The association between passive social network usage and depression/negative emotions with envy as a mediator.

ABSTRACT: This study aimed to investigate the relationships between passive social network usage (PSNU) and depression/negative emotions over time with the mediating role of envy among Vietnamese adolescents. First, it revealed that PSNU had a simultaneous effect on depression/negative emotions as well as at different time points, indicating that social network site behaviors can predict psychological states over time (explained by the social comparison theory). Second, the autoregressive effect also confirmed a potential reciprocal relationship between PSNU and depression, whereas PSNU appeared to have an impact on negative emotions but not the other way around. Specifically, depression at Time 1 was positively associated with PSNU at Time 2, whereas negative emotions did not exhibit a similar patt

SUBMITTER: Cheng W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10284842 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature