Emotion regulation and the mediating effect of social comparison on passive social media use and depressive symptoms

• Main Author: Canlas, Paula Francesca R.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2023
• Subjects: Social media; Mental health; Clinical Psychology
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etdm_psych/43; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/context/etdm_psych/article/1040/viewcontent/2023_Canlas_Emotion_regulation_and_the_mediating_effect_of_social_comparison_Full_text.pdf
• Institution: De La Salle University

Social media use has been rapidly growing, as has research on its effects on mental health. This study in particular sought to determine if Passive Social Media Use (PSMU) leads to more severe depressive symptoms through Upward Social Comparison (USC), and if Cognitive Reappraisal (CR) moderates the...