Background:Platform algorithms driving content presentation are profoundly shaping the experience of younger users.While prior research has examined anxiety stemming from young adults’social media usage,the link betw...Background:Platform algorithms driving content presentation are profoundly shaping the experience of younger users.While prior research has examined anxiety stemming from young adults’social media usage,the link between upward social comparison and anxiety remains unclear.This study aims to investigate the mediating role of upward social comparison in this relationship and determine the moderating role of psychological resilience.Methods:A cross-sectional survey was conducted among 562 young Chinese adults aged 18–35(53%female).Data were collected via an online questionnaire employing validated measurement instruments,including scales for social media usage patterns,upward comparator behaviour(INCOM),anxiety levels(GAD-7),and psychological resilience(RSA).Correlation analysis,mediation analysis,and moderation analysis were conducted using SPSS 29.0.Results:As predicted,the results indicate that upward social comparison mediates the relationship between both active(β=−0.11,95%CI=[−0.15,−0.08])and passive(β=0.11,95%CI=[0.07,0.15])social media use and anxiety.Furthermore,psychological resilience(β_(low)=0.10,95%CI=[0.06,0.14];β_(high)=0.05,95%CI=[0.01,0.09])moderated the indirect effect of passive social media use on anxiety through upward social comparison.Conclusion:The findings indicate that upward social comparison significantly influences the anxiety experienced by young social media users,with psychological resilience playing a crucial moderating role.These results offer valuable insights for optimizing content recommendation algorithms on social media platforms to better support young adults’mental health.展开更多
Phone number recycling(PNR)refers to the event wherein a mobile operator collects a disconnected number and reassigns it to a new owner.It has posed a threat to the reliability of the existing authentication solution ...Phone number recycling(PNR)refers to the event wherein a mobile operator collects a disconnected number and reassigns it to a new owner.It has posed a threat to the reliability of the existing authentication solution for e-commerce platforms.Specifically,a new owner of a reassigned number can access the application account with which the number is associated,and may perform fraudulent activities.Existing solutions that employ a reassigned number database from mobile operators are costly for e-commerce platforms with large-scale users.Thus,alternative solutions that depend on only the information of the applications are imperative.In this work,we study the problem of detecting accounts that have been compromised owing to the reassignment of phone numbers.Our analysis on Meituan's real-world dataset shows that compromised accounts have unique statistical features and temporal patterns.Based on the observations,we propose a novel model called temporal pattern and statistical feature fusion model(TSF)to tackle the problem,which integrates a temporal pattern encoder and a statistical feature encoder to capture behavioral evolutionary interaction and significant operation features.Extensive experiments on the Meituan and IEEE-CIS datasets show that TSF significantly outperforms the baselines,demonstrating its effectiveness in detecting compromised accounts due to reassigned numbers.展开更多
文摘Background:Platform algorithms driving content presentation are profoundly shaping the experience of younger users.While prior research has examined anxiety stemming from young adults’social media usage,the link between upward social comparison and anxiety remains unclear.This study aims to investigate the mediating role of upward social comparison in this relationship and determine the moderating role of psychological resilience.Methods:A cross-sectional survey was conducted among 562 young Chinese adults aged 18–35(53%female).Data were collected via an online questionnaire employing validated measurement instruments,including scales for social media usage patterns,upward comparator behaviour(INCOM),anxiety levels(GAD-7),and psychological resilience(RSA).Correlation analysis,mediation analysis,and moderation analysis were conducted using SPSS 29.0.Results:As predicted,the results indicate that upward social comparison mediates the relationship between both active(β=−0.11,95%CI=[−0.15,−0.08])and passive(β=0.11,95%CI=[0.07,0.15])social media use and anxiety.Furthermore,psychological resilience(β_(low)=0.10,95%CI=[0.06,0.14];β_(high)=0.05,95%CI=[0.01,0.09])moderated the indirect effect of passive social media use on anxiety through upward social comparison.Conclusion:The findings indicate that upward social comparison significantly influences the anxiety experienced by young social media users,with psychological resilience playing a crucial moderating role.These results offer valuable insights for optimizing content recommendation algorithms on social media platforms to better support young adults’mental health.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.62072115,62202402,61971145,and 61602122)the Shanghai Science and Technology Innovation Action Plan Project(No.22510713600)+2 种基金the Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation,China(Nos.2022A1515011583 and 2023A1515011562)the One-off Tier 2 Start-up Grant(2020/2021)of Hong Kong Baptist University(Ref.RCOFSGT2/20-21/COMM/002)Startup Grant(Tier 1)for New Academics AY2020/21 of Hong Kong Baptist University and Germany/Hong Kong Joint Research Scheme sponsored by the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong,China,the German Academic Exchange Service of Germany(No.G-HKBU203/22),and Meituan。
文摘Phone number recycling(PNR)refers to the event wherein a mobile operator collects a disconnected number and reassigns it to a new owner.It has posed a threat to the reliability of the existing authentication solution for e-commerce platforms.Specifically,a new owner of a reassigned number can access the application account with which the number is associated,and may perform fraudulent activities.Existing solutions that employ a reassigned number database from mobile operators are costly for e-commerce platforms with large-scale users.Thus,alternative solutions that depend on only the information of the applications are imperative.In this work,we study the problem of detecting accounts that have been compromised owing to the reassignment of phone numbers.Our analysis on Meituan's real-world dataset shows that compromised accounts have unique statistical features and temporal patterns.Based on the observations,we propose a novel model called temporal pattern and statistical feature fusion model(TSF)to tackle the problem,which integrates a temporal pattern encoder and a statistical feature encoder to capture behavioral evolutionary interaction and significant operation features.Extensive experiments on the Meituan and IEEE-CIS datasets show that TSF significantly outperforms the baselines,demonstrating its effectiveness in detecting compromised accounts due to reassigned numbers.
