Influencing emotion: Social anxiety and comparisons on Instagram.

This study elaborates on cognitive-evolutionary theory, suggesting that the inferiority self-perceptions of socially anxious individuals translate to online social contexts, may be strengthened with increased exposure to such contexts, and may have a detrimental emotional impact. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved)
Source: Emotion - Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research