Downward Comparison | List of Frontiers open access articles

Original Research

Published on 06 Jan 2023

The effect of chronic regulatory focus and social comparison on undergraduates’ intertemporal choices under gain-loss frame

in Decision Neuroscience

Dan Liu
Yuan Zhang
Xiaowei Geng

Frontiers in Psychology

doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1076304

3,279 views
5 citations

Original Research

Published on 19 Nov 2020

The Impact of Social Media Use on Job Burnout: The Role of Social Comparison

in Public Mental Health

Ruixia Han
Jian Xu
Yan Ge
Yulin Qin

Frontiers in Public Health

doi 10.3389/fpubh.2020.588097

36,637 views
43 citations

Original Research

Published on 04 Aug 2025

The code of sustainable success in fitness apps: social comparison mechanism enabled by user facilitated supports

in Digital Public Health

Kuang Wu
Qi Li
Yang Liu

Frontiers in Public Health

doi 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1632598

2,858 views
1 citation

Original Research

Published on 15 Nov 2022

Social comparison effects on students’ cognitive anxiety, self-confidence, and performance in Chinese composition writing

in Educational Psychology

Jon-Chao Hong
Kai-Hsin Tai
Ming-Yueh Hwang
Chia-Yin Lin

Frontiers in Psychology

doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1060421

18,740 views
10 citations

Original Research

Published on 15 Oct 2021

Social Comparison on Social Media Increases Career Frustration: A Focus on the Mitigating Effect of Companionship

in Personality and Social Psychology

Nao Fukubayashi
Kei Fuji

Frontiers in Psychology

doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.720960

18,997 views
11 citations

Original Research

Published on 08 Oct 2021

Exercising With a Six Pack in Virtual Reality: Examining the Proteus Effect of Avatar Body Shape and Sex on Self-Efficacy for Core-Muscle Exercise, Self-Concept of Body Shape, and Actual Physical Activity

in Human-Media Interaction

Jih-Hsuan Tammy Lin
Dai-Yun Wu
Ji-Wei Yang

Frontiers in Psychology

doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.693543

10,474 views
38 citations

Articles

The effect of chronic regulatory focus and social comparison on undergraduates’ intertemporal choices under gain-loss frame

The Impact of Social Media Use on Job Burnout: The Role of Social Comparison

The code of sustainable success in fitness apps: social comparison mechanism enabled by user facilitated supports

Social comparison effects on students’ cognitive anxiety, self-confidence, and performance in Chinese composition writing

Social Comparison on Social Media Increases Career Frustration: A Focus on the Mitigating Effect of Companionship

Exercising With a Six Pack in Virtual Reality: Examining the Proteus Effect of Avatar Body Shape and Sex on Self-Efficacy for Core-Muscle Exercise, Self-Concept of Body Shape, and Actual Physical Activity