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

IF 5.2 1区 心理学 Q1 PSYCHIATRY Body Image Pub Date : 2024-07-16 DOI:10.1016/j.bodyim.2024.101767
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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.

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社交媒体与身体形象:社交媒体外貌先入为主、自我物化和身体形象之间的关系
近 85% 的新兴成年人表示至少使用过一个社交媒体网站。研究表明,观看网上经常展示的不切实际的身体理想并将其内化,可能会对青少年的身体形象造成有害影响。然而,有关社交媒体的使用与身体形象之间关系的研究主要集中在女性对瘦身的追求上。我们试图探究社交媒体上与外貌相关的先入为主(SMARP)、身体羞耻感和监视,以及对瘦弱、肌肉发达和苗条的追求之间的关系,特别是性别在这些关系中的调节作用。我们使用多组结构方程模型分析了来自 939 名本科生(n = 240 名男生)的数据。对于女性和男性而言,监督在 SMARP 与瘦身驱动力之间的正相关关系中起着重要的中介作用。对于 SMARP 和肌肉驱动力,监控仅对男性起中介作用。羞耻感是女性和男性 SMARP 与瘦的驱动力之间正相关关系的重要中介。调和中介作用得到了支持,因此,SMARP 对瘦身驱动力的间接影响对女性而言明显更强。这些结果表明,特别是对男性而言,除非男性也参与身体监控,否则 SMARP 不一定与瘦身和肌肉驱动力的增加有关。
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Body Image
Body Image Multiple-
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期刊介绍: Body Image is an international, peer-reviewed journal that publishes high-quality, scientific articles on body image and human physical appearance. Body Image is a multi-faceted concept that refers to persons perceptions and attitudes about their own body, particularly but not exclusively its appearance. The journal invites contributions from a broad range of disciplines-psychological science, other social and behavioral sciences, and medical and health sciences. The journal publishes original research articles, brief research reports, theoretical and review papers, and science-based practitioner reports of interest. Dissertation abstracts are also published online, and the journal gives an annual award for the best doctoral dissertation in this field.
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