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. 2022 Nov 7:1–21. Online ahead of print. doi: 10.1007/s12144-022-03893-3

Table 4.

Overview of the unsupported and supported hypotheses

Hypothesis Supported/ Unsupported
H1a: Adolescents with high levels of cognitive social media literacy experience a less strong within-person association between exposure to positive social media content and social media-induced envy than adolescents with lower levels of cognitive social media literacy Unsupported
H1b: Adolescents with high levels of affective social media literacy experience a less strong within-person association between exposure to positive social media content and social media-induced envy than adolescents with lower levels of affective social media literacy Unsupported
H2a: Adolescents with high levels of cognitive social media literacy experience a stronger within-person association between exposure to positive social media content and social media-induced inspiration than adolescents with lower levels of cognitive social media literacy Unsupported
H2b: Adolescents with high levels of affective social media literacy experience a stronger within-person association between exposure to positive social media content and social media-induced inspiration than adolescents with lower levels of affective social media literacy Unsupported
H3a: Adolescents with high levels of cognitive social media literacy experience a less strong within-person association between exposure to positive social media content and engaging in social comparisons than adolescents with lower levels of cognitive social media literacy Unsupported
H3b: Adolescents with high levels of affective social media literacy experience a less strong within-person association between exposure to positive social media content and engaging in social comparisons than adolescents with lower levels of affective social media literacy Unsupported
H4a: Adolescents with high levels of cognitive social media literacy experience a less strong within-person association between engaging in social comparisons and social media-induced envy than adolescents with lower levels of cognitive social media literacy Unsupported
H4b: Adolescents with high levels of affective social media literacy experience a less strong within-person association between engaging in social comparisons and social media-induced envy than adolescents with lower levels of affective social media literacy Partially supported
H5a: Adolescents with high levels of cognitive social media literacy experience a stronger within-person association between engaging in social comparisons and social media-induced inspiration than adolescents with lower levels of cognitive social media literacy Unsupported
H5b: Adolescents with high levels of affective social media literacy experience a stronger within-person association between engaging in social comparisons and social media-induced inspiration than adolescents with lower levels of affective social media literacy Unsupported