Yuan Mengmeng, Sun Yan, Wang Yijin, Yu Lei
School of Psychology, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian, Liaoning, China.
Dev Psychopathol. 2025 Aug;37(3):1685-1693. doi: 10.1017/S0954579424001913. Epub 2025 Jan 9.
There is a lack of longitudinal data on the relationship between upward social comparison on social network sites (SNSs) and depression and its underlying mechanisms. Therefore, this study aimed to examine the relationship between upward social comparison on social network sites and depression and analyze the mediating effects of self-concept clarity and self-esteem in this relationship. We employed a two-wave longitudinal design among 1179 Chinese middle school students. The results indicated that : upward social comparison on SNSs predicted middle school students' depression; Self-concept clarity and self-esteem sequentially mediated the relationship between upward social comparison on SNSs and middle school students' subsequent depression. These results suggested that three types of interventions could be effectively used to decrease the risk of depression among middle school students.
关于社交网站上的向上社会比较与抑郁之间的关系及其潜在机制，缺乏纵向数据。因此，本研究旨在探讨社交网站上的向上社会比较与抑郁之间的关系，并分析自我概念清晰度和自尊在这种关系中的中介作用。我们对1179名中国中学生采用了两波纵向设计。结果表明：社交网站上的向上社会比较预测了中学生的抑郁；自我概念清晰度和自尊依次中介了社交网站上的向上社会比较与中学生随后的抑郁之间的关系。这些结果表明，可以有效地采用三种类型的干预措施来降低中学生患抑郁症的风险。
