The primary purpose of this study is to examine the mediation effect of Contrastive Upward Comparison (CUC) on the relationship between introjected regulation and exhaustion (i.e., introjected regulation—CUC—exhaustion). It is also aimed to examine the moderation effect of distress overtolerance on this mediated relationship. In order to resolve the uncertainty about the causality of cross‐sectional studies, this study worked on the relationship among the variables by setting an alternative model (i.e., CUC—introjected regulation ‐ exhaustion). The participants were 167 (females, 70.7%) undergraduate and graduate students in South Korea. The results of this study indicated that introjected regulation showed indirect and significant effect on exhaustion via CUC. However, in the alternative model, the indirect effect of introjected regulation in the relationship between CUC and exhaustion was not significant. Furthermore, high distress overtolerance buffered the relationship between introjected regulation and CUC, while it strengthened the association of CUC and exhaustion. Lastly, the results of moderated mediation suggested that students with higher distress overtolerance, experienced more CUC, and emotional exhaustion. The implications and limitations were also discussed.

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内摄调节和学业倦怠：社会比较和痛苦过度容忍的调节中介模型

本研究的主要目的是检验向上对比（CUC）对内投调节与耗竭关系（即内投调节—CUC—耗竭）的中介作用。它还旨在检查痛苦过度耐受对这种中介关系的调节作用。为了解决横断面研究因果关系的不确定性，本研究通过设置替代模型（即CUC——内射调节——耗竭）来研究变量之间的关系。参与者为韩国 167 名本科生和研究生（女性，70.7%）。这项研究的结果表明，内射调节通过 CUC 对耗竭表现出间接且显着的影响。然而，在替代模型中，内射调节对 CUC 与耗竭关系的间接影响并不显着。此外，高应激过度耐受缓冲了内射调节与 CUC 之间的关系，同时加强了 CUC 与疲惫的关联。最后，有调节的调解结果表明，具有较高痛苦过度耐受力的学生经历了更多的 CUC 和情绪衰竭。还讨论了其影响和局限性。