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The Moderating Role of Social Network Size on Social Media Use and Self-Esteem: An Evolutionary Mismatch Perspective

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2021
Existing meta-analyses have shown that the relationship between social media use and self-esteem is negative, but at very small effect sizes, suggesting the presence of moderators that change the relationship between social media use and self-esteem ...
Amy J. Lim, Clement Lau, Norman P. Li
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Social Comparison in Organizations

open access: yes, 2022
Social comparison is a basic process that refers to comparing, for instance, one’s accomplishments, one’s salary, one’s career potential, one’s emotions, or one’s abilities with those of others. Within organizations, social comparisons are widespread, and may evoke positive and negative responses.
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Neuroticism and responses to social comparison among cancer patients [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
The present study examined how the effects of three audiotapes containig different types of social comparison information on the mood of cancer patients depended on the level of neuroticism.
Buunk, A.P.   +13 more
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Social norms interventions to change clinical behaviour in health workers: a systematic review and meta-analysis

open access: yesHealth Services and Delivery Research, 2020
Background: A social norms intervention seeks to change the clinical behaviour of a target health worker by exposing them to the values, beliefs, attitudes or behaviours of a reference group or person.
Sarah Cotterill   +7 more
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Social Comparison and Facebook [PDF]

open access: yesProceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2020
People compare themselves to one another both offline and online. The specific online activities that worsen social comparison are partly understood, though much existing research relies on people recalling their own online activities post hoc and is situated in only a few countries.
Moira Burke   +2 more
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Unemployment, self-esteem, and depression: A social-comparison theory approach [PDF]

open access: yes, 1995
A social comparison theory approach to the relation between unemployment, self-esteem, and depression was tested using a cross-sectional questionnaire design (N = 88).
Orbell, Sheina   +5 more
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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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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 comparison and satisfacation with one's social life [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
In this study (n = 96), the role of social comparison in evaluating the quality of one’s friendships and social relationships was examined. Participants who were exposed to a comparison target with a very dissatisfying social life evaluated their own ...
Buunk, A.P.   +5 more
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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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