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November 8, 2025Behavioral SciencesOpen Access

The Effect of Upward Social Comparison on Academic Involution Among College Students: Serial Mediating Effects of Self-Esteem and Perceived Stress

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RWRu WenQJQingying Jin

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This research reveals upward social comparison increases academic involution in college students, indicating the need for targeted intervention programs.

Key Points

  • The study investigates the relationship between upward social comparison and academic involution in college students.
  • Questionnaire survey of 730 college students using random sampling.
  • Included scales for upward social comparison, self-esteem, perceived stress, and academic involution.
  • All variables were significantly correlated.
  • Upward social comparison directly increased academic involution and had indirect effects through self-esteem and perceived stress.

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Wen et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69253a35c0ce034ddc357c42https://doi.org/10.3390/bs15111515
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