Relationship social comparisons: Your facebook page affects my relationship and personal well-being

Morry, Marian M.; Sucharyna, Tamara A.; Petty, Sarah K.

doi:10.1016/j.chb.2018.01.038

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“…After artifact rejection, the average numbers of survived trials was 49/49 (for the likeable/dislikeable player) in the GL condition, 50/48 in the GG condition, 48/47 in the LL condition and 49/47 in the LG condition. Across participants, the percentage of valid trial was between 73.4 and 78.1% and was sufficient to detect the mean amplitudes of ERP components ( Cohen and Polich, 1997 ; Marco-Pallares et al. , 2011 ).…”

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Context-based interpersonal relationship modulates social comparison between outcomes: an event-related potential study

Zhang

Ming

et al. 2021

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

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Social comparison is a common behavior that largely determines people’s experience of decision outcome. Previous research has showed that interpersonal relationship plays a pivotal role in social comparison. In the current study, we investigated whether the manipulation of context-based relationship would affect participants’ comparison of self-outcome and other-outcome. Participants first finished a trust game with likeable (dislikeable) partner and then they were involved in a gambling task and observed the outcomes for themselves and for partners. According to self-reports, participants were more satisfied with likeable partner’s gains than losses only when they received gains, but they were always more satisfied with dislikeable player’s losses compared to gains. Event-related potentials including the feedback-related negativity (FRN), P3 and late positive component (LPC) were sensitive to context-based relationship. Specifically, the prediction error signal (indexed by the FRN) was largest when participants received losses but dislikeable player received gains. Meanwhile, the P3 indicates that participants had stronger motivation to outperform dislikeable player. Finally, the LPC was larger when participants received the same outcomes with dislikeable players. In general, our results support the key point of the self-evaluation maintenance model that personal closeness modulates subjective sensitivity when drawing a comparison of one’s outcomes with other’s outcomes.

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Context-based interpersonal relationship modulates social comparison between outcomes: an event-related potential study

Zhang

Ming

et al. 2021

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

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“…It is cause for concern, then, that research has largely found upward comparisons on SNSs to be associated with negative psycho-emotional consequences, including feelings of jealously, envy, and anxiety (Fox & Moreland, 2015;Lim & Yang, 2015), increased depressive symptoms (Feinstein et al, 2013), low self-esteem (Vogel et al, 2014), high negative affect (Vogel et al, 2015), and low positive affect (de Vries et al, 2018). An explicit example of this 'compare and despair' phenomenon in an identity-relevant domain was highlighted by Morry et al (2018), who in their study regarding romantic relationship social comparisons on Facebook found that negative emotions following upward comparisons predicted lower life satisfaction, lower relationship satisfaction, lower relationship commitment, and lower feelings of interpersonal closeness with their partner. Negative self-evaluations in identity-relevant domains not only have a detrimental effect upon one's emotions, often leading to maladaptive behaviour, but can also disturb identity exploration (Harter, 2012;Tsang et al, 2012).…”

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Compare and despair or compare and explore? Instagram social comparisons of ability and opinion predict adolescent identity development

Noon

2020

Cyberpsychology

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Whilst there is an emerging literature concerning social comparisons on social networking sites (SNSs), very little is known about the extent to which such behaviours inform adolescent identity. Drawing upon the three-factor model of identity development (Crocetti, Rubini & Meeus, 2008), this study seeks to determine the relationship between Instagram comparisons of ability and opinion and three identity processes: commitment, in-depth exploration, and reconsideration of commitment. 177 British adolescents responded to a paper survey (Mage = 15.45; Female, 54.8%) between December 2018 and February 2019. Instagram social comparisons of ability were positively associated with commitment and in-depth exploration, whilst their relationship with reconsideration of commitment was moderated by gender. In contrast, Instagram social comparisons of opinion were positively related with in-depth exploration and reconsideration of commitment. Findings suggest that although both forms of social comparison behaviour may evoke adolescents to explore their identity, Instagram social comparisons of ability may have less maladaptive identity implications for adolescent males.

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“…1 Secondly, social media users may experience negative upward social comparison. 8 In the UK, for example, 57% of 16-25 year-olds reported that social media creates an "overwhelming pressure" to succeed; while 46% reported that comparing their lives to their friends on social media made them feel "inadequate". 9 This is also a global phenomenon.…”

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#StateOfMind: Family Meal Frequency Moderates the Association Between Time on Social Networking Sites and Well-Being Among U.K. Young Adults

Jagtiani

Kelly

Shelton

et al. 2019

Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking

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Family belonging may influence relationships between the amount of time spent on social networking sites (SNS) and well-being. We examined the SNS and well-being association among young adults and investigated whether different markers of family belonging moderated this association. MethodsSNS, well-being and family data (n=2229) was collected from adults aged 16-21 years living with their parent(s) in the UK. Participants were classed as non-users (0 hours/weekday spent chatting or interacting with friends through social websites), moderate-(non-zero to 4 hours/weekday) or heavy-users (4+ hours/weekday). Multivariable linear regressions examined the SNS use and well-being associations; interaction terms tested whether these varied by family belonging (family meal frequency, strength of family support, and importance of family to personal identity). ResultsWell-being scores were lower for heavy-users of SNS compared to moderate-users (p=0.044), and for those sharing few or no family meals (p<0.001). The SNS use and wellbeing association was significantly moderated by family meal frequency (p=0.009). Among those reporting no family meals, well-being scores were lower for heavy-users vs. non-users (22.4 vs. 25.3). Well-being scores were similar across the SNS use categories among those having more family meals. ConclusionsAmong heavy-users of SNS, young adults having no family meals may be particularly vulnerable to the harms of being online. Our findings highlight the importance of minimizing the harms of heavy SNS use, including support for families to enable them to develop and build young adults' resilience to the stresses and anxieties that potentially accompany online social networking.

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Relationship social comparisons: Your facebook page affects my relationship and personal well-being

Cited by 20 publications

References 46 publications

Context-based interpersonal relationship modulates social comparison between outcomes: an event-related potential study

Context-based interpersonal relationship modulates social comparison between outcomes: an event-related potential study

Compare and despair or compare and explore? Instagram social comparisons of ability and opinion predict adolescent identity development

#StateOfMind: Family Meal Frequency Moderates the Association Between Time on Social Networking Sites and Well-Being Among U.K. Young Adults

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