“I don’t need people to tell me I’m pretty on social media:” A qualitative study of social media and body image in early adolescent girls

Smartphones, social media use and youth mental health

“…52 A qualitative study that collected data via focus groups with adolescent girls found that high levels of confidence, high media literacy and sound appreciation of individual differences appeared to mitigate negative effects of social media on body image. 53 The participants reported that "these characteristics were nurtured by positive parental influence and a supportive school environment." 53 These findings underscore the importance of a nurturing home and school environment in fostering resilience as youth navigate the challenges of adolescence.…”

“…53 The participants reported that "these characteristics were nurtured by positive parental influence and a supportive school environment." 53 These findings underscore the importance of a nurturing home and school environment in fostering resilience as youth navigate the challenges of adolescence. An empirical study of the effect of Instagram browsing on affect in just more than 500 adolescents found that randomization to conditions that provided greater contextual awareness regarding posts by others mitigated against postbrowsing negative affect in teens who reported higher levels of negative social comparison.…”

Different Shades of Beauty: Adolescents’ Perspectives on Drawing From Observation

“…When engaging in DFO, self-compassion and acceptance could be accompanied by a loving, flexible gaze directed toward both the aesthetics of the final product, as well as toward the creative self and the creative process (see also, Marsh et al, 2017). Moreover, focusing on the aesthetics of the visual object might allow for the adoption of a flexible perception toward the concept of beauty, which could become a way to process and contain the extensive preoccupation that adolescents have with their physical selves (Hargreaves and Tiggemann, 2004;Burnette et al, 2017).…”

Narrative Matters: Young people, social media and body image

“…TV, magazines), social media is a mass user-generated space in which young people can access and coproduce videos and images related to the body. Indeed, the rise of 'healthism' (an ideological, neoliberal and public construct of health) and concerns about individual autonomy, self-monitoring and obsession/addiction from social media seen in adults are concerns in youth that are growing (Burnette, Kwitowski, & Mazzeo, 2017).…”

“…In relation to body image, it is well established that self-presentation on social media is of central importance to young people, and can drive the ways in which young people participate, interact and communicate (Handyside & Ringrose, 2017). Across a range of different mediums, it is certainly evident that many young people post photographs of their bodies in ways that conform to particular body ideals, such as through the use of selfies and/or filters (Burnette et al, 2017). This behaviour can have an affective/emotive influence on how other young people their age feel they should look, extending, for example, the traditional influence of celebrities from magazines Rich, 2018).…”