Previous research suggests that ruminating on social media content is associated with greater mental distress (Yang et al., 2018). This study examined whether materialistic value orientation (MVO)—prioritizing values and goals related to consumerism, consumption, and social status—predicted social media rumination in a sample of diverse adolescents in a two-wave cross-lagged design. A cross-lagged analysis among 119 adolescents indicated that MVO at Wave 1 predicted greater social media rumination 4 months later at Wave 2, but social media rumination at Wave 1 did not predict MVO at Wave 2. Cross-lagged results suggested that MVO may lead to greater social media rumination over time for diverse adolescents. Adolescents with MVO could benefit from interventions to reduce the effects of their need for external validation and maladaptive rumination, as external validation and maladaptive rumination are linked to behaviors and thoughts that can be harmful to mental health.

先前的研究表明，对社交媒体内容进行反思与更大的精神困扰有关（Yang等人，2018）。这项研究检查了物质价值取向（MVO）（优先考虑与消费主义，消费和社会地位有关的价值和目标）是否以两波交叉滞后的设计预测了不同青少年样本中的社交媒体反思。在119名青少年中进行的交叉滞后分析表明，第一波的MVO预测第四波后4个月后社交媒体反刍，但第一波的社交媒体反观并未预测第二波的MVO。交叉滞后结果表明，MVO可能导致随着时间的流逝，越来越多的社交媒体反省青少年。患有MVO的青少年可能会受益于干预措施，以减少其对外部验证和适应不良的反省的影响，