This paper takes college students as the main research object to explore the relationship between upward social comparison and subjective well-being,the mediating role of the type of envy(benign envy and ma-licious envy),and the moderating role of self-esteem in upward social comparison.It is expected to arouse the at-tention of college educators on college students'social comparison and envy psychology,so as to guide college students to compete effectively and moderately;furthermore,it calls on college students to maintain a good attitude toward the dynamic information released on social networking sites during the rapid development of the Internet at the moment.By reducing the negative emotions brought by upward social comparison and cherishing what you have,it provides theoretical guidance for the prevention and initervenition practice of individual mental health to im-prove the subjective well-being of college students.
upward social comparisonsubjective well-beingself-esteembenign envymalicious envy