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August 12, 2026BMC PsychologyOpen Access

Elucidating relationships among upward social comparison on social networking sites (SNSs), depressive symptoms, and SNS addiction in college students: insights from structural equation modeling and network analysis

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BLBin LiuMZMingxuan ZouYFYuting Feng

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Overview

Randomized trial reveals relationships among upward social comparison, depressive symptoms, and SNS addiction in college students, suggesting potential interventions.

Key Points

  • This study aims to clarify how upward social comparison on social networking sites relates to depressive symptoms and SNS addiction among college students.
  • Involved 1,493 Chinese college students
  • Utilized structural equation modeling and network analysis for data evaluation
  • Applied regularized partial correlation network (RPCN) and directed acyclic graph (DAG) methods.
  • Upward social comparison on SNSs correlates with increased depressive symptoms and SNS addiction.
  • Depressive symptoms partially mediate the relationship between upward social comparison and SNS addiction.
  • Identified 'Comparison in handling negative events' as a central node in the network analysis.

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Liu et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7c203e06a85aed514b72a5https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-026-05325-4
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