Real beauty: Effects of a body‐positive video on body image and capacity to mitigate exposure to social media images

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elisa S. Danthinne ◽  
Francesca E. Giorgianni ◽  
Kanako Ando ◽  
Rachel F. Rodgers
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Body Image ◽  
Media Images ◽  
Body Positive

scholarly journals Being Successful and Being Thin: The Effects of Thin-Ideal Social Media Images With High Socioeconomic Status on Women's Body Image and Eating Behaviour

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Qi ◽  
Lijuan Cui
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Body Image ◽  
Eating Behaviour ◽  
The Body ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Thin Ideal ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Media Images ◽  
Women's Body Image

Social media has outpaced traditional media to be the most popular sociocultural channel to transmit thin-ideal images, an established trigger for body image concerns and disordered eating in women. With an experimental design, the present research first demonstrated that exposure to thin images on social media threatened women's body image and increased their unhealthy food consumption (Study 1). However, given that thin images posted on social media are usually from wealthier people, the present research hypothesised that it may not be the body shape but the perceived socioeconomic status (SES) of images that indeed have negative effects on women. By manipulating the perceived SES of thin images and incorporating a baseline control group (Study 2), the present research provided causal evidence for the hypothesis by indicating that viewing thin images with parallel-perceived SES could significantly buffer undesirable thin-ideal effects on self-objectification and food intake. Therefore, future research needs to pay more attention to the role of SES in the thin media images literature.

Social media is not real life: The effect of attaching disclaimer-type labels to idealized social media images on women’s body image and mood

2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (11) ◽  
pp. 4311-4328 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jasmine Fardouly ◽  
Elise Holland
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Body Image ◽  
Body Dissatisfaction ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Negative Influence ◽  
Media Images ◽  
Women's Body Image ◽  
Positive Impression ◽  
Appearance Comparison ◽  
The Impact

This online experimental study examined the impact of viewing disclaimer comments attached to idealized social media images on 18- to 25-year-old American women’s ( N = 164) body dissatisfaction, mood, and perceptions of the target. Furthermore, this study also tested whether thin ideal internalization or appearance comparison tendency moderated any effect. Viewing idealized images taken from social media had a negative influence on women’s body image, with or without the presence of disclaimers. Disclaimer comments also had no impact on women’s mood. They did, however, impact perceptions of the target, with women forming a less positive impression of the target if she attached disclaimer comments to her social media images. Thus, the results of this study suggest that the use of disclaimer comments or labels on social media may be ineffective at reducing women’s body dissatisfaction.

scholarly journals Body dysmorphic disorder in children and young people

2021 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 160-164
Author(s):  
Chloe Watson ◽  
Sasha Ban
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Body Image ◽  
Young People ◽  
Suicide Prevention ◽  
Adolescent Development ◽  
Body Dysmorphic Disorder ◽  
Children And Young People ◽  
Surgical Interventions ◽  
Positive Body Image

The incidence of body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) in young people is increasing. Causes of BDD are related to the prevalence of social media and adolescent development, especially the role that brain neuroplasticity has on influencing perception. There are long-term impacts of BDD, including depression and suicide. Prevention and promotion of positive body image are part of the nurse's role; treatment can prevent unnecessary aesthetic surgical interventions.

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