Effect of Social Comparison in Social Media on Psychological Distress in Adolescents: Role of Emotion Regulation as Moderator

Access to social media can encourage adolescents make comparisons, causing psychological distress. There are two emotion regulation strategies, namely cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression. The strategy weakens the relationship between comparison on distress, while expressi ve suppression strengthens it. This study aimed examine role of as moderating variable