The Mediating Roles of Upward Social Comparison and Self-esteem and the Moderating Role of Social Comparison Orientation in the Association between Social Networking Site Usage and Subjective Well-Being.

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Published in Front Psychol on May 11, 2017

Authors

Jin-Liang Wang1, Hai-Zhen Wang2, James Gaskin3, Skyler Hawk4

Author Affiliations

1: Laboratory for Mental Health and Social Adaptation, School of Psychology, Southwest UniversityChongqing, China.
2: Department of Tourism and Art for Humanity, Chongqing Youth and Vocational Technical CollegeChongqing, China.
3: Marriott School of Management, Brigham Young University, ProvoUT, USA.
4: Department of Educational Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong KongHong Kong, China.

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