Uso de Facebook y la autopercepción de la imagen corporal en mujeres

Abstract

ResumenLa presente investigación es un estudio cuantitativo de tipo aplicado, transversal y descriptivo correlacional. El objetivo fue determinar la relación entre el uso de Facebook y la autopercepción de la imagen corporal en un grupo de estudiantes universitarias. Para el caso, se aplicó una escala que mide el uso de Facebook y un cuestionario de imagen corporal, a 106 estudiantes cuyas edades comprendían entre 17 y 24 años, del primer, quinto y décimo ciclo de estudios de las carreras de Psicología y Comunicaciones de una Universidad Privada de Lima Metropolitana. Los resultados muestran una relación positiva y significativa entre el uso de Facebook y la autopercepción negativa de la imagen corporal en mujeres (r=0.247; p<0.05).. Palabras clave: Uso de Facebook, autopercepción de la imagen corporal, estudiantes Uso de Facebook, autopercepción de la imagen corporal, estudiantes universitarias. AbstractThe present research is a quantitative study and an applied, transversal and descriptive correlational study about the use of Facebook and self -perception of the body image in a group of university students. The purpose was to determine the relationship between the use of Facebook and self-perception of the body image. For this case it was used a scale that measured the used of Facebook and a body shape questionnaire. These were applied to 106 students whose ages ranged from 17 to 24 years old, from the first, fifth and tenth semester of the undergraduate department of Psychology and Communications from a Private University of Lima Metropolitana. The results show a positive and significant relationship between the use of Facebook and negative self-perception of body image in women (r=0.247; p<0.05).

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