Social Psychology
Atefeh Eshaghi; zahra Naderi Nobandegani; Fahimeh Dehghani
Abstract
Introduction: The dangers of using social networks have led to various research in this field in recent decades. The aim of this study was to investigate the mediating role of jealousy and the moderating role of spouse support perception in the relationship between upward social comparison and depression ...
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Introduction: The dangers of using social networks have led to various research in this field in recent decades. The aim of this study was to investigate the mediating role of jealousy and the moderating role of spouse support perception in the relationship between upward social comparison and depression in virtual social networks.Method: The research method was correlation-structural equation model. The study population consisted of married people in Kerman and a sample of 320 men and women in this city who were selected using the convenience sampling method and through a link sent to them answered to a researcher-made questionnaire of upward social comparison in social networks, Radloff (1991) Depression questionnaire, Tandoc, Ferrucci, and Duffy (2015) Jealousy in social media Questionnaire, and the Revised Support in Intimate Relationships Scale of Dehle, Larsen and Landers (2001). Then the data were analyzed using Pearson correlation coefficient and structural equations.Findings: The findings of the study showed that jealousy can play a mediating role in the relationship between upward social comparison in virtual social networks and depression. Also, the perception of spouse support was able to moderate the relationship between jealousy in virtual social networks and depression.Conclusion: According to the findings, it can be said that upward comparison with others, in addition to the effect on jealousy in virtual social networks, can also increase depression in married people. Meanwhile, the perception of spouse support can be effective in reducing the consequences of jealousy in these networks.