Passive Social Media Use, Self-Presentation, and Mental Health Among Young Adults: Dataset and Study Materials for a Serial Mediation Study

This repository contains the de-identified survey dataset and complete participant-facing study materials supporting the manuscript entitled “Passive Social Media Use, Self-Presentation, and Mental Health Among Young Adults: A Serial Mediation Model.” The study examines the associations among passive social media use, self-presentation concerns, upward social comparison, and mental health among young adults using a cross-sectional survey design and structural equation modeling.The repository includes the anonymized dataset used for statistical analysis and the complete survey materials that participants interacted with, including questionnaire instructions, response options, construct measures, and survey items.

The dataset is provided to support research transparency, verification of reported analyses, and scholarly reuse in studies of social media use, self-presentation, social comparison, and psychological well-being. All data have been anonymized and contain no personally identifiable information.