The Effect of Social Media Usage, Appearance-Related Social Media Pressure and Body Mass Index on Body Appreciation of Cosmetic Procedure Patients

Sonmez, Mehmet; Esiyok, Elif

doi:10.1007/s00266-023-03654-y

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“…The relationship between sociocultural pressure and body dissatisfaction is often mediated by thin-ideal internalisation, which has been reported across the lifespan [ 19 – 22 ] and is a main predictor of body dissatisfaction [ 23 , 24 ] and disordered eating [ 25 , 26 ]. Conversely, body appreciation has been shown to act as a protective factor against thin-ideal internalisation and disordered eating in adolescent girls, and against media pressures and disordered eating in adolescent boys [ 11 ], but in adults this relationship may be flipped as increased perceived media pressure has been suggested to reduce body appreciation [ 27 ]. Furthermore, with increasing globalisation of Western media which has been suggested to be a main factor in the increase in preference for thinner bodies in non-Western populations [ 28 ], it is important that we consider how sociocultural factors are related to body appreciation across cultures.…”

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Examining body appreciation in six countries: The impact of age and sociocultural pressure

Hanson,

Gott,

Tomsett

et al. 2024

PLoS ONE

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Previous research on body appreciation across the lifespan has produced conflicting results that it increases with age, decreases with age, or is generally stable with an increase in women over 50-years-old. Furthermore, most of the research has been conducted in White, Western populations. Cross-cultural research suggests that both Chinese and African women experience similar sociocultural pressures as White Western women, and that appearance ideals are shifting to resemble a more Western ideal. We cross-sectionally and cross-culturally examined body appreciation across the lifespan, recruiting White Western women (UK, USA, Canada, and Australia), Black Nigerian women, and Chinese women. 1186 women aged 18–80 completed measures of body appreciation, internalisation of thin and athletic ideals, and perceived sociocultural pressure. Body appreciation did not vary with age in women from any country. Nigerian women reported the highest body appreciation, and Western women the lowest. Higher thin/athletic ideal internalisation, and higher perceived sociocultural pressure were significantly associated with lower body appreciation in all countries and age-groups. Overall, our findings indicate that although levels of body appreciation differ drastically between ethnicities and cultures, it is generally stable across age, and shows cross-culturally robust relationships between sociocultural internalisation and pressure.

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