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Dec 31, 2023 · Key points. Social media and body image concerns are prevalent among youth. Social media may impact body image and mental health via unfavourable social comparisons. Reducing social media use can ...
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Objectification Theory has been used to better understand the impacts of being female in a culture that sexually objectifies the female body and suggests this leads to self-objectification whereby females internalize an observer’s perspective as a primary view of themselves and their bodies . Adolescent girls may be particularly susceptible to sel...
A purposive sample of twenty-four adolescent girls aged 14–17 years (Grades 9–11) was recruited for the study from the Student Edge (an Australian student membership organization) youth research panel (n = 13, 54.17%), non-government schools (n = 6, 25%) and through snowball sampling techniques (n = 5, 20.83%) in Perth, Western Australia between 20...
Full ethical approval to conduct this research was obtained from the University of Western Australia Human Research Ethics Committee. Student Edge emailed the relevant target audience from their membership base (girls aged 14–17 years in the Perth metropolitan area) and provided a link on their website to a screening survey. The screening survey ex...
All interviews were audio recorded and professionally transcribed verbatim and imported into qualitative data management software NVivo 11 (QSR International Pty Ltd, 2018) for management, retrieval, and interrogation. Data were analyzed by the first author using thematic analysis as described by Braun and Clarke . This involved immersion in the da...
Jul 12, 2024 · This narrative review examines the interplay among body image perceptions, social media influence, physical measurements, and their impact on psychological well-being, focusing on the roles of cultural and gender differences and the need to understand the research methodologies employed in this field. In the age of digital proliferation, platforms like Instagram and Facebook have reshaped body ...
Jun 1, 2022 · In line with the latter –the application of protective body image strategies –research has shown that older adolescents and emerging adults do not experience the social media induced appearance-related pressures of younger adolescents, translating to less social media self-consciousness and dissatisfaction with the body and appearance (Hayes et al., 2015). In sum, although adolescence may ...
Apr 1, 2024 · Through different sections, this paper discovers the complex relationship between social exposure and body image perceptions among young individuals. In the era of technological development, the significance of media exposure to young people cannot be underestimated. The Causes and Consequences section is divided into the previous studies and theories and the consequences of frequent media ...
Following trends in other literature on body image, studies on the relationship between social media usage and body image have predominantly focused on women (Harriger, Thompson, & Tiggemann, 2023). Despite this gender gap, researchers focused on the relationships between social media, body image, and disordered eating outcomes have found conflicting evidence for gender differences ( Holland ...
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Jun 25, 2024 · Jun 2024. In our rapidly changing digital landscape, the presence of social media has heightened fears about how new platforms and features might affect young people’s body image. Adolescents and young adults are at a developmental stage where social connection is extremely meaningful, and validation or exclusion by peers can have strong ...
