Passive Social Networking Site Use and Well-Being: The Mediating Roles of Social Comparison and the Fear of Missing Out
Passive Social Networking Site Use and Well-Being: The Mediating Roles of Social Comparison and the Fear of Missing Out
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DOI：
10.5817/cp2019-3-5
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发表时间：
2019-01-01
影响因子：
2.9
通讯作者：
Underwood, Marion K.
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作者：
Burnell, Kaitlyn;George, Madeleine J.;Underwood, Marion K.
被动浏览社交网站 (SNS) 与较差的幸福感相关（Verduyn、Ybarra、Resibois、Jonides 和 Kross，2017）。然而，很少有研究充分检验哪些因素可能介导这种关联。特别是，在线社交比较和对错过的恐惧 (FoMO) 可能在被动 SNS 浏览与抑郁症状和自我认知的关系中发挥作用。目前的研究通过社会比较和 FoMO 调查被动使用与这些结果之间的关系，从而丰富了文献。对于不同种族的大学生样本（N = 717，M-age = 21.47，SDage = 4.64，69% 女性），被动使用 SNS 积极预测社会比较，这与 FoMO 呈正相关，而 FoMO 反过来又积极预测抑郁症状，并消极预测整体自我价值、自我感知的外表和自我感知的社会接受度。这些发现表明，社交比较和 FoMO 在被动 SNS 使用、抑郁症状和自我认知之间的联系中发挥着作用，并且 FoMO 可能是在线社会比较的结果。
Passively browsing social networking sites (SNSs) correlates with poorer well-being (Verduyn, Ybarra, Resibois, Jonides, & Kross, 2017). However, less research has been conducted that fully examines what factors may mediate this association. In particular, both online social comparison and the fear of missing out (FoMO) may play roles in how passive SNS browsing relates to depressive symptoms and self-perceptions. The current study adds to the literature by investigating how passive use relates to these outcomes through social comparison and FoMO. For an ethnically diverse sample of college students (N = 717, M-age = 21.47, SDage = 4.64, 69% female), passively using SNSs positively predicted social comparison, which was positively related to FoMO, which in turn positively predicted depressive symptoms, and negatively predicted global self-worth, self-perceived physical appearance, and self-perceived social acceptance. These findings suggest that social comparison and FoMO play a role in the link between passive SNS use, depressive symptoms, and self-perceptions, and that FoMO could result from online social comparison.