본 연구는 초기 성인의 조건부 자아존중감이 열등감에 미치는 영향에서 SNS 상향비교와 SNS 이용동기가 어떠한 역할을 하는지 탐색하고자 하였다. 선행연구를 토대로 각 변인들의 관계에 대한 연구모형을 설정하여, 조절된 매개 효과를 검증하고자 하였다. 이를 위하여 온라인 설문지를 구성한 후, SNS를 이용하는 초기 성인 400명을 대상으로 설문조사를 실시하였으며, 최종적으로 총 351부를 분석에 활용하였다. 본 연구의 주요 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 조건부 자아존중감, SNS 상향비교, SNS 이용동기, 그리고 열등감은 모두 정적 상관을 나타내었다. 둘째, 조건부 자 아존중감이 열등감에 영향을 미쳤으며 SNS 상향비교는 완전 매개하였다. 셋째, SNS 상향비교와 열등감의 관계에서 SNS 이용동기의 조절을 확인하였다. 마지막으로, 조건부자아존중감이 SNS 상향비교를 매개로 열등감에 미치는 간 접효과를 SNS 이용동기의 영향으로 조절하는 것을 확인하였다. 본 연구 결과를 바탕으로 초기 성인이 열등감을 경 험하는 것과 관련하여 심리적이고 정서적인 함의를 제시하였다.

The object of this study was to employ effective marketing methods using SNS by determining how food-related SNS usage characteristics have influence on dine-out motivation and restaurant satisfaction and how this affects people's quality of lie. Survey respondents were men and women who have had used some kinds of food-related SNS. The survey included general characteristics of respondents, food-related SNS usage characteristics, dine-out motivation, restaurant satisfaction, and food-related quality of life. Food-related SNS usage characteristics were divided into convenience, effective time-spending, and informative; Dine-out motivation was sorted into entertainment motivation and social motivation by factor analysis. Analysis of the connections between the variables by AMOS showed that among food-related SNS usage characteristics, convenience did not have a significant influence on either entertainment or social motivation. Informative had a positive effect on entertainment motivation (p<0.05), but not on social motivation. On the other hand, effective time-spending through food-related SNS had an impact on both entertainment (p<0.001) and social (p<0.05) motivation. Moreover, the effect of dine-out motivation on restaurant satisfaction showed that entertainment motivation (p<0.05) and social motivation (p<0.01) both have significant influences on restaurant satisfaction. Also, restaurant satisfaction turned out to affect quality of life (p<0.05). As a result of this study, the usage of food-related SNS did not directly influence customers' restaurant satisfaction and quality of life; (p<0.05). As a result of this study, the usage of food-related SNS did not directly influence customers' restaurant satisfaction and quality of life; however, it had an impact on dine-out motivation and gain pleasure of dining out and help improve the quality of life in the long run; thus, it is believed that marketing strategies thorough SNS by restaurant industry are required.