Attachment security and social comparisons as predictors of Pinterest users’ body image concerns

Powell, Elisabeth; Wang-Hall, Jennie; Bannister, Jenny A.; Colera, Elisa; Lopez, Frederick G.

doi:10.1016/j.chb.2018.01.039

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“…Another critical factor is the media by which beauty ideals have been promoted. The media plays a vital role in formulating what is attractive in society, increasing the thin beauty ideal among females being unattainable [29,30]. These ideals confirmed the way young people perceived themselves and, therefore, how they value themselves [10,31].…”

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Social Media, Thin-Ideal, Body Dissatisfaction and Disordered Eating Attitudes: An Exploratory Analysis

Aparicio-Martínez

Perea-Moreno

Redel-Macías

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Disordered eating attitudes are rapidly increasing, especially among young women in their twenties. These disordered behaviours result from the interaction of several factors, including beauty ideals. A significant factor is social media, by which the unrealistic beauty ideals are popularized and may lead to these behaviours. The objectives of this study were, first, to determine the relationship between disordered eating behaviours among female university students and sociocultural factors, such as the use of social network sites, beauty ideals, body satisfaction, body image and the body image desired to achieve and, second, to determine whether there is a sensitive relationship between disordered eating attitudes, addiction to social networks, and testosterone levels as a biological factor. The data (N = 168) was obtained using validated surveys (EAT-26, BSQ, CIPE-a, SNSA) and indirect measures of prenatal testosterone. The data was analysed using chi-square, Student’s t-test, correlation tests and logistic regression tests. The results showed that disordered eating attitudes were linked to self-esteem (p < 0.001), body image (p < 0.001), body desired to achieve (p < 0.001), the use of social media (p < 0.001) and prenatal testosterone (p < 0.01). The findings presented in this study suggest a relationship between body image, body concerns, body dissatisfaction, and disordered eating attitudes among college women.

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confidence: 89%

Social Media, Thin-Ideal, Body Dissatisfaction and Disordered Eating Attitudes: An Exploratory Analysis

Aparicio-Martínez

Perea-Moreno

Redel-Macías

et al. 2019

IJERPH

233

121

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“…One may also feel pressure to catch up with the superior other to reach a balanced psychological state (Festinger 1954 ). For example, upward social comparison with attractive body images displayed on SNSs is closely related to body image concerns for women and depressive mood and anxiety about weight (Powell et al 2018 ). Burke and Rains ( 2019 ) found that weight concern was greater for respondents who compared themselves with attractive body images than for respondents who compared themselves with similar people.…”

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The effects of social comparison orientation on psychological well-being in social networking sites: Serial mediation of perceived social support and self-esteem

Lee

2020

Curr Psychol

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This study investigates the effects of the social comparison orientation in social networking sites on psychological well-being. In particular, it examines the mediation effect of perceived social support and self-esteem in the relationship between social comparison orientation and psychological well-being. Data were collected through an online survey with 236 participants in South Korea. The results showed that social comparison orientation negatively influenced psychological well-being. In the relationship between social comparison orientation and psychological well-being, perceived social support had no mediation effect, self-esteem had a significant negative mediation effect, and perceived social support and self-esteem had a negative serial mediation effect. The social comparison orientation in social networking sites could elicit negative emotions, which decrease perceived social support, self-esteem, and psychological well-being. Theoretical and practical implications as well as suggestions for future studies are discussed in detail.

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“…The effects of regular exposure to social media posts causing social comparisons are an important area to research [8,9]. Women, in particular, compare their image to others, so they are particularly vulnerable to self-objectification, anxiety, body satisfaction, and lower perceptions of themselves [9,10]. In this paper, social comparisons made by young women due to Instagram usage were researched.…”

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Artificial neural networks for predicting social comparison effects among female Instagram users

Jabłońska

Zajdel

2020

PLoS ONE

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Systematic exposure to social media causes social comparisons, especially among women who compare their image to others; they are particularly vulnerable to mood decrease, selfobjectification, body concerns, and lower perception of themselves. This study first investigates the possible links between life satisfaction, self-esteem, anxiety, depression, and the intensity of Instagram use with a social comparison model. In the study, 974 women age 18-49 who were Instagram users voluntarily participated, completing a questionnaire. The results suggest associations between the analyzed psychological data and social comparison types. Then, artificial neural networks models were implemented to predict the type of such comparison (positive, negative, equal) based on the aforementioned psychological traits. The models were able to properly predict between 71% and 82% of cases. As human behavior analysis has been a subject of study in various fields of science, this paper contributes towards understanding the role of artificial intelligence methods for analyzing behavioral data in psychology.

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Attachment security and social comparisons as predictors of Pinterest users’ body image concerns

Cited by 25 publications

References 49 publications

Social Media, Thin-Ideal, Body Dissatisfaction and Disordered Eating Attitudes: An Exploratory Analysis

Social Media, Thin-Ideal, Body Dissatisfaction and Disordered Eating Attitudes: An Exploratory Analysis

The effects of social comparison orientation on psychological well-being in social networking sites: Serial mediation of perceived social support and self-esteem

Artificial neural networks for predicting social comparison effects among female Instagram users

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