Science of Emotion and Sensibility (감성과학)

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Instagram User's Contingent Self-Esteem and Depression: A Mediating Role of Upward Social Comparison

인스타그램 이용자의 조건부 자아존중감이 우울 경험에 미치는 영향: 인스타그램 내 상향 비교의 매개효과를 중심으로

  • 조성윤 (광운대학교 산업심리학과) ;
  • 노환호 (광운대학교 산업심리학과) ;
  • 이병관 (광운대학교 산업심리학과) ;
  • 임혜빈 (광운대학교 산업심리학과)
  • Received : 2020.08.24
  • Accepted : 2020.09.18
  • Published : 2020.09.30
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Abstract

Contingent self-esteem can be maintained by meeting the standards of social or introjected values. This study investigated whether social media-related contingent self-esteem was associated with depression in Instagram users; in a sample of 319 Instagram users, we examined the effect of contingent self-esteem on depression and the mediating effect of upward social comparison on this theorized relationship. The study findings indicated that higher contingent self-esteem predicted higher levels of depression for a week in Instagram users, which could be explained by the upward social comparisons made on this application, and showed that Instagram users with higher contingent self-esteem tended to compare themselves with other users they considered superior, thereby increasing their depression. This study provided evidence for the mechanism underlying the association between using social media and psychological well-being and indicated the vulnerability of contingent self-esteem within the social media context. Other implications and future research directions were also discussed.

조건부 자아존중감은 외재적 동기에 부합할 때 조건적으로 유지되는 자아존중감이다. 본 연구는 인스타그램 이용자의 조건부 자아존중감이 우울감에 미치는 영향을 알아보고자 수행되었다. 인스타그램 이용자 319명을 대상으로 온라인 설문조사를 수행하였으며, 인스타그램에서의 상향비교의 간접효과를 검증하는 매개 모형을 검증하기 위한 분석을 수행하였다. 연구 결과, 인스타그램 이용자들의 조건부 자아존중감이 높을수록 일주일간 경험하는 우울 경험이 높았으며, 이는 인스타그램 내 상향 비교에 의해 설명되었다. 이는 조건부 자아존중감이 높은 이용자일수록 인스타그램에서 자신보다 우월해 보이는 이용자와 자주 비교하며 이로 인해 더 우울해진다는 점을 시사한다. 본 연구는 SNS 이용자의 우울감에 영향을 미치는 요인의 개인차 변인을 탐색하기 위한 목적에서 수행되었으며 본 연구에서 확인한 결과를 바탕으로 SNS 이용자의 우울감에 대한 기존 연구를 확장한 의의를 논의하였다.

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