@article{CingelCarterKrause2022,
  author    = {Cingel, Drew and Carter, Michael C. C. and Krause, Hannes-Vincent},
  title     = {Social media and self-esteem},
  series = {Current opinion in psychology},
  volume    = {45},
  journal   = {Current opinion in psychology},
  publisher = {Elsevier},
  address   = {Amsterdam},
  issn      = {2352-250X},
  doi       = {10.1016/j.copsyc.2022.101304},
  pages     = {6},
  year      = {2022},
  abstract  = {The relationship between social media and self-esteem is complex, as studies tend to find a mixed pattern of relationships and meta-analyses tend to find small, albeit significant, magnitudes of statistical effects. One explanation is that social media use does not affect self-esteem for the majority of users, while small minorities experience either positive or negative effects, as evidenced by recent research calculating person specific within-person effects. This suggests that the true relationship between social media use and self-esteem is person-specific and based on individual susceptibilities and uses. In recognition of these advancements, we review recent empirical studies considering differential uses and moderating variables in the social media-self-esteem relationship, and conclude by discussing opportunities for future social media effects research.},
  language  = {en}
}