research that has examined social comparison in the context of social media (Haferkamp & Kramer, 2011; but see General Discussion for more on how our study differs from this prior research), we hypothesized that temporary exposure to profiles with upward comparison…”
The Reciprocal Relationship Between Passive Social Networking Site (SNS) Usage and Users’ Subjective Well-Being (2018, result): “Similar findings also implied that users who passively use SNS are more likely to feel personally inadequate (Jordan et al., 2011), make poor selfevaluations (Chen et al., 2016), and believe that others are doing better (Fardouly et al., 2015; Haferkamp & Krämer, 2011).”
Exploring the Relationships Between Different Types of Facebook Use, Perceived Online Social Support, and Adolescents’ Depressed Mood (2016, background): “…different motives for using SNSs, that is, although women are more likely to use SNSs to compare themselves with other users, men are more likely to use SNSs to look at other people’s online profiles to find friends (e.g., Haferkamp, Eimler, Papadakis, & Kruck, 2012; Haferkamp & Krämer, 2011).”
Who compares and despairs? The effect of social comparison orientation on social media use and its outcomes. (2015, background): “…comparisons that are made using that biased information should differ from in-person social comparisons and involve mostly upward social comparisons to those who are better off on some dimension (Feinstein et al., 2013; Haferkamp & Kramer, 2011; Lee, 2014; Vogel, Rose, Roberts, & Eckles, 2014).”
The interplay between Facebook use, social comparison, envy, and depression (2016, background): “Various measures have also been used to capture negative affect, ranging from mood shifts [14,35 ,37] to more drastic consequences like clinical depression [20 ,24,25 ].”
Do Social Network Sites Enhance or Undermine Subjective Well‐Being? A Critical Review (2017, background): “Overall, participants reported lower levels of subjective well-being and higher levels of envy upon exposure to attractive or successful profiles (Appel, Crusius, & Gerlach, 2015; Haferkamp & Krämer, 2011; Vogel, Rose, Roberts, & Eckles, 2014).”
Negative Social Comparison on Facebook and Depressive Symptoms: Rumination as a Mechanism (2013, background): “Finally, Haferkamp and Krämer (2011) found that individuals who looked at profile pictures of attractive members of the same-sex reported less positive affect than those who looked at nonattractive members of the same-sex.”