Jolien Trekels, Jacqueline Nesi, Kaitlyn Burnell, Mitchell J Prinstein, Eva H Telzer
Social media have transformed peer relationships among adolescents, providing new avenues to attain online status indicators such as likes and followers. This study aimed to explore the associations between various dispositional and social factors and digital status-seeking behaviors among a sample of adolescents ( N = 731; M age = 14.69, 48.7 percent female), as well as explore potential gender differences in the examined associations. Sociometric nominations for digital status-seeking, likeability, and popularity were collected, and participants self-reported their social media use frequency, awareness of social media positivity bias, reward sensitivity, and gender...
February 6, 2024: Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking