Dispositional Gratitude and Social Comparison Orientation among Social Media Users
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https://doi.org/10.21512/humaniora.v8i3.3620Keywords:
dispositional gratitude, social comparison orientation, social mediaAbstract
The study aimed to explore the relationship between dispositional gratitude and social comparison orientation among social media users. The present study used a non-experimental research design with a quantitative approach with survey technique by distributing questionnaires to 296 Bina Nusantara University students aged 18-24 who used social media. The correlation between dispositional gratitude and social comparison orientation was calculated by Spearman correlation technique. The result shows that dispositional gratitude and social comparison orientation have a significant negative correlation.Plum Analytics
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