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Differential media effects on male body satisfaction and mood

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Psychology, 2020
Objective Previous research has shown that idealised images of men in the media have the capacity to trigger body dissatisfaction in male viewers. However, little is known about these effects across diverse media types. This study compared the effects of
Andrew Allen, Kate E. Mulgrew
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Materialistic Cues Boosts Personal Relative Deprivation

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2016
Three studies investigated whether exposure to materialistic cues would increase perceptions of personal relative deprivation and related emotional reactions.
Hong Zhang, Wen Zhang
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The role of social comparison in online learning motivation through the lens of social comparison theory

open access: yesActa Psychologica
The evolving landscape of education has seen a marked increase in online learning, yet sustaining learner motivation within these environments remains a significant challenge, particularly given the reduced opportunities for natural social interaction ...
Wu Tong, Goodarz Shakibaei
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How Wealth Inequality Affects Happiness: The Perspective of Social Comparison

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2022
Since Easterlin pointed out that economic growth in nations does not guarantee increasing happiness for the average citizen, the underlying reason has remained controversial.
Lingxi Gao   +3 more
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The Ego Phenomenon and the Doping Problem in Sport: A Historical Conceptual Analysis

open access: yesFrontiers in Sports and Active Living, 2021
The concept of ego has various meanings in the field of psychology, depending on the paradigmatic and theoretical framework point of departure. The ego phenomenon as operationalized and measured in the theoretical framework of goal orientation will be ...
Barend J. M. Steyn, Kim Nolte
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Social networking sites and its relation to social comparison and psychological well-being among medical university students

open access: yesIndian Journal of Psychiatry, 2021
Background: Social networking sites (SNSs) have become an indispensable part of young adults in India. The content on one’s profile and that of others on social media makes social comparison easier among young adults leading to poor mental health and ...
Kartikeya Ojha   +3 more
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Social preferences shaped by conflicting motives: When enhancing social welfare creates unfavorable comparisons for the self [PDF]

open access: yesJudgment and Decision Making, 2012
The construction of social preferences often requires one to reconcile various social motives, such as concern with unfavorable inequality and maximization of social welfare.
Shoham Choshen-Hillel, Ilan Yaniv
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Foreign psychology studies of envy: a breef overview on main approaches and perspectives of studying in a cross-cultural aspect [PDF]

open access: yesСовременная зарубежная психология, 2018
In this article envy is considered as a complex psychological phenomenon that has a structure and at least four aspects of which can be represented in a study: dynamic, pithful, structural and cross-cultural.
Matusevich E.V., Kochetova T.V.
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“Left on read” examining social media users’ lurking behavior: an integration of anxiety and social media fatigue

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology
IntroductionWith the widespread use of social media, the behavior and mindset of users have been transformed, leading to a gradual increase in lurking users, which can impede the sustainable development of social media platforms. In this study, we aim to
Xiaoyu Liu   +5 more
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A Mindset of Competition versus Cooperation Moderates the Impact of Social Comparison on Self-Evaluation

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2015
Do people feel better or worse about themselves when working with someone who is better than they are? We present the first replication of the work of Stapel and Koomen (2005) who showed that being in a competitive vs.
Lucie eColpaert   +3 more
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