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Confirmatory factor analysis supported construct distinctiveness. We tested a moderated mediation model using latent moderated structural equations.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Strategic self-presentation was positively associated with posting anxiety, and posting anxiety was negatively associated with trip satisfaction. A small direct association between strategic self-presentation and lower trip satisfaction remained. Social comparison orientation moderated the strategic self-presentation-to-posting-anxiety association, such that the link was weak at low comparison orientation but markedly stronger at high comparison orientation. Conditional indirect effects showed that the negative indirect association between strategic self-presentation and trip satisfaction via posting anxiety increased as social comparison orientation rose.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The findings highlight a psychological trade-off in online self-presentation. 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