Social media and body image: Relationships between social media appearance preoccupation, self-objectification, and body image.

Autor: Brasil KM; University of South Alabama, Department of Psychology, 75 South University Blvd, Mobile, AL 36688, USA. Electronic address: kb1926@jagmail.southalabama.edu., Mims CE; University of South Alabama, Department of Psychology, 75 South University Blvd, Mobile, AL 36688, USA., Pritchard ME; Boise State University, Department of Psychological Science, 1910 University Dr. Boise, ID 83725-1715, USA., McDermott RC; University of South Alabama, Department of Counseling and Instructional Sciences, University Commons 3600, Mobile, AL 36688, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Body image [Body Image] 2024 Jul 16; Vol. 51, pp. 101767. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Jul 16.
DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2024.101767
Abstrakt: Nearly 85 % of emerging adults report using at least one social media site. Research suggests that viewing and internalizing unrealistic body ideals often displayed online may pose harmful effects on young people's body image. However, studies on the relationships between social media usage and body image have predominantly focused on women's drive for thinness. We sought to explore the relationships between social media appearance-related preoccupation (SMARP), body shame and surveillance, and drives for leanness, muscularity, and thinness, specifically examining the moderating role of gender within these relationships. Data from 939 undergraduate students (n = 240 men) were analyzed using multigroup structural equation modeling. Surveillance significantly mediated the positive associations between SMARP and drive for leanness for women and men. For SMARP and drive for muscularity, surveillance was a mediator for men only. Shame emerged as a significant mediator of the positive association between SMARP and drive for thinness for women and men. Moderated mediation was supported, such that the indirect effect of SMARP on drive for thinness was significantly stronger for women. These results suggest that for men in particular, SMARP is not necessarily associated with increased drives for leanness and muscularity unless men are also engaging in body surveillance.
Competing Interests: Declaration of Competing Interest All authors declare that there are no interests that may influence or bias this study. Additionally, this study was not funded.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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