How Does Materialism in Social Media Trigger Stress and Unhappiness?

You won’t find another place that makes it as easy to compare yourself with others as social media. That’s not good for you.

Clothes, cars, travel, followers: People with a materialistic mindset always want more and, above all, more than others. Social media provides them with ideal opportunities to compare themselves with others, which makes them susceptible to passive and addictive user behavior. This stresses them out and, ultimately, leads to low life satisfaction. This downward spiral, which turns materialists into less happy people, was identified by researchers from Bochum in an online survey of over 1,200 participants. ...