Proceedings of the International Conference on Economics, Business, Social, and Humanities (ICEBSH 2021)

The Differences in Social Comparison of Adolescent Girls During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Terms of the Duration of Instagram Social Media Use

Authors
Natalia Natalia, Agustina Agustina
Corresponding Author
Agustina Agustina
Available Online 8 August 2021.
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.210805.201How to use a DOI?
Keywords
social comparison, ability, opinion, duration, social media, Instagram, adolescents
Abstract

Social comparison is the idea that individuals determine their own social and personal value based on how they compare themselves to others. Based on a survey conducted by Watson [16], it is known that during the COVID-19 pandemic, the duration of social media use which includes Instagram increased by 44%. Prolonged usage of Instagram can lead to social comparison behavior, especially among women who often compare themselves with others [6]. The purpose of this study is to determine whether there were differences in social comparisons among female adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic in terms of the duration of Instagram use. This study involved 393 female adolescent participants aged 13 to 22 years who actively use Instagram, gathered using purposive sampling method. The results showed that there was no difference in social comparisons among girls during the COVID-19 pandemic in terms of the duration of Instagram use. However, after further data processing, it is known that one of the dimensions of social comparison, namely the ability dimension, has a significant difference, while the opinion dimension has the opposite result.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the International Conference on Economics, Business, Social, and Humanities (ICEBSH 2021)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
8 August 2021
ISBN
978-94-6239-413-1
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.210805.201How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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