Using Social Media for Social Comparison and Feedback-Seeking: Gender and Popularity Moderate Associations with Depressive Symptoms

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1427-1438

  Nesi, Jacqueline ^a   Prinstein, Mitchell J ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Depressive symptoms; Interpersonal feedback seeking; Social comparison; Social media; Technology

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL MEDIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL MEDIA;

EID: 84944279880     PISSN: 00910627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10802-015-0020-0     Document Type: Article

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