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August 8, 2025Frontiers in PsychologyOpen Access

The associations between social comparison on social media and young adults’ mental health

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JBJustine Le Blanc-BrillonJFJean-Simon FortinLLLivia Lafrance

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Overview

Observational study reveals that social media engagement affects self-esteem and depressive symptoms, indicating concern for mental health.

Key Points

  • Social comparisons on social media negatively impact global self-esteem and increase depressive symptoms.
  • Study 1 found a mediating effect of upward comparisons on the relationship between Instagram use and lower self-esteem.
  • Study 2 expanded the findings by including multiple social networking sites and their effects on mental health.
  • These results highlight the complexities of social media use and its adverse psychological consequences.

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Blanc-Brillon et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68af2b63cf1dd9ea359e49f3https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1597241
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