Despite envy's importance as a driver of social behavior, scholars disagree on its
conceptualization. We review the literature and distinguish three incongruent theories:(a) …

Envy is the pain that arises from the good fortune of others. Recent research identified two
subtypes of envy, benign and malicious envy. Malicious envy is the envy subtype with action …

Social media have been growing rapidly during the past decade. However, it remains
unclear whether social media make people more emotionally healthy or less. This study …

The pervasiveness of social media platforms (SMP) has resulted in users experiencing
feelings associated with the phenomena of fear of missing out (FoMO) and social media …

In the early days of the Internet, both conventional wisdom and scholarship deemed online
communication a threat to well-being. Later research has complicated this picture, offering …

The main aim of the study was to investigate Instagram's impact on users' mental well-being
and behavior (including purchasing activity) during the pandemic. The study was conducted …

Two studies investigated how social comparison to peers through computer-mediated
interactions on Facebook might impact users' psychological health. Study 1 (N= 180) …

Purpose This study aims to focus on the dynamics in influencer-consumer relationships to
understand how Generation Z consumers' identification and social comparison with …

Recommender systems are the algorithms which select, filter, and personalize content
across many of the world's largest platforms and apps. As such, their positive and negative …

During the past three decades, the achievement goal approach to achievement motivation
has emerged as an influential area of research, and is dedicated to understanding the …