The purpose of the authors was determine the effects of Facebook on self-perception and what factors determine the individual’s susceptibility to negative social outcomes.
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Social networking sites (SNSs) such as Facebook are famed for giving off the impression (which is often wrong) that other people are living the best of their lives. With that said, this information impacts how others perceived themselves and evokes negative self-perceptions through social comparison. Negative self-perception is a significant predictor of depressive symptoms. Emerging adults are the very focus on this study not only because this particular age group uses social media intensively, but also self-perception is a primary task …show more content…
Authors found out that a more intense Facebook use was positively related to negative social comparison with p=.000, negative social comparison predicted lower self-perceived social competence (p=.023) and lower self-perceived physical attractiveness (p=.000). Additionally, self-perceived social competence and self-perceived physical attractiveness are positively associated r=.184 and p=.007. This statistics indicated that the relationship between Facebook use and self-perception was fully mediated by negative social comparison. Moreover, the results also demonstrated that Facebook use was less strongly related to negative social comparison at higher levels of life satisfaction than at lower level of life satisfaction (p=.000). Finally, after inspecting the covariates (age, gender, life satisfaction, and the two dummy variables for nationality) a significant effect of age on self-perceived social competence (p=.002) and self-perceived physical attractiveness (p=.000) was …show more content…
The study was conducted in the University of Amsterdam and involved a total of 231 participants age 18 to 25 with 69% of samples were female and 78% Bulgarian nationality. Participants were assessed using the Facebook Intensity Scale to examine intensity of facebook use, Harter’s Self-Perception Profile for Adolescents to assessed self-perceived social competence and physical appearance, and five-item Satisfaction with Life Scale to measures global cognitive judgements of satisfaction with the own life. Results demonstrated Facebook use was positively related to negative social comparison with p=.000. In addition, negative social comparison predicted lower self-perceived social competence (p=.023) and lower self-perceived physical attractiveness (p=.000). Study also revealed that self-perceived social competence and self-perceived physical attractiveness are positively associated r=.184 and p=.007. Furthermore, the results indicated Facebook use was less strongly related to negative social comparison at higher levels of life satisfaction
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Social networking sites (SNSs) such as Facebook are famed for giving off the impression (which is often wrong) that other people are living the best of their lives. With that said, this information impacts how others perceived themselves and evokes negative self-perceptions through social comparison. Negative self-perception is a significant predictor of depressive symptoms. Emerging adults are the very focus on this study not only because this particular age group uses social media intensively, but also self-perception is a primary task …show more content…
Authors found out that a more intense Facebook use was positively related to negative social comparison with p=.000, negative social comparison predicted lower self-perceived social competence (p=.023) and lower self-perceived physical attractiveness (p=.000). Additionally, self-perceived social competence and self-perceived physical attractiveness are positively associated r=.184 and p=.007. This statistics indicated that the relationship between Facebook use and self-perception was fully mediated by negative social comparison. Moreover, the results also demonstrated that Facebook use was less strongly related to negative social comparison at higher levels of life satisfaction than at lower level of life satisfaction (p=.000). Finally, after inspecting the covariates (age, gender, life satisfaction, and the two dummy variables for nationality) a significant effect of age on self-perceived social competence (p=.002) and self-perceived physical attractiveness (p=.000) was …show more content…
The study was conducted in the University of Amsterdam and involved a total of 231 participants age 18 to 25 with 69% of samples were female and 78% Bulgarian nationality. Participants were assessed using the Facebook Intensity Scale to examine intensity of facebook use, Harter’s Self-Perception Profile for Adolescents to assessed self-perceived social competence and physical appearance, and five-item Satisfaction with Life Scale to measures global cognitive judgements of satisfaction with the own life. Results demonstrated Facebook use was positively related to negative social comparison with p=.000. In addition, negative social comparison predicted lower self-perceived social competence (p=.023) and lower self-perceived physical attractiveness (p=.000). Study also revealed that self-perceived social competence and self-perceived physical attractiveness are positively associated r=.184 and p=.007. Furthermore, the results indicated Facebook use was less strongly related to negative social comparison at higher levels of life satisfaction