Who compares and despairs? The effect of social comparison orientation on social media use and its outcomes

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 86, Issue , 2015, Pages 249-256

  Vogel, Erin A ^a   Rose, Jason P ^a   Okdie, Bradley M ^b   Eckles, Katheryn ^a   Franz, Brittany ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Facebook; Social comparison; Social media; Social networks; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84932651088     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2015.06.026     Document Type: Article

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