Department of Psychology, American University , Washington, District of Columbia.
Cyberpsychol Behav Soc Netw. 2014 Apr;17(4):199-206. doi: 10.1089/cyber.2013.0305. Epub 2013 Nov 16.
The present study examined the relationship between body image and adolescent girls' activity on the social networking site (SNS) Facebook (FB). Research has shown that elevated Internet "appearance exposure" is positively correlated with increased body image disturbance among adolescent girls, and there is a particularly strong association with FB use. The present study sought to replicate and extend upon these findings by identifying the specific FB features that correlate with body image disturbance in adolescent girls. A total of 103 middle and high school females completed questionnaire measures of total FB use, specific FB feature use, weight dissatisfaction, drive for thinness, thin ideal internalization, appearance comparison, and self-objectification. An appearance exposure score was calculated based on subjects' use of FB photo applications relative to total FB use. Elevated appearance exposure, but not overall FB usage, was significantly correlated with weight dissatisfaction, drive for thinness, thin ideal internalization, and self-objectification. Implications for eating disorder prevention programs and best practices in researching SNSs are discussed.
本研究考察了身体意象与青少年女性在社交网站（SNS）Facebook（FB）上活动之间的关系。研究表明，互联网“外貌曝光”的增加与青少年女性的身体意象障碍呈正相关，而与 FB 的使用尤其相关。本研究试图通过确定与青少年女性身体意象障碍相关的特定 FB 特征来复制和扩展这些发现。共有 103 名中学和高中女性完成了问卷，内容涉及总 FB 使用量、特定 FB 特征使用量、体重不满、瘦身欲望、瘦理想内化、外貌比较和自我客体化。根据受试者相对于总 FB 使用量使用 FB 照片应用程序的情况，计算出了一个外貌曝光分数。外貌曝光的增加，而不是整体 FB 使用量，与体重不满、瘦身欲望、瘦理想内化和自我客体化显著相关。讨论了对饮食失调预防计划和 SNS 研究最佳实践的影响。
