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This study aimed to reveal the relationship between social comparison on social media, anxiety, and emotional eating problems among Chinese adolescents.The effects of sociocultural pressure and gender difference were also tested. Data were collected from 551 adolescents aged 15–17 living in China's Shandong province. (1) Anxiety had a full mediating effect on the relationship between appearance-based social comparisons on social media and emotional eating. (2) Sociocultural pressure had a moderating effect on the relationship between social comparisons on social media and anxiety in both males and females. (3) Sociocultural pressure had an indirect effect on the relationship between appearance-based social comparisons on social media and emotional eating through anxiety in female but not male adolescents. Apart from the consistent effect of anxiety on emotional eating among all adolescents, our conclusions also open the possibility of different gender-based interventions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We explored the relationships among adult attachment, self-esteem, and subjective well-being of older people, and the moderating role of self-compassion. Using data obtained from a survey conducted with 308 community-dwelling adults aged from 51 to 79 years in China's Shandong Province, we found that self-esteem mediated the effects of attachment anxiety and attachment avoidance on subjective well-being. Furthermore, self-compassion not only moderated the relationship between attachment anxiety and self-esteem, but also moderated the mediating effect of self-esteem in the relationship between attachment anxiety and subjective well-being. The results not only extend understanding of the relationships that exist between adult attachment and subjective well-being, but also have implications for improving the psychological health and well-being of adults in later life. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]