Glancing up or down: Mood management and selective social comparisons on social networking sites

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Highlights：

• We tracked social network site browsing after inducing negative or positive mood.

• The site featured upward or downward social comparison targets on two dimensions.

• Negative moods led to less upward and more downward social comparison exposure.

• Mood effect appeared for both career success and physical appearance comparisons.

• Results suggest online social comparisons facilitate mood management.

摘要

•We tracked social network site browsing after inducing negative or positive mood.•The site featured upward or downward social comparison targets on two dimensions.•Negative moods led to less upward and more downward social comparison exposure.•Mood effect appeared for both career success and physical appearance comparisons.•Results suggest online social comparisons facilitate mood management.

论文关键词：Social networking sites,Mood management,Selective exposure,Social comparison,Self-enhancement

论文评审过程：Available online 28 September 2014.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2014.09.009