Snaps, Selfies, and Shares: How Three Popular Social Media Platforms Contribute to the Sociocultural Model of Disordered Eating Among Young Women

Saunders, Jessica F.; Eaton, Asia A.

doi:10.1089/cyber.2017.0713

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“…In this study, we described the most common forms of social comparison held by a diverse sample of emerging and young adult women in ED recovery. Contrary to prior quantitative work finding that all body, food, and exercise comparisons are detrimental to disordered eating (i.e., Fitzsimmons‐Craft, ; Saunders & Eaton, ), and in contrast to Festinger's () original conceptualization of the upward–downward spectrum, these comparisons reduced into two categories: recovery promoting or recovery hindering. Notably, both upward and downward comparisons appeared with regularity in each of the two categories.…”

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Social comparisons in eating disorder recovery: Using PhotoVoice to capture the sociocultural influences on women's recovery

Saunders

Eaton

2018

Intl J Eating Disorders

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Objective This qualitative study draws on a photo‐elicitation method (“PhotoVoice”) and semistructured interviews to examine the role of social comparison during the eating disorder (ED) recovery process. Method Thirty U.S. women in self‐defined recovery, ages 18–35, used photography to capture personally meaningful social and cultural influences on their recovery, including factors supporting, and hindering their recovery process. Participants then shared these photographs with the research team, and described them in detail. Results Photographs and interviews were examined for social comparisons using thematic analysis, and two broad categories emerged: recovery‐promoting and recovery‐hindering comparisons. Across the 30 interviews, participants reported 143 recovery hindering comparisons and 100 recovery promoting comparisons. The vast majority of comparisons involved friends and media personalities, and took place in vivo or on social media platforms. The presence of “upward” and “downward” food and body comparisons that both support and hinder recovery suggests that social comparisons during the recovery process are more nuanced than previously known. Discussion The classically ascribed uses of comparison in social comparison theory do not appear to hold for women in ED recovery. Comparisons should be encouraged in treatment and interventions if and only if the comparisons are meant to support the recovery process.

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Social comparisons in eating disorder recovery: Using PhotoVoice to capture the sociocultural influences on women's recovery

Saunders

Eaton

2018

Intl J Eating Disorders

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“…Mellor et al 41 apontam a relevância da mídia sobre as atitudes das pessoas diante da percepção corporal e destacam a preocupação e a necessidade de conscientização quanto às mensagens que são divulgadas nos meios de comunicação. Esse resultado também é sustentado por estudos mais recentes que enfatizam a forte influência da mídia social sobre a percepção corporal das pessoas 47,48 .…”

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Escala de Influência dos Três Fatores (TIS) aplicada a estudantes universitários: estudo de validação e aplicação

2019

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Resumo: A Escala de Influência dos Três Fatores (TIS) é utilizada para avaliar a influência de aspectos sociais e familiares na aparência corporal dos indivíduos. Contudo, poucos indícios de validade de construto da TIS são apresentados. O objetivo do estudo foi estimar os indicadores psicométricos da TIS e identificar o grau de influência da mídia, pais e amigos na aparência corporal de universitários considerando diferentes características. Universitários de ambos os sexos participaram. Os indicadores psicométricos da TIS foram avaliados para cada sexo utilizando análise fatorial confirmatória. Os escores médios de cada fator da TIS foram calculados. As prevalências do grau de influência foram apresentadas. Um modelo de regressão múltiplo multivariado foi construído para verificar a relação de características de interesse com os escores dos fatores da TIS. Participaram 791 universitários (63,2% mulheres) de 18 a 40 anos. A TIS não apresentou bom ajustamento às amostras e foi refinada. Após refinamento, observou-se adequada validade e confiabilidade para mulheres e homens. Verificaram-se diferenças significativas entre os escores médios de mulheres e homens, e, nas prevalências, a maioria dos estudantes esteve na categoria baixa. A atividade laboral, o consumo de suplementos alimentares para alterar o corpo, a idade, o índice de massa corporal, a autoavaliação da alimentação e o nível de atividade física se relacionaram significativamente com os fatores da TIS. Em geral, as mulheres foram mais influenciadas pela mídia e pelos amigos do que os homens. As características amostrais identificadas como relacionadas aos fatores da TIS podem ser relevantes para inclusão em protocolos clínicos e de pesquisa.

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“…Body dissatisfaction is another consequence of SM use. An assessment of 637 college females who use SM daily discovered that consistent use of Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat is linked to upward comparison, body dissatisfaction, and disordered eating [33,34]. A similar study was conducted using 363 male and female Singaporean Chinese participants.…”

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Should You “Do It for the ‘Gram?” A Review of the Psychological and Sociocultural Effects of Social Media

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Even though Social Media (SM) has penetrated the lives of roughly half the population of the world, connecting billions of people with friends and family, there are disadvantages that span the psychological and sociocultural dimensions of these users’ lives. At the present time, the disadvantages of SM outweigh the advantages. Many users have developed SM-based psychopathologies, such as addiction and depression, and SM is contributing to sociocultural crises, such as the fear of missing out (FOMO), self-objectification, and life dissatisfaction. This awareness has spawned a plethora of studies; researchers are uncovering new complexities about SM, and are expanding communal knowledge of factors that contribute to the psychological and sociocultural lives of SM users. Effects of SM are examined in this integrative review because they directly and indirectly influence the mental and physical health of SM users.

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Snaps, Selfies, and Shares: How Three Popular Social Media Platforms Contribute to the Sociocultural Model of Disordered Eating Among Young Women

Cited by 117 publications

References 64 publications

Social comparisons in eating disorder recovery: Using PhotoVoice to capture the sociocultural influences on women's recovery

Social comparisons in eating disorder recovery: Using PhotoVoice to capture the sociocultural influences on women's recovery

Escala de Influência dos Três Fatores (TIS) aplicada a estudantes universitários: estudo de validação e aplicação

Should You “Do It for the ‘Gram?” A Review of the Psychological and Sociocultural Effects of Social Media

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