Article Published in Computers in Human Behavior

I’m on a team of interdisciplinary researchers at Texas State who published a new article in Computers in Human Behavior. The article, which you can read here, explores differences in social media use between sexual minorities and heterosexual individuals. Sexual minorities are more likely to spend more hours on Twitter and engage in downward social comparisons (i.e., comparing themselves to others they view as inferior) than heterosexual individuals. In our paper, we suggest these findings could be useful in outreach strategies to promote sexual minority wellbeing, marketing efforts on Twitter, and directions for future research.