‘I wish my body looked like theirs!’ : How positive appearance comments on social media impact adolescents' body dissatisfaction
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14230%2F23%3A00134248" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14230/23:00134248 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1740144523001390" target="_blank" >https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1740144523001390</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2023.101630" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.bodyim.2023.101630</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
‘I wish my body looked like theirs!’ : How positive appearance comments on social media impact adolescents' body dissatisfaction
Original language description
Despite robust research evidence for the role of attractive-body portrayals in body image, the effect of positive appearance comments that endorse them on social media remains unclear. Therefore, using a between-subject experimental design and the data from 613 Czech adolescents (52% girls) aged 13–18 (M = 15.5, SD = 1.7), the present study examined exposure to positive appearance comments on body dissatisfaction, and the moderating roles of media-ideal internalization, appearance schematicity, body appreciation, and gender. Our data supported the presumed intensifying effect of the positive appearance comments on post-exposure body dissatisfaction, but only for adolescent girls. The impact of positive comments was not moderated by the media-ideal internalization, appearance schematicity, or body appreciation. However, the exploratory results showed that the displayed bodies’ perceived attractiveness intensified the positive comments’ effect on body dissatisfaction, which makes it a potentially important factor to target for the prevention of negative social media effects on body image. Furthermore, the individual characteristics that moderated the exposure to attractive images in the prior research may not determine the effects of the positive comments. Future research may need to capture factors that specifically influence the processing of such comments, such as susceptibility to peer feedback on physical appearance.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50100 - Psychology and cognitive sciences
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GX19-27828X" target="_blank" >GX19-27828X: Modelling the future: Understanding the impact of technology on adolescent’s well-being</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2023
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Body Image
ISSN
1740-1445
e-ISSN
1873-6807
Volume of the periodical
47
Issue of the periodical within the volume
December
Country of publishing house
NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS
Number of pages
12
Pages from-to
1-12
UT code for WoS article
001095882200001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85172871847