Romantic motivations for social media use, social comparison, and online aggression among adolescents

Rachel Young; María Len-Ríos; Henry Young

doi:10.1016/j.chb.2017.04.021

Romantic motivations for social media use, social comparison, and online aggression among adolescents

Rachel Young
, María Len-Ríos
, Henry Young

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Abstract

This study examines whether adolescent motivations for social media use, social comparison tendencies and gender are related to online aggression victimization and/or perpetration. Results from a national cross-sectional survey of adolescents (N = 340) reveal that social media use, romantic motivations, social belongingness motivations and greater social comparison tendencies are associated with online aggression victimization (R² = 0.38). Information motivations and entertainment motivations are negatively associated with online aggression perpetration, but romantic motivations, social comparison, and social media use were positive predictors (R² = 0.34). Further examination of interactions and indirect effects suggests that romantic motivations for social media use are an important predictor of involvement in online aggression among adolescents.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	385-395
Number of pages	11
Journal	Computers in Human Behavior
Volume	75
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2017.04.021
State	Published - Oct 2017
Externally published	Yes

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Adolescents
Cyberbullying
Online aggression
Romantic relationships
Social media

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