Abstract
This study examines how being envious toward social media influencers (SMIs) relates to users' affective well-being. An online survey was conducted in which 305 U.S. participants viewed to 20 posts of an SMI and subsequently measured their affective well-being, envy, and inspiration toward the SMI, and self-esteem levels. The results revealed a direct negative relationship between envy and affective well-being, but a positive indirect effect through inspiration. Furthermore, individuals' self-esteem moderates the relationship such that the positive relationship between envy and affective well-being through inspiration is stronger among those with high levels of self-esteem. Moreover, inspiration varies between different influencer categories, that is, participants who viewed fitness influencers reported the greatest amount of inspiration, followed by fashion, beauty, and entertainment influencers.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 703-708 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking |
Volume | 25 |
Issue number | 11 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Nov 2022 |
Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported by the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Korea and the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF-2021S1A3A2A02090597).
Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2022, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.
Keywords
- envy
- inspiration
- self-esteem
- social media influencers
- well-being
PubMed: MeSH publication types
- Journal Article