Social Media Use and Positive/Negative Emotions among Middle-aged and Older Adults:Mediating Effects of Upward and Downward Social Comparison
To explore the effects of social media use on positive/negative emotions and the mediating mechanism among the middle-aged and older adults,the researchers investigated 662 community residents≥45 years,with The Social Media Use Scale,The Upward and Downward Social Comparison Sub-scale,and the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule respectively.The results showed that So-cial media use positively predicted positive and negative emotions among the middle-aged and older adults,and upward social compari-son and downward social comparison mediated above relationship;Specifically,social media use enhanced one's positive emotions through increase one's tendency of upward social comparison;and enhances one's negative emotions through increase one's downward social comparison.The current study revealed that social media use has a double-edged sword effect on individual emotions and con-firmed the assimilation effect of social comparison on individual emotions among the middle-aged and adults.
middle-aged and older adultssocial media useupward social comparisondownward social comparisonpositive and neg-ative emotions
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