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Abstract：
UNASSIGNED: Social anxiety has consistently emerged as a prominent manifestation of mental health issues among college students. Though the relationship between upward social comparison and social anxiety has been extensively addressed in previous literature, little attention has been paid to the underlying mechanisms at play.
UNASSIGNED: The present study used a questionnaire survey to test whether upward social comparison may be associated with social anxiety in Chinese college students. The mediating role of relative deprivation and rumination was also examined.
UNASSIGNED: In total, 463 college students were recruited to complete four scales, including the Upward Social Comparison Scale, the Relative Deprivation Scale, the Ruminative Thinking Scale, and the Social Anxiety Scale.
UNASSIGNED: The results show that upward social comparison was significantly positively correlated with relative deprivation, rumination, and social anxiety (r = 0.30, 0.31, and 0.27, respectively; p < 0.01). Second, relative deprivation was positively correlated with rumination and social anxiety (r = 0.40 and 0.17, respectively; p < 0.01). Finally, rumination was positively correlated with social anxiety (r = 0.47, p < 0.01). Moreover, upward social comparison positively predicts social anxiety, with an effect value of 0.12, while rumination plays a mediating role between upward social comparison and social anxiety, with an effect value of 0.07, and the 95% confidence interval for the indirect effect is 0.04-0.11. Separately, the chain mediation of relative deprivation and rumination had an effect value of 0.03, and the 95% confidence interval for the indirect effect is 0.02-0.05.
UNASSIGNED: This research highlights the relationship between upward social comparison and social anxiety in Chinese society and revealed the mediating mechanisms between them, deepening our understanding of how upward social comparison increases social anxiety.
UNASSIGNED: The present study used a questionnaire survey to test whether upward social comparison may be associated with social anxiety in Chinese college students. The mediating role of relative deprivation and rumination was also examined.
UNASSIGNED: In total, 463 college students were recruited to complete four scales, including the Upward Social Comparison Scale, the Relative Deprivation Scale, the Ruminative Thinking Scale, and the Social Anxiety Scale.
UNASSIGNED: The results show that upward social comparison was significantly positively correlated with relative deprivation, rumination, and social anxiety (r = 0.30, 0.31, and 0.27, respectively; p < 0.01). Second, relative deprivation was positively correlated with rumination and social anxiety (r = 0.40 and 0.17, respectively; p < 0.01). Finally, rumination was positively correlated with social anxiety (r = 0.47, p < 0.01). Moreover, upward social comparison positively predicts social anxiety, with an effect value of 0.12, while rumination plays a mediating role between upward social comparison and social anxiety, with an effect value of 0.07, and the 95% confidence interval for the indirect effect is 0.04-0.11. Separately, the chain mediation of relative deprivation and rumination had an effect value of 0.03, and the 95% confidence interval for the indirect effect is 0.02-0.05.
UNASSIGNED: This research highlights the relationship between upward social comparison and social anxiety in Chinese society and revealed the mediating mechanisms between them, deepening our understanding of how upward social comparison increases social anxiety.
摘要：
■社交焦虑一直是大学生心理健康问题的突出表现。尽管向上的社会比较和社会焦虑之间的关系已经在以前的文献中得到了广泛的讨论，几乎没有人关注起作用的潜在机制。
■本研究使用问卷调查来检验中国大学生的社交比较是否与社交焦虑有关。还研究了相对剥夺和沉思的中介作用。
■总共，463名大学生被招募完成四个量表，包括向上社会比较量表，相对剥夺量表，反思思维量表，和社交焦虑量表。
■结果表明，向上的社会比较与相对剥夺显著正相关，沉思，和社交焦虑（r分别为0.30、0.31和0.27；p<0.01）。第二,相对剥夺与沉思和社交焦虑呈正相关（r分别为0.40和0.17；p<0.01）。最后,反思性与社交焦虑呈正相关(r=0.47,p<0.01)。此外，向上的社会比较积极预测社会焦虑，效应值为0.12，而沉思在向上的社会比较和社会焦虑之间起中介作用，效应值为0.07，间接效应的95%置信区间为0.04-0.11。分别,相对剥夺和沉思的链式调解的效应值为0.03，间接效应的95％置信区间为0.02-0.05。
■本研究突出了中国社会向上的社会比较与社会焦虑之间的关系,揭示了两者之间的中介机制,加深我们对向上社会比较如何增加社会焦虑的理解。
■本研究使用问卷调查来检验中国大学生的社交比较是否与社交焦虑有关。还研究了相对剥夺和沉思的中介作用。
■总共，463名大学生被招募完成四个量表，包括向上社会比较量表，相对剥夺量表，反思思维量表，和社交焦虑量表。
■结果表明，向上的社会比较与相对剥夺显著正相关，沉思，和社交焦虑（r分别为0.30、0.31和0.27；p<0.01）。第二,相对剥夺与沉思和社交焦虑呈正相关（r分别为0.40和0.17；p<0.01）。最后,反思性与社交焦虑呈正相关(r=0.47,p<0.01)。此外，向上的社会比较积极预测社会焦虑，效应值为0.12，而沉思在向上的社会比较和社会焦虑之间起中介作用，效应值为0.07，间接效应的95%置信区间为0.04-0.11。分别,相对剥夺和沉思的链式调解的效应值为0.03，间接效应的95％置信区间为0.02-0.05。
■本研究突出了中国社会向上的社会比较与社会焦虑之间的关系,揭示了两者之间的中介机制,加深我们对向上社会比较如何增加社会焦虑的理解。
