A comparison of social media behaviors between sexual minorities and heterosexual individuals

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Highlights：

• Twitter use and downward social comparisons are the primary social media behaviors associated with the sexual minority group.

• Sexual minorities may benefit learning how excessive social media use affects mental health and from methods to decrease use.

• By increasing conscious awareness, negative psychological effects linked with prolonged social media use may be deterred.

摘要

•Twitter use and downward social comparisons are the primary social media behaviors associated with the sexual minority group.•Sexual minorities may benefit learning how excessive social media use affects mental health and from methods to decrease use.•By increasing conscious awareness, negative psychological effects linked with prolonged social media use may be deterred.

论文关键词：Sexual minority,LGBQ,Social media,Downward social comparisons

论文评审过程：Received 15 May 2020, Revised 12 October 2020, Accepted 18 November 2020, Available online 23 November 2020, Version of Record 27 November 2020.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2020.106638