Facebook and people's state self-esteem: The impact of the number of other users' Facebook friends

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Highlights：

• Two experiments examined whether upward and downward comparison processes on Facebook influence people's state self-esteem.

• Participants were exposed to mock-up Facebook profiles of targets with many or few Facebook friends.

• However, this manipulation had no significant impact on people's state self-esteem.

摘要

•Two experiments examined whether upward and downward comparison processes on Facebook influence people's state self-esteem.•Participants were exposed to mock-up Facebook profiles of targets with many or few Facebook friends.•However, this manipulation had no significant impact on people's state self-esteem.

论文关键词：Facebook,Social comparison,Upward comparison,Downward comparison,Self-esteem

论文评审过程：Received 13 November 2015, Revised 2 February 2016, Accepted 4 February 2016, Available online 12 February 2016, Version of Record 12 February 2016.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2016.02.005