Upward social comparison and depression in social network settings

Li, Yongzhan

doi:10.1108/intr-09-2017-0358

Cited by 81 publications

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“…A more recent study (Li, 2019) reports that self-efficacy moderated the effect of upward social comparison on depressive symptoms as well as the effect of envy on depressive symptoms. Self-efficacy has also been investigated in the context of the dark side of social media; those with greater self-efficacy suffered from greater social media fatigue (Bright et al, 2015).…”

Section: Moderating Role Of Multitasking Computer Self-efficacymentioning

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Does multitasking computer self-efficacy mitigate the impact of social media affordances on overload and fatigue among professionals?

Islam

Whelan

Brooks

2020

ITP

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PurposeThis paper investigates the moderating role of multitasking computer self-efficacy on the relationship between social media affordances and social media overload as well as its moderation between social media overload and social media fatigue.Design/methodology/approachThe authors hypothesize that social media affordances will have a positive impact on social media overload (i.e. information and communication overload). They also hypothesize that social media overload will affect social media fatigue. In addition, they hypothesize that multitasking computer self-efficacy will attenuate the effect of social media affordances on both information overload and communication overload. Similarly, they also hypothesize that multitasking computer self-efficacy will attenuate the effects of both information overload and communication overload on fatigue. The authors test this model by collecting two-wave data from 220 professionals using PLS techniques.FindingsSocial media affordances have significant impacts on information overload, but not on communication overload. In turn, information overload and communication overload significantly affect social media fatigue. Multitasking computer self-efficacy was found to attenuate the effect of social media affordances on both information overload and communication overload. Furthermore, the study results suggest that multitasking computer self-efficacy attenuates the effect of information overload and reinforces the effect of communication overload on social media fatigue.Originality/valueMost prior literature focused on students rather than on professionals. There is a lack of research that investigates how the affordances of social media relate to social media overload and fatigue. Furthermore, research that investigates mitigating mechanisms of social media fatigue has been rare. This paper fills these important research gaps.

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Section: Moderating Role Of Multitasking Computer Self-efficacymentioning

confidence: 96%

Does multitasking computer self-efficacy mitigate the impact of social media affordances on overload and fatigue among professionals?

Islam

Whelan

Brooks

2020

ITP

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“…Social media helps employees in communicating with others and feeling a bit relaxed form the tiring task performance at the work place (Ou and Davison, 2011). However, the habit of using social media at workplace can result in various problems like distracting an employee from performing tasks and causing time wastage (Bright and Logan, 2018;Li, 2019;Turel et al, 2019). Thus, the present study tries to dig out the negative impacts of excessive social media usage on Performance of employees.…”

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confidence: 97%

Social Media Usage, Overload and Exhaustion: A Performance Perspective

Kamal

Rabbani

Samdani

et al. 2020

IRMM

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This study is focused on investigating the negative consequences of social media usage at work through overloads that are a cause of exhaustion and ultimately impact performance. Performance of employee is taken as criterion of exhaustion. Three categories of overloads social overload, communication overload and information overloads serve as mechanism of negative consequences of social media during working hours. A sample of 300 employees of telecom sector of Pakistan contributed in the study. Data was analyzed by using partial least squares structural equation modelling technique. Results revealed that excessive use of social media positively influence information, communication and social overload. Information and communication overload were also found to have an enhanced effect on exhaustion of social media while social overload could not. Performance of employee was also found to be negatively influenced by exhaustion of social media. Study limitations and future directions are also discussed.

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“…In this paper, we consider whether a person's proneness toward boredom is a stressor which triggers feelings of overload and fatigue. The insights gained from this study help advance our knowledge and understanding of problematic Internet usage (Bright and Logan, 2018;Li, 2019;Salo et al, 2018;Turel et al, 2019). The ability to develop evidence-based interventions and solutions is compromised as existing research has largely overlooked the connection between boredom, social media use, and social media overload (Cao and Sun, 2018).…”

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Is boredom proneness related to social media overload and fatigue? A stress–strain–outcome approach

Whelan

Islam

Brooks

2020

INTR

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PurposeSocial media overload and fatigue have become common phenomena that are negatively affecting people's well-being and productivity. It is, therefore, important to understand the causes of social media overload and fatigue. One of the reasons why many people engage with social media is to avoid boredom. Thus, the purpose of this paper is to investigate how boredom proneness relates to social media overload and fatigue.Design/methodology/approachBuilding on the stress–strain–outcome framework, this paper tests a model hypothesizing the relationships between a social media user's boredom proneness, information and communication overload, and social media fatigue. The study tests the model by collecting data from 286 social media users.FindingsThe results suggest a strong association between boredom proneness and both information and communication overload, which, in turn, are strongly associated with social media fatigue. In addition, social media usage was found to amplify the effects of information overload on social media fatigue, but, unexpectedly, attenuates the effects of communication overload.Originality/valuePrior research has largely overlooked the connection between boredom and problematic social media use. The present study addresses this important gap by developing and testing a research model relating boredom proneness to social media overload and fatigue.

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Upward social comparison and depression in social network settings

Cited by 81 publications

References 55 publications

Does multitasking computer self-efficacy mitigate the impact of social media affordances on overload and fatigue among professionals?

Does multitasking computer self-efficacy mitigate the impact of social media affordances on overload and fatigue among professionals?

Social Media Usage, Overload and Exhaustion: A Performance Perspective

Is boredom proneness related to social media overload and fatigue? A stress–strain–outcome approach

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