Self-concept clarity and envy as mediators between upward social comparison on social networking sites and subjective well-being.

IF 2.6 3区心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL

British Journal of Developmental Psychology Pub Date : 2024-12-13 DOI:10.1111/bjdp.12538

Xiang Niu, Li-Xing Gou, Ying Han, Xuan Zhou, Jin-Liang Wang

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Abstract

The popularity of social networking sites increases opportunities for upward social comparison, potentially affecting individuals' subjective well-being. However, research on how this comparison impacts well-being's sub-components (i.e., positive affect, negative affect, and life satisfaction) is scarce. This study, based on social comparison theory and the full theoretical construct of subjective well-being, explores these relationships and their mechanisms. A total of 970 Chinese youth participants (M_age = 19.42 years, SD = 2.01) completed self-report measures. The results showed that the independent mediating effect of envy and the chain mediating effect of self-concept clarity and envy contributed to all three models. In addition, the independent mediating effect of self-concept clarity only contributed to the model for negative affect. This study emphasizes that the construct of envy mediates the effect of upward social comparison on the sub-components of subjective well-being and further demonstrates a strong impact of upward social comparison on negative affect.

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自我概念清晰度和嫉妒是社交网站上向上社会比较与主观幸福感之间的中介。

社交网站的流行增加了向上社会比较的机会，潜在地影响了个人的主观幸福感。然而，关于这种比较如何影响幸福的子成分（即积极影响，消极影响和生活满意度）的研究很少。本研究基于社会比较理论和主观幸福感的完整理论构建，探讨了这些关系及其机制。共有970名中国青年参与者（Mage = 19.42岁，SD = 2.01）完成了自我报告测量。结果表明，嫉妒的独立中介效应以及自我概念清晰和嫉妒的连锁中介效应对三个模型都有贡献。此外，自我概念清晰度的独立中介作用仅对负性情绪模型有贡献。本研究强调了嫉妒的结构在向上社会比较对主观幸福感子成分的影响中起中介作用，并进一步证明了向上社会比较对消极情绪的强烈影响。

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British Journal of Developmental Psychology PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL-

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