How Does Social Comparison Influence Chinese Adolescents’ Flourishing through Short Videos?
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. Social Media Social Comparison and Flourishing
1.2. Social Media Use Integration as a Mediator
1.3. The Present Study
2. Method
2.1. Participants
2.2. Measurement
2.3. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
Measurement Model
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Characteristics | Percentage (%) |
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Gender | |
Female | 49% |
Male | 51% |
Parental Marital Status | |
Not married | 21% |
Married | 79% |
Academic Grade Ranking | |
Lower than the top 20% | 73% |
Top 20% | 27% |
Hours watching short videos on weekdays | |
NA | 46% |
0.5–1.5 h | 38% |
2–3 h | 10% |
>3 h | 6% |
Hours watching short videos on weekends | |
NA | 23% |
0.5–1.5 h | 51% |
2–3 h | 18% |
>3 h | 8% |
Predictors | ->SMSC-A | ->SMSC-O | ->ISR | ->SIEC | ->FLO | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SMSC-A | 0.21 *** | 0.33 *** | −0.07 | |||||||||||
SMSC-O | 0.32 *** | 0.20 *** | 0.08 | |||||||||||
ISR | 0.16 *** | |||||||||||||
SIEC | −0.16 *** | |||||||||||||
Control Variables Self-esteem | 0.26 *** | 0.15 *** | 0.00 | 0.08 | −0.33 *** | |||||||||
Male | 0.07 | 0.01 | −0.00 | 0.08 | 0.04 | |||||||||
Married | 0.07 | −0.04 | −0.01 | −0.02 | 0.11 * | |||||||||
Age (years) | −0.00 | 0.04 | 0.03 | −0.02 | −0.05 | |||||||||
Academic ranking—upper 20% | 0.06 | −0.00 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.10 | |||||||||
SVWD | 0.00 | −0.07 | 0.01 | −0.00 | −0.07 | |||||||||
SVWE | −0.00 | 0.05 | 0.24 *** | 0.25 *** | 0.05 | |||||||||
Sleeping hours | −0.10 | −0.09 | −0.08 | 0.00 | 0.16 *** | |||||||||
Factor loadings for indicators of the latent variable | ||||||||||||||
Flourishing-> | F1 | F2 | F3 | F4 | F5 | F6 | F7 | F8 | F9 | F10 | F11 | F12 | F13 | F14 |
Factor loading | 0.72 *** | 0.75 *** | 0.43 *** | 0.54 *** | 0.42 *** | 0.67 *** | 0.68 *** | 0.69 *** | 0.81 *** | 0.75 *** | 0.68 *** | 0.78 *** | 0.78 *** | 0.67 *** |
Model-fit index | ||||||||||||||
RMSEA = 0.057, with 90% CI = (0.05−0.06) | ||||||||||||||
CFI = 92; TLI = 90 |
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Guo, S.; Bi, K.; Zhang, L.; Jiang, H. How Does Social Comparison Influence Chinese Adolescents’ Flourishing through Short Videos? Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 8093. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19138093
Guo S, Bi K, Zhang L, Jiang H. How Does Social Comparison Influence Chinese Adolescents’ Flourishing through Short Videos? International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(13):8093. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19138093
Chicago/Turabian StyleGuo, Sijia, Kun Bi, Liwei Zhang, and He Jiang. 2022. "How Does Social Comparison Influence Chinese Adolescents’ Flourishing through Short Videos?" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 13: 8093. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19138093