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APS Virtual Poster Showcase · 2020
What Happens When Emerging Adults Lie for Instagram Likes? Examining Longitudinal Associations with Peer Belonging and Self-Esteem
- Tara Dumas
Huron University - Matthew Maxwell-Smith
Huron University - Paul Tremblay
Western Univeristy - Dana Litt
University of Northern Texas - Wendy Ellis
King's University College
Abstract
The achievement of online likes may temporarily increase self-esteem, but what happens when likes are gained via deceptive means? We demonstrate that deceptive like-seeking (e.g., buying followers) is most prevalent among low-self-esteem emerging adults with strong peer norms and deceptive like-seeking predicts decreases in feelings of peer belonging over time.
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