scholarly journals The Relationship between Socially Prescribed Perfectionism and Body image dissatisfaction of High School Girl’s by Types of High School: Mediating effect of Body Comparison and Social Comparison Orientation.

2016 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-130
Author(s):  
Moonyoung Oh ◽  
Lee Jee Yon
Author(s):  
Guoliang Yang ◽  
Zhihua Wang ◽  
Weijiong Wu

Little is known about the relationship between social comparison orientation and mental health, especially in the psychological capital context. We proposed a theoretical model to examine the impact of ability- and opinion-based social comparison orientation on mental health using data from 304 undergraduates. We also examined the mediating effect of the four psychological capital components of hope, self-efficacy, resilience, and optimism in the relationship between social comparison orientation and mental health. Results show that an ability (vs. opinion) social comparison orientation was negatively (vs. positively) related to the psychological capital components. Further, the resilience and optimism components of psychological capital fully mediated the social comparison orientation–mental health relationship. Our findings indicate that psychological capital should be considered in the promotion of mental health, and that the two social comparison orientation types have opposite effects on psychological capital.


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