Who compares and despairs? The effect of social comparison orientation on social media use and its outcomes.

By Erin A. Vogel, Jason P. Rose, Bradley M. Okdie, K. Eckles, B. Franz. 2015

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Subfields: Applied Psychology, Literature and Literary Theory, Sociology and Political Science

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Citations in the corpus

• Upward social comparison on social network sites and depressive symptoms: A moderated mediation model of self-esteem and optimism (2017, background): “Social comparison on SNSs thus involvesmostly upward social comparison, namely, comparingwith thosewho are better off (Feinstein et al., 2013; Vogel, Rose, Roberts, & Eckles, 2014; Vogel et al., 2015), or even envy of others (Tandoc, Ferrucci, & Duffy, 2015).”
• The interplay between Facebook use, social comparison, envy, and depression (2016, background): “Cross-sectional evidence demonstrates a positive correlation between the amount of Facebook use and the frequency of social comparisons on Facebook [15,24,32,33 ].”
• Instagram Use, Loneliness, and Social Comparison Orientation: Interact and Browse on Social Media, But Don't Compare (2016, methodology): “) shows that SCO is correlated with greater overall Facebook use, and people of high SCO experience poorer self-perceptions, lower selfesteem, and a more negative affect after viewing a Facebook Friend’s profile.(25) While this study focused on self-related outcomes, it is curious how SCO may modera”
• Unifying the detrimental and beneficial effects of social network site use on self-esteem: a systematic literature review (2019, methodology): “The same is true for individuals who are prone to social comparisons and viewing profiles of others’ or use SNSs passively (Vogel et al., 2015; J. L. Wang et al., 2017).”
• Social Comparison as the Thief of Joy: Emotional Consequences of Viewing Strangers’ Instagram Posts (2018, background): “, 2015), social comparison orientation also moderates the effects of social media use (Fardouly et al., 2015; Kleemans et al., 2016; Vogel et al., 2015).”