Subjective well-being and social media use: Do personality traits moderate the impact of social comparison on Facebook?

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 63, Issue , 2016, Pages 813-822

  Gerson, Jennifer ^a   Plagnol, Anke C ^a   Corr, Philip J ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eudaimonic well being; Facebook; Life satisfaction; Personality; Social comparison; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

ASSOCIATION REACTIONS; DIGITAL STORAGE; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); SURVEYS;

FACEBOOK; LIFE SATISFACTION; PERSONALITY; SOCIAL COMPARISON; WELL BEING;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REINFORCEMENT; REWARD; SOCIAL MEDIA; WELLBEING;

EID: 84975475325     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2016.06.023     Document Type: Article

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