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The relationship between Facebook and Instagram appearance-focused activities and body image concerns in young women

Rachel Cohen, +2 more
- 01 Dec 2017 - 
- Vol. 23, pp 183-187
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It was found that appearance-focused S NS use, rather than overall SNS use, was related to body image concerns in young women, and greater engagement in photo activities on Facebook was associated with greater thin-ideal internalisation and body surveillance.
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This article is published in Body Image.The article was published on 2017-12-01 and is currently open access. It has received 207 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Self-objectification & Disordered eating.

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Exacting Beauty: Theory, Assessment, and Treatment of Body Image Disturbance

Fran Weiss
- 01 Jan 2000 - 
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a good overall view of the origin of body image and body-image disturbance, and an excellent historical review of research in the field of eating disorders, i.e., anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa, as well as bingeeating disorder and obesity.
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A meta-analytic review of the relationship between social media use and body image disturbance

Alyssa Saiphoo, +1 more
- 01 Dec 2019 - 
TL;DR: Type of social media use, body image dimension, country grouping, and age were all found to be significant moderators of this relationship and Strengths and limitations of the meta-analysis, as well as future directions for this line of research are discussed.
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“Selfie” harm: Effects on mood and body image in young women

Jennifer S. Mills, +3 more
- 01 Dec 2018 - 
TL;DR: This is the first experimental study showing that taking and posting selfies on social media causes adverse psychological effects for women and main effect of experimental condition on changes to mood and feelings of physical attractiveness.
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#bodypositivity: A content analysis of body positive accounts on Instagram

Rachel Cohen, +3 more
- 01 Mar 2019 - 
TL;DR: Content analysis of body positive posts on Instagram showed that body positive imagery typically depicted a broad range of body sizes and appearances, and points of overlap and distinction from academic principles of positive body image and other appearance-focused social media content were highlighted.
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The effects of active social media engagement with peers on body image in young women.

Jacqueline V. Hogue, +1 more
- 01 Mar 2019 - 
TL;DR: The findings suggest that upward appearance comparisons on social media may promote increased body image concerns in young adult women.
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Barbara L. Fredrickson, +1 more
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors offer objectification theory as a framework for understanding the experiential consequences of being female in a culture that sexually objectifies the female body, and propose a framework to understand the effects of objectification on women.
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The role of the media in body image concerns among women: A meta-analysis of experimental and correlational studies.

Shelly Grabe, +2 more
- 01 May 2008 - 
TL;DR: The findings support the notion that exposure to media images depicting the thin-ideal body is related to body image concerns for women.
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Frequently Asked Questions (8)
Q1. What are the contributions mentioned in the paper "The relationship between facebook and instagram appearance-focused activities and body image concerns in young women" ?

The present study aimed to identify the specific social networking sites ( SNS ) features that relate to body image concerns in young women. Implications for future SNS research, as well as for body image and disordered eating interventions for young women, are discussed. 

Most participants (81.5%, n = 211) had an Instagram account with over half (57.5%) of participants checking Instagram at least 3-5 times a day. 

theideal internalisation and body surveillance, which are established risk factors for disordered eating (Moradi & Huang, 2008). 

Because multiple correlations were conducted, a more conservative significance threshold of p < .01 was set to minimise type 1 error rate. 

ResultsAlmost all participants had a Facebook account (99.2%, n = 257), and 90.3% (n =234) of participants checked their Facebook account at least 3-5 times per day. 

young women higher in thin-ideal internalisation and with a greater tendency to self-objectify may be more likely to engage in photo activities on Facebook and follow appearance-focused accounts on Instagram, which in turn may reinforce existing body image concerns (Perloff, 2014). 

Consistent with their hypothesis, total time on SNS was not related to body image outcomes, but rather greater engagement in photo activities on Facebook was associated with greater thin-ideal internalisation and body surveillance. 

Participants were 259 Australian women aged 18-29 years (M = 22.97, SD = 3.25)with an average reported body mass index (BMI) of 22.45 (SD = 3.89), which is within the normal weight range (WHO, 2006).