Social comparison and envy on social media: A critical review

A Meier, BK Johnson - Current opinion in psychology, 2022 - Elsevier
There is both public and scholarly concern that (passive) social media use decreases well-
being by providing a fertile ground for harmful (upward) social comparison and envy. The …

Should I post my very best self? The within-person reciprocal associations between social media literacy, positivity-biased behaviors and adolescents' self-esteem

L Schreurs, L Vandenbosch - Telematics and Informatics, 2022 - Elsevier
Unauthentic social media self-presentation practices relate to lower self-esteem, yet
research replicating these findings at the within-person level is lacking. By means of a three …

Different interactions with appearance-focused social media content and adolescents' body dissatisfaction: A within-person perspective

L Schreurs, L Vandenbosch - Computers in Human Behavior, 2022 - Elsevier
Social media use has often been linked to adolescents' body dissatisfaction, but longitudinal
investigations of this relation are scarce. This three-wave panel study among N= 1032 …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of seeing and posting photos on mental health and body satisfaction: A panel study among Dutch and Japanese adolescents

NAJDB de Vaate, J Veldhuis, EA Konijn - Computers in Human Behavior, 2023 - Elsevier
A vivid scholarly debate addresses the extent to which social media usage is detrimental for
adolescents' mental health and body satisfaction. The current study aims to advance the …

Associations between youth's daily social media use and well-being are mediated by upward comparisons

A Irmer, F Schmiedek - Communications Psychology, 2023 - nature.com
Studies examining the associations between social media use and subjective well-being
have revealed inconsistent results and mainly refer to the between-person level. We …

Envy, social comparison, and depression on social networking sites: a systematic review

F Carraturo, T Di Perna, V Giannicola… - European Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
This study aims to review the evidence for the reciprocal relationship between envy and
social comparison (SC) on social networking sites (SNSs) and depression. We searched …

Social Comparison on Social Media and Mental Health: A Scoping Review

A Arenz, A Meier, L Reinecke - Jahrestagung der Fachgruppe Rezeptions …, 2023 - ssoar.info
Social media offer their users a variety of opportunities for online self-presentation and thus
represent an optimal environment for social comparisons. With the increasing popularity of …