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Title: | BeReal, Be Happy? Examining the relationships between authentic self-presentations on BeReal and adolescents' self-esteem | Authors: | Vanhoffelen, Gaelle SCHREURS, Lara Meeus, Anneleen Janssens, Nele Beullens, Kathleen Vandenbosch, Laura |
Issue Date: | 2023 | Publisher: | SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD | Source: | NEW MEDIA & SOCIETY, | Status: | Early view | Abstract: | Unlike most social media, the new platform BeReal encourages users to present an authentic self. Since such self-presentations are assumed to have positive effects, this study examined whether adolescents' authentic self-presentations on BeReal relate to a higher self-esteem and whether self-concept clarity plays a role in that relationship. The relationships between exposure to perceived authentic self-presentations of others, social comparison on BeReal, and self-esteem were also explored. Of the 367 adolescents who participated in our cross-sectional survey, a total of 148 (40.33%, Mage = 16.23, SDage = 1.46; 82.4% girls) had an account on BeReal. Using structural equation modeling (SEM), we found that these adolescents' authentic self-presentations were not significantly related to their self-concept clarity nor indirectly to their self-esteem. Self-esteem and self-concept clarity were, however, positively correlated. Regarding exposure to others' content on BeReal, only upward and downward social comparisons on these platforms were significantly related to a lower and higher self-esteem, respectively. | Notes: | Vanhoffelen, G (corresponding author), Katholieke Univ Leuven, Sch Mass Commun Res, Parkstr 45, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium. Gaelle.Vanhoffelen@kuleuven.be |
Keywords: | Affordances;authentic self-presentation;BeReal;cross-sectional survey;self-concept clarity;self-esteem;social comparison processes;structural equation modeling | Document URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1942/41931 | ISSN: | 1461-4448 | e-ISSN: | 1461-7315 | DOI: | 10.1177/14614448231207783 | ISI #: | 001102893700001 | Rights: | The Author(s) 2023 | Category: | A1 | Type: | Journal Contribution |
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