Social Comparison and Self-Presentation on Social Media as Predictors of Depressive Symptoms
Social media, an online arena for social behaviors such as self-presentation and social comparison, may have effects on users’ mood and mental health. Favorably presenting oneself is linked to positive outcomes such as higher self-esteem, whereas social comparison, in general and specifically upward...
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Scholarship @ Claremont
2016
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| Online Access: | http://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/756 http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1801&context=scripps_theses |