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From Comparison to Correction: How Social Network Site Appearance Comparison Shapes Emotional and Self-Presentation Processes
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DOI:10.1016/j.chb.2026.109029.png)
Abstract
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• Appearance comparison on social media is linked to anxiety and selfie editing. • Appearance-specific anxiety predicts selfie editing beyond general anxiety. • Upward appearance comparison causally increases state appearance anxiety. • Induced appearance anxiety increases corrective selfie editing behavior. • The emotional effects of selfie editing vary across comparison contexts.
Keywords:
appearance comparison
selfie editing
appearance anxiety
social media
emotional effects
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