Mirror, mirror on my screen: Focus on self-presentation on social media is associated with perfectionism and eating disturbance among adolescents. Results from the “LifeOnSome”-study.
Abstract:Background Social media use, perfectionism, and eating disturbances have all increased over the last decades. Some studied indicate that there is a relationship between being exposed to others self-presentation on social media and eating disturbances. Studies also show that the relationship between focus on self-presentation and highly visual social media is stronger than for non-visual social media, hence facilitating upward social comparison. Nevertheless, no previous studies have investigated the link betwe… Show more
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