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Social Media Social Comparison of Ability (but not Opinion) Predicts Lower Identity Clarity: Identity Processing Style as a Mediator

Yang, Chia-chen, Holden, Sean M., Carter, Mollie D. K.·2018·Journal of Youth and Adolescence

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Social comparison on social media has received increasing attention, but most research has focused on one type of social comparison and its psycho-emotional implications. Little is known about how different types of social comparison influence youth's identity development. Drawing on the theories of identity processing styles and social comparison, we examined how two different forms of social comparison on social media related to three identity processing styles, which in turn predicted youth's global self-esteem and identity clarity. We surveyed 219 college freshmen (M age = 18.29; 74% female) once in the Fall and once in the Spring. Social comparison of ability on social media was related to concurrent diffuse-avoidant identity processing style, which predicted lower identity clarity months later. In contrast, social comparison of opinion on social media did not influence college freshmen's global self-esteem and identity clarity through identity processing styles. The findings clarified the implications of online social comparison for youth's identity development.

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Authors: Yang, C.-C., Holden, S. M., & Carter, M. D. K.
Affiliations: University of Memphis (US)
Corresponding author: Yang, Chia-chen
ORCID: Yang, Chia-chen
Carter, Mollie D. K.
Venue: Journal of Youth and Adolescence
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published: 2018-01-11
Volume: 47
Issue: 10
Pages: 2114-2128
ISSN: 0047-2891 (ISSN-L)
1573-6601
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-017-0801-6
OpenAlex: W2784285102
Cited by: 133
References: 79
Citations by year: 2026: 6 · 2025: 15 · 2024: 28 · 2023: 20 · 2022: 14 · 2021: 14 · 2020: 25 · 2019: 8 · 2018: 3
FWCI: 28.45
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
Locations: Journal of Youth and Adolescence (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Impact of Technology on Adolescents
Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Identity, Memory, and Therapy
Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
Keywords: social comparison, social media, identity processing styles, self-esteem, university students, identity construction
MeSH terms: Adolescent, Adolescent Behavior, Attitude, Female, Humans, Male, Surveys and Questionnaires, Self Concept, Social Identification, United States, Universities, Social Media

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