Passive Social Media Use and Social Self-Efficacy: The Mediating Effect of Upward Social Comparison

Abstract

In order to explore the partial impact of passive social media use on mental health, this research used a passive social media use scale, upward social comparison scale, and social self-efficacy scale for random sampling and received a total of 161 valid questionnaires. Moreover, the use of relevant tools to analyze the relationship between passive social media use and self-efficacy and psychological mechanisms are discussed. The results showed that the use of passive social media use will significantly positively affect the upward social comparison, and at the same time can not only directly negatively predict social self-efficacy, but also through the Upward social comparison of part of the intermediary effect.