Upward social comparison and social anxiety among Chinese college students: a chain-mediation model of relative deprivation and rumination
| Autor: | Lijuan Xu, Li Li |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2024 |
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| Zdroj: | Frontiers in Psychology, Vol 15 (2024) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1664-1078 64423859 |
| DOI: | 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1430539 |
| Popis: | BackgroundSocial anxiety has consistently emerged as a prominent manifestation of mental health issues among college students. Though the relationship between upward social comparison and social anxiety has been extensively addressed in previous literature, little attention has been paid to the underlying mechanisms at play.ObjectiveThe present study used a questionnaire survey to test whether upward social comparison may be associated with social anxiety in Chinese college students. The mediating role of relative deprivation and rumination was also examined.MethodsIn total, 463 college students were recruited to complete four scales, including the Upward Social Comparison Scale, the Relative Deprivation Scale, the Ruminative Thinking Scale, and the Social Anxiety Scale.ResultsThe results show that upward social comparison was significantly positively correlated with relative deprivation, rumination, and social anxiety (r = 0.30, 0.31, and 0.27, respectively; p |
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