#Blessed

Autor(en)

Stella Kaminger, Leopold Helmut Otto Roth, Anton Rupert Laireiter

Abstrakt

Introduction: The role of dispositional gratitude as a positive psychological resource and prosocial personality trait in real life interactions militates in favor of its introduction to the research field of social media. Methods: Based on a literature review of the previously studied relationship of dispositional gratitude with social comparison and envy in offline settings, a twofold moderation model was proposed and quantitatively tested in a cross-sectional sample of N = 268 Instagram users aged between 18 and 40 years. Additionally, the dual conceptualization of benign and malicious envy was scrutinized by validating its respective connections with affective outcomes and inspiration on Instagram. Results and discussion: Dispositional gratitude serves as a protective factor when using Instagram by significantly mitigating the relationship of social comparison and malicious as well as general envy on Instagram. Furthermore, the results support the more nuanced understanding of envy as a dual construct in the face of social media use.

Organisation(en)

Institut für Arbeits-, Wirtschafts- und Sozialpsychologie

Externe Organisation(en)

Universität Wien, Paris-Lodron Universität Salzburg

Journal

Frontiers in Psychology

Band

14

ISSN

1664-1078

DOI

https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1159999

Publikationsdatum

2023

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ÖFOS 2012

501012 Medienpsychologie

Schlagwörter

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Allgemeine Psychologie

Link zum Portal

https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/076f57b8-0f70-499e-8c41-4f7d2ea00e6b