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An Investigation of Evolved Psychological Mechanisms the Hierometer and Sociometer: Self-Esteem, Social Media Addiction, and Use Patterns Among College Students /

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	An Investigation of Evolved Psychological Mechanisms the Hierometer and Sociometer: Self-Esteem, Social Media Addiction, and Use Patterns Among College Students // Olenka S Olesnycky.
Author:	Olesnycky, Olenka S.,
Description:	1 electronic resource (210 pages)
Notes:	Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 86-04, Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertations Abstracts International86-04A.
Subject:	Clinical psychology. -
Online resource:	https://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=31633907
ISBN:	9798342713047

An Investigation of Evolved Psychological Mechanisms the Hierometer and Sociometer: Self-Esteem, Social Media Addiction, and Use Patterns Among College Students /
Olesnycky, Olenka S.,

An Investigation of Evolved Psychological Mechanisms the Hierometer and Sociometer: Self-Esteem, Social Media Addiction, and Use Patterns Among College Students /Olenka S Olesnycky. - 1 electronic resource (210 pages)

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 86-04, Section: A.

Social media addiction has become increasingly prevalent among college-aged young adults, leading to negative effects on self-esteem, overall well-being, and mental health, including depression, anxiety, and suicidal ideation. Despite the exponential growth of research in this area, a broad literature base of conflicting perspectives and findings prevails. A consistent theoretical framework that unifies our empirical understanding of social media and its associated negative outcomes has been lacking. This dissertation applied an evolutionary psychology framework to investigate whether specific mechanisms selected for regulating social status and inclusion-the hierometer and sociometer, respectively-are ill-equipped to process the novelties of the modern social media environment. These mechanisms, which have evaluative and motivational functions, were hypothesized to explain why some social media users experience positive or negative self-esteem, develop social media addiction, and engage in active or passive social media behaviors. In this cross-sectional study, 390 college-aged young adults, recruited from an online sample using Prolific, completed measures related to their perceptions of status and inclusion on social media, self-esteem, social media use behaviors, and social media addiction levels. Findings supported the evaluative functions of the hierometer and sociometer, in that perceptions of status and inclusion on social media positively predicted self-esteem, self-esteem negatively predicted social media addiction, and self-esteem was found to mediate the relationship between perceived status and inclusion on social media and social media addiction. Mixed results were found in terms of the motivational functions of the hierometer and sociometer, as active or passive social media use was hypothesized to mimic behaviors for status and inclusion regulation. Active use was positively associated with status and inclusion on social media, while passive use was negatively associated with status, but not inclusion, on social media. Contrary to expectations, active use positively, not negatively, predicted social media addiction, while passive use did not predict social media addiction at all. Self-esteem mediated the relationship between higher inclusion on social media and passive use, however, did not mediate the relationships for status nor active use. Active use was found to mediate the relationship between status and inclusion and social media addiction and unexpectedly led to higher social media addiction, while passive use did not mediate these relationships. Differences in results between perceptions of status and inclusion within the social media context versus life in general were observed and discussed. The results provide evidence for the utility of the hierometer and sociometer in understanding social media-related negative effects and support that these evolutionary status and inclusion mechanisms may be hijacked by the novel social context of social media.

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ISBN: 9798342713047Subjects--Topical Terms:

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Clinical psychology.
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