The Effects of Instagram Use, Social Comparison, and Self-Esteem on Social Anxiety: A Survey Study in Singapore
The Effects of Instagram Use, Social Comparison, and Self-Esteem on Social Anxiety: A Survey Study in Singapore
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DOI：
10.1177/2056305120912488
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发表时间：
2020-04-01
影响因子：
5.2
通讯作者：
Ngien, Annabel
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作者：
Jiang, Shaohai;Ngien, Annabel
在过去的十年里，社交媒体发展迅速。然而，目前尚不清楚社交媒体是使人们的情绪更健康还是更不健康。本研究旨在探讨Instagram使用对个体社交焦虑的影响。在健康促进互动媒体使用三阶段模型的基础上，我们在新加坡进行了一项横断面在线调查研究（N = 388），并实证检验了Instagram使用与社交焦虑之间的中介途径。结果表明，使用Instagram并不会直接增加社交焦虑。相反，社会比较（近端结果）和自尊（中间结果）起中介作用，支持完全中介效应。这一发现为数字时代健康运动和教育的设计提供了重要的理论和实践意义，以增强社交媒体对健康和情感福祉的积极影响。
Social media have been growing rapidly during the past decade. However, it remains unclear whether social media make people more emotionally healthy or less. This study aims to explore the effect of Instagram use on individuals' social anxiety. With a general basis of the three-stage model of interactive media use for health promotion, we conducted a cross-sectional online survey study (N = 388) in the context of Singapore and empirically tested a mediation pathway linking Instagram use to social anxiety. The results indicated that Instagram use did not directly increase social anxiety. Instead, social comparison, a proximal outcome, and self-esteem, an intermediate outcome played mediating roles, supporting the complete mediation effects. This finding provides important theoretical and practical implications for the design of health campaigns and education in this digital era to enhance the positive effect of social media on health and emotional well-being.