al (2013) examines rumination, an adverse emotion regulation strategy, as a link between social comparison and depressive symptoms or low self-esteem self. Their research found a strong positive association between social media use, rumination, and depressive symptoms. Rumination is problematic for a person's self-esteem and well-being because it refers to repeatedly dwelling on one's distress. The works of Feinstein, and. al (2013) shows results indicating that rumination is likely “a mechanism by which negative social comparison increases depressive symptoms” (p..