The Relationship Between Social Comparison Orientation and Loneliness: Mediating Roles of Relative Deprivation and Fear of Missing Out

Key Points

• This research aims to examine the impact of social comparison orientation on loneliness, focusing on mediating roles of relative deprivation and fear of missing out.
• Survey conducted with 500 young adults aged 20-30 across 17 regions in South Korea.
• Utilized SPSS 29.0 and AMOS 30.0 for statistical analyses, including descriptive statistics and structural equation modeling.
• Investigated relationships between social comparison orientation, loneliness, relative deprivation, and fear of missing out.
• All variables—social comparison orientation, loneliness, relative deprivation, and fear of missing out—show significant positive correlations.
• Relative deprivation mediates the relationship between social comparison orientation and loneliness.
• Fear of missing out also mediates the relationship between social comparison orientation and loneliness.
• Both relative deprivation and fear of missing out act as sequential full mediators in the relationship between social comparison orientation and loneliness.

Abstract