Social comparison, social media, and self-esteem.

By Erin A. Vogel, Jason P. Rose, Lindsay Roberts, K. Eckles. 2014

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

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Instagram Use, Loneliness, and Social Comparison Orientation: Interact and Browse on Social Media, But Don't Compare (2016, positive): “Previous research shows that SNSs provide rich opportunities for social comparison and are particularly appealing to users of high SCO.”
Addictive Features of Social Media/Messenger Platforms and Freemium Games against the Background of Psychological and Economic Theories (2019, background): “Without doubt, the social comparison process is not unproblematic, because it might lead to lower self-esteem [79] and the size of one’s own real social network to be successfully handled seems to be limited by the so called Dunbar’s number (a theoretical limit to the number of people with whom any ”
Who compares and despairs? The effect of social comparison orientation on social media use and its outcomes. (2015, background): “, 2013), low self-esteem (Vogel et al., 2014) and poor self-evaluations (Haferkamp & Kramer, 2011).”
Fear of missing out (FoMO): A generational phenomenon or an individual difference? (2020, background): “Social media exposure is related to lower self-esteem when upward social comparisons are activated (Vogel et al., 2014).”
Social media addiction: Its impact, mediation, and intervention (2019, background): “…previous findings that social media addiction negatively affects self-esteem (Andreassen et al., 2017; Błachnio, et al., 2016; Chou & Edge, 2012; Vogel et al., 2014) and that low self-esteem is associated with mental disorders (Orth et al., 2008; Orth & Robins, 2013; Sowislo & Orth, 2013), the…”
Depression among Users of Social Networking Sites (SNSs): The Role of SNS Addiction and Increased Usage (2017, positive): “Furthermore, finding that this feeling is exacerbated when users are connected online to people they do not know personally can also be applied to Instagram use because it is a platform that allows individuals to follow celebrities and public figures, many of whom lead privileged lives, leading to a”
The relationship between Instagram use and indicators of mental health: A systematic review (2021, background): “Social comparison, as is often done on Instagram, may for example affect our self-evaluation and self-esteem (e.g., Clasen, 2015; Vogel et al., 2014).”
Pinterest or Thinterest?: Social Comparison and Body Image on Social Media (2016, background): “Researchers have also begun to explore these concepts in social media contexts (Chrisler et al., 2013; Fardouly, Diedrichs, Vartanian, & Halliwell, 2015; Tiggemann & Slater, 2013; Vogel et al., 2014).”