Items

Upward Comparison with Others

Self Esteem

Life Satisfaction

Social Support

1) As I see others accomplish something, I compare it to my relatively miserable situation.

0.802

−0.229

−0.078

0.015

2) When I see someone else’s wonderful lifestyle on Facebook, I compare it to my situation when I haven’t experienced it.

0.801

−0.180

0.047

0.038

3) I compare myself to other people working so hard, but I am not.

0.801

−0.213

−0.042

0.024

4) I often see other people’s superior appearance or physical condition and compare it with my unattractive appearance.

0.799

−0.245

0.080

−0.013

5) I compare myself to others owning luxury items, but I don’t have them.

0.793

−0.201

0.130

−0.025

6) I see other people having many good human relationships and compare that to my lack of good relationships.

0.777

−0.234

0.022

−0.054

7) I see other people having happy daily lives and compare that to my not so happy daily life.

0.771

−0.272

0.004

−0.074

8) I compare myself to other people who are very popular, but I am not.

0.762

−0.208

0.077

−0.067

1) Sometimes I think I’m a very useless person.

−0.202

0.812

−0.019

0.184

2) Overall, I seem to be a social failure.

−0.192

0.812

−0.009

0.207

3) I don’t have much to boast about.

−0.183

0.772

−0.003

0.121

4) Sometimes I feel unhappy.

−0.257

0.760

0.141

0.129

5) Sometimes I think I’m incompetent.

−0.242

0.732

0.143

−0.058

6) Sometimes I want to be someone else.

−0.199

0.684

0.131

−0.070

7) I don’t have anyone understands me fully.

−0.174

0.550

−0.192

0.083

1) The situation in my life is very good (after using Facebook).

0.041

0.052

0.858

0.235

2) (After using Facebook) I’ve accomplished the important things I want in my life.

0.018

0.051

0.853

0.239

3) (After using Facebook) I’m happy with my life.

−0.001

0.109

0.846

0.241

4) (After using Facebook) Overall my life is close to ideal.

0.078

−0.012

0.826

0.156

5) If I can live my life again (after using Facebook) I will hardly change anything.

0.039

−0.031

0.813

0.050

1) My friends help me a lot.

−0.023

0.107

0.171

0.864

2) I can talk about my worries with my friends.

0.006

0.111

0.137

0.855

3) I have someone to talk to when I am happy or sad.

0.010

0.082

0.214

0.803

4) My family helps me.

−0.066

0.083

0.090

0.771

5) Someone helps me when I need it.

0.013

0.068

0.231

0.756

Eigenvalue

6.177

4.475

3.900

3.664

% variance

19.925

14.435

12.581

11.819

Cumulative variance

19.925

34.360

46.941

58.760

Reliability

0.951

0.892

0.918

0.892