Social media and body image: Modulating effects of social identities and user characteristics

Engagement with social media content results in lower appearance satisfaction: An experience sampling study using a wrist-worn wearable and a physical analogue scale

“…Related to sampling, our recruitment method means that we cannot be certain that our sample was representative of Germanspeaking populations in Central Europe. Indeed, it was notable that our sample was relatively young, though of course young adults are most likely to be heavy users of social media (Perrin & Anderson, 2019) and are more likely to be at risk for negative body image outcomes as a result of social media exposure (Rodgers & Rousseau, 2022). In future work, it may be useful to replicate our findings with more representative and more diverse populations, so as to determine the extent to which our findings are generalisable.…”

“…S. Stieger, H.M. Graf, S.P. Riegler et al Body Image 43 (2022) 232-243 and it is possible we have overlooked other potentially useful constructs (e.g., appearance orientation) and user characteristics (Rodgers & Rousseau, 2022). Finally, and related to our instrumentation, it was notable that composite reliability for some trait-relevant subscales were deflated (although in line with expectation, as in the case the Mini-IPIP), which may warrant further investigation.…”

Did the pandemic increase social media-induced appearance pressures? A longitudinal analysis of social media caused appearance-related pressures before and during the Covid-19 pandemic

“…For example, the use of popular platforms, such as Facebook and Instagram, increased globally by up to 60% after the Covid-19 outbreak (Kantar, 2020). As previous research suggested the use of social media is associated with appearance concerns (for review, see Rodgers & Rousseau, 2022;Saiphoo & Vahedi, 2019), it is likely that the increase in social media use has increased perceived appearance pressure during the Covid-19 pandemic. These pressures have been likely to increase, especially during the pandemic's peak periods when appearance-related messaging saturated social media, such as 'covibesity', which is weight gain during quarantine (Cooper et al, 2022;Schneider et al, 2022).…”

Fit and fun: Content analysis investigating positive body image dimensions of adolescents’ Facebook images

“…Studies of visual self-presentation on social media platforms also reveal gender differences between adolescent boys, who often present themselves as strong and active, and adolescent girls, who tend to present themselves as attractive and in a seductive manner (Herring & Kapidzic, 2015;Rose et al, 2012). The internalization of gender roles may lead girls to experience a degree of pressure to make their bodies visible and engage in appearance-related activities on social media (Rodgers & Rousseau, 2022). Thus, it seems plausible to hypothesize that boys and girls may direct their attention to different facets of PBI by posting different content.…”