Is There a “Happy Filter” on Instagram? The Associations Between Instagram Use, Social Comparison, and Depressive Symptoms

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dc.contributor.advisorGardner, Rachel
dc.contributor.advisorShea, Liz
dc.contributor.advisorBurch, Andrea
dc.contributor.authorZielenski, Alicia
dc.date.accessioned2021-07-13T19:15:18Z
dc.date.available2021-07-13T19:15:18Z
dc.date.issued2021-07
dc.descriptionDissertation completed in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Doctor of Psychology degree in School Psychology at Alfred University, Alfred, NY.en_US
dc.description.abstractThe current study sought to examine the psychological cohort effects of increased Instagram use in adolescents. Specifically, the associations between Instagram usage and depressive symptoms were examined. Furthermore, the construct of social comparison was measured and investigated as a mediating factor, or a variable that helped to explain the relationship between Instagram usage and depressive symptoms. Briefly, hypotheses included elevated Instagram consumption being associated with elevated levels of social comparison, Instagram usage being associated with elevated levels of depressive symptoms, and finally, Instagram usage being associated with elevated levels of depressive symptoms through social comparison. Results indicated that there is a significant relationship between using Instagram and engaging in more social comparisons while on Instagram. In contrast, there was not a significant relationship between Instagram usage and depressive symptoms directly or indirectly through social comparison.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10829/24549
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.relation.ispartofHerrick Libraryen_US
dc.rights.urihttps://libraries.alfred.edu/AURA/termsofuseen_US
dc.subjectPsychologyen_US
dc.titleIs There a “Happy Filter” on Instagram? The Associations Between Instagram Use, Social Comparison, and Depressive Symptomsen_US
dc.typeDissertationen_US

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