TY  - JOUR
A1  - Cingel, Drew
A1  - Carter, Michael C. C.
A1  - Krause, Hannes-Vincent
T1  - Social media and self-esteem
JF  - Current opinion in psychology
N2  - 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.
KW  - Social media
KW  - Self-esteem
KW  - Social comparison
KW  - Social feedback
KW  - Self-reflection
Y1  - 2022
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2022.101304
SN  - 2352-250X
SN  - 2352-2518
VL  - 45
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  -