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Guided by Social Comparison Theory and a cognitive\u2013affective processing perspective, the present study investigated the association between social comparison orientation and social media fatigue among university students. Using a cross-sectional survey design, data were collected from 601 university students (M_age\u202f=\u202f20.20, SD\u202f=\u202f2.14; 55.6% female). Participants completed the Iowa\u2013Netherlands Comparison Orientation Measure (INCOM) and the 15-item Social Media Fatigue Scale. Structural equation modeling revealed a strong positive association between social comparison orientation and the higher-order social media fatigue construct (\n                    <jats:italic>\u03b2<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u202f=\u202f0.768,\n                    <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u202f&amp;lt;\u202f0.001), explaining 60.7% of the variance. These findings support the conceptualization of social media fatigue as a multidimensional higher-order construct and indicate that higher levels of social comparison orientation are associated with greater overall social media fatigue among university students. The study contributes to the literature by highlighting social comparison orientation as an important correlate of social media fatigue and advancing the current understanding of fatigue experiences in social media contexts.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3389\/fpsyg.2026.1861521","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,23]],"date-time":"2026-09-23T06:15:54Z","timestamp":1790144154000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Social comparison orientation and social media fatigue among university students: a cross-sectional study"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"17","author":[{"given":"Hala","family":"Abd Ellatif Elsayed","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Health Sciences, College of Health and Rehabilitation, Clinical Psychology Program, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University","place":["Riyadh, Saudi Arabia"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,23]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"74","DOI":"10.36771\/ijre.44.3.20","article-title":"The relationship between social comparison, depression, and interpersonal orientation among normal, gifted, and disabled female students in Makkah secondary schools","volume":"44","author":"Al-Lihyani","year":"2020","journal-title":"Int. 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