“Like” me: Shopping, self-display, body image, and social networking sites.

Abstract

Ideals of beauty and product information are transmitted via sociocultural channels, including social media. Through the framework of objectification theory, we examined the relation of involvement on Facebook to women's internalization of appearance ideals, psychological well-being, and their intentions to make online purchases. Participants were 796 female college students who completed online measures regarding internalization, sources of beauty information, social comparisons, body satisfaction, self-esteem, purchases referrals, and purchase intentions. Using structural equation modeling, we found that passive Facebook usage influenced the women's internalization of societal beauty ideals, which was related inversely to the women's satisfaction with their bodies and self-esteem. Active Facebook usage had direct effects on attention to friends' referrals and purchase behaviors. Purchase intentions also were influenced by referrals, the importance they placed on social media outlets as sources of information about fashion and appearance, and a more positive self-image. Findings suggest that women's intentions to make online purchases are determined through their involvement in social media, their friendship connections, and the extent to which their self-perceptions have been affected by sociocultural processes.

Social media, body image and food choices in healthy young adults: A mixed methods systematic review

“…Quantitative studies primarily recruited participants from university cohorts (n = 23), of which three were psychology cohorts with the majority based in the USA, followed by Australia . Three studies recruited participants in community settings (n = 3) .…”

“…Study sample size ranged from 100 to 1104 participants with a mean age of 18.5 to 25.78 years, of which 84% were female. Where ethnicity was reported in studies (n = 23), participants were mostly Caucasian . Of the 12 studies that reported BMI, participants had a mean range between 20.26 and 28.24 kg/m 2 .…”

“…A variety of tools to measure BI and eating behaviour were used, with little overlap between the studies (Appendix S3). However, the Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire (EDEQ), Eating Disorder Inventory (EDI), Objectified Body Consciousness (OBC‐Y) and Physical Appearance Comparison Scale (PACS) were the most frequently utilised measures.…”

Unifying the detrimental and beneficial effects of social network site use on self-esteem: a systematic literature review

“…Nine of the analyzed studies directly test for social comparison (Greitemeyer, 2016;Hanna et al, 2017;Kang, Chung, Mora, & Chung, 2013;Liu et al, 2017;Stapleton, Luiz, & Chatwin, 2017;Vogel, Rose, Okdie, Eckles, & Franz, 2015;Vogel et al, 2014;Wang, Wang, Gaskin, & Hawk, 2017;Yang, Holden, & Carter, 2018). The results of another four studies can be interpreted in the light of social comparison theory (Chen et al, 2016;Gonzales & Hancock, 2011;Strubel, Petrie, & Pookulangara, 2018;Wang, Yang, & Haigh, 2017). Table 3 presents these findings.…”

“…Passive SNS use, characterized by browsing other peoples' profiles without active interaction or participation, is closely linked to social comparisons (Krasnova et al, 2015). Users who frequently engage in passive SNS use, like viewing selfies of others, report lower levels of self-esteem (Chen et al, 2016;Strubel et al, 2018;R. Wang et al, 2017).…”