Facebook Photo Activity Associated with Body Image Disturbance in Adolescent Girls

By Evelyn P. Meier, James Gray. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 2014

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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Follow me and like my beautiful selfies: Singapore teenage girls' engagement in self-presentation and peer comparison on social media (2016, background): “There has been little research on photo-based self-presentation on SNSs and its interplay with peer judgments and the negotiation of beauty (Mascheroni et al., 2015; Meier & Gray, 2014).”
#SocialMedia: Exploring the Relationship of Social Networking Sites on Body Image, Self-Esteem, and Eating Disorders (2017, methodology): “…such as looking at one’s own profile, looking at others’ profiles, and leaving comments on others’ profiles, could perhaps be explained in that SNSs provide a communication platform for peer groups and may serve as host to the many peer influences known to impact adolescent BI (Meier & Gray, 2014).”
The Mediating Role of Appearance Comparisons in the Relationship Between Media Usage and Self-Objectification in Young Women (2015, background): “Building upon previous research (Halliwell et al., 2011; Harper & Tiggemann, 2008; Meier & Gray, 2014; Morry & Staska, 2001; Slater & Tiggemann, 2015; Vandenbosch & Eggermont, 2012), we also found that general appearance comparison tendency mediated the relationship between print magazine usage and…”
The Relationship Between Body Image Concerns, Eating Disorders and Internet Use, Part I: A Review of Empirical Support (2016, background): “…Facebook features (mainly photo-related features) was associated with internalization of the thin ideal, self-objectification, drive for thinness, and low weight satisfaction, whereas general Facebook use revealed no association with body image and eating variables (Meier and Gray 2014).”
The Selfie Generation: Examining the Relationship Between Social Media Use and Early Adolescent Body Image (2019, background): “…on social media and found that the amount of time adolescent girls spent on photo activities on Facebook, not just the amount of time on Facebook overall, predicted the internalization of thin ideals, self-objectification, dissatisfaction with weight, and drive for thinness (Meier & Gray, 2014).”
Instagram Use and Self-Objectification: The Roles of Internalization, Comparison, Appearance Commentary, and Feminism (2018, background): “A study exploring Facebook use additionally identified increased appearance focus and exposure (e.g., posting, viewing, or commenting on uploaded photographs) as a significant predictor of self-objectification among adolescent girls (Meier & Gray, 2014).”
Addictive Features of Social Media/Messenger Platforms and Freemium Games against the Background of Psychological and Economic Theories (2019, background): “These effects might be in particular strong on platforms such as Instagram and for those users with low self-esteem [91] and being female [92,93].”
Appearance-Related Social Networking Sites and Body Image in Young Women: Testing an Objectification-Social Comparison Model (2020, methodology): “To capture the extent to which respondents receive likes and comments regarding their own photos, some items were adapted from the Facebook Questionnaire (Meier & Gray, 2014).”
Weight status and body image perceptions in adolescents: current perspectives (2015, unknown): “Meier and Gray 10 further identified that the time spent on Facebook was less important than the degree of exposure to appearance-specific media such as photo sharing, which was positively associated with body image concerns.”
Instagram #Instasad?: Exploring Associations Among Instagram Use, Depressive Symptoms, Negative Social Comparison, and Strangers Followed (2015, unknown): “19 Taken together, there is evidence of both positive and negative consequences of social networking for well-being, with passive use in particular being linked to negative consequences.”
Me, my selfie, and I: The relations between selfie behaviors, body image, self-objectification, and self-esteem in young women. (2020, methodology): “The Photo Subscale (Meier & Gray, 2014; original (cid”