Pengaruh Social Comparison terhadap Quarter-Life Crisis pada Emerging Adulthood Pengguna Instagram

Abstract

This study aims to determine the impact of social comparison on the quarter-life crisis in emerging adulthood using Instagram social media. This research is a quantitative study with a correlational design. The hypothesis in this study is that there is a significant influence between social comparison and quarter-life crisis on the emerging adulthood of Instagram users. This study involved 384 participants aged 18-25 who used Instagram social media. This research instrument uses the INCOM (Iowa-Netherlands Comparison Orientation Measure) scale based on the Gibbons & Buunk theory, and the Quarter-life Crisis scale based on the Robbins & Wilner theory. The data analysis technique in this study used simple linear regression analysis through the IBM SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Science) statistical program 22.0 & 25.0 versions for Windows. The results of this study show that social comparison has a positive effect of 39% on the quarter-life crisis, which means that the higher the level of social comparison, the higher the quarter-life crisis among emerging adulthood of Instagram users, and vice versa.