Upward comparisons—spotting the gap between who I am and who I aspire to be—often lead to dissatisfaction. People scroll for ...

How and Why Social Media Affect Subjective Well-Being: Multi-Site Use and Social Comparison as Predictors of Change Across Time. Journal of Happiness Studies , 2020; DOI: 10.1007/s10902-020-00291 ...

Opinion-based comparison via social media can, in fact, improve well-being and feelings of optimism and inspiration, as Sun Young Park and Young Min Baek found in a 2018 study. Therefore, rather than ...

But, surprisingly people felt worse after spending time on social media.” The study found this was due to social comparison, the act of comparing oneself to others. Even relatively little time spent ...

This social comparison is linked, among other things, to lower self-esteem and higher social anxiety. Many people share only positive moments in their lives on social media. (Shutterstock) ...

The more you compare yourself to others, especially via social media, the more negative headspace you create for yourself. And while we won't log off our several social media sites forever, there ...

The Comparison Trap You know those people who have more than you—money, acclaim, looks, whatever? The spike of envy they trigger is natural, and social media is primed to amp it up.

How we did our research. To figure out why people complain so much on social media, we analysed negative posts on Facebook about brands caught up in media controversies at the time.

The Negative Effects of Social Media on Mental Health Not all that glitters is gold and unfortunately, there are more than a ...