Burnell Kaitlyn, Trekels Jolien, Prinstein Mitchell J, Telzer Eva H
Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC USA.
Affect Sci. 2024 May 30;5(4):295-299. doi: 10.1007/s42761-024-00240-6. eCollection 2024 Dec.
Adolescents are developmentally motivated to engage in social comparisons, and social media platforms provide abundant social information that facilitate comparisons. Despite the potential to trigger immediate emotional responses, little research has examined the day-to-day naturalistic occurrence of these comparisons and coinciding effects. Across fourteen days, 94 adolescents (51% female, = 16.47) reported how their life compared to others' lives on social media three times per day. Lateral comparisons were far more common than upward or downward comparisons and were not consistently correlated with self-evaluations (self-esteem, social connectedness, appearance satisfaction). Overall depressive symptoms was a risk factor for engaging in upward comparisons. When adolescents reported engaging in upward (relative to downward) comparisons at a given time point, they reported poorer self-esteem. When adolescents reported engaging in downward (relative to lateral) comparisons at a given time point, they reported greater self-esteem. Although rare, directional comparisons have in-the-moment associations with self-evaluations.
青少年在成长过程中具有进行社会比较的动机，而社交媒体平台提供了丰富的社会信息，便于进行比较。尽管这些比较有可能引发即时的情绪反应，但很少有研究考察这些比较在日常生活中的自然发生情况以及相应的影响。在十四天的时间里，94名青少年（51%为女性，平均年龄=16.47岁）每天三次报告他们在社交媒体上与他人生活的比较情况。横向比较远比向上或向下比较更为常见，并且与自我评估（自尊、社会联系、外表满意度）没有持续的相关性。总体抑郁症状是进行向上比较的一个风险因素。当青少年报告在特定时间点进行向上（相对于向下）比较时，他们报告的自尊水平较低。当青少年报告在特定时间点进行向下（相对于横向）比较时，他们报告的自尊水平较高。尽管很少见，但方向性比较与自我评估存在即时关联。
