Social comparison is one of the most important aspects of human interaction. It is proved that the social context largely determines the frequency and direction of social comparisons. An important part of the life processes of modern teenagers has been transferred to social networks, where a large amount of personal information is open, life-style blogs are actively distributed, and the idea of success and beauty, in particular, physical perfection, is cultivated. All this creates unlimited opportunities for social comparisons, to which teenagers are quite vulnerable. There is a hypothesis that the tendency to frequent social comparisons is associated with a wide range of emotional distress and can become a risk factor for mental deterioration. The report will consider the phenomenon of frequent social comparisons by the type of top-down contrast by teenagers on the Internet as a risk factor for the development and chronification of eating disorders.

Social comparison in internet among adolescents with eating disorders.