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Abstract

The study investigates the relationship among social comparison, need for belongingness and mental well-being among young adults residing in rural areas. The sample of the study has been comprised of young adults with age ranging from 18 to 25 years. Data has been collected using the purposive sampling technique. The mean age of the participants was 21 (ranging from 18-25) years. The sample has been recruited from different universities in Narowal, Pakistan. Data has been gathered while using "the demographic information sheet" to gather personal information. It has been hypothesized that a) there is likely to be significant negative relationship between social comparison and mental well- being, b) there is likely to be significant negative relationship between need for belongingness and mental well-being, c) there is likely to be positive relationship between social comparison and need for belongingness and d) mental well-being has been predicted by social comparison and need for belongingness. To measure, the study variables following scales have been used, Social Comparison Orientation Scale (Buunk & Gibbons, 2006) to measure social comparison and Need to Belong Scale (Leary et al., 2005) to measure need to belongingness and BBC Well-being scale (Kinderman et al., 2011) to measure mental well-being. The data has been analyzed by using SPSS-27, for statistical analysis, the descriptive statistics, the pearson product moment correlation and multiple, regression analysis has been used. Our findings revealed that social comparison significant negative correlation with mental well-being (r = -.31, p < .01). Multiple linear regression analysis showed that the R2 value of .18 revealed that the social comparison explained 18% variance in the mental well-being with F (1, 198) = 33.90, p < .001.