Flinders University, Australia.
Flinders University, Australia.
Body Image. 2020 Jun;33:175-182. doi: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2020.03.002. Epub 2020 Mar 27.
Social media have given rise to new forms of self-presentation, in particular, the posting of self-portrait photos, commonly known as "selfies." The aim of the present study was to experimentally investigate the relationship between selfie editing and body dissatisfaction. Participants were 130 women aged 18-30 years who were asked to view Instagram images of thin women or of average-sized women, with a view to inducing body dissatisfaction in the former group. Participants were then asked to take a selfie on an iPad and were given 10 min. to edit the selfie. They completed state measures of mood, body dissatisfaction, and facial dissatisfaction at baseline, after viewing the images, and after editing their selfies. It was found that although viewing the thin images increased negative mood and body/facial dissatisfaction, experimental condition had no effect on the time spent or extent of editing of the selfie. However, taking and editing the selfie resulted in increased negative mood and facial dissatisfaction in both groups. Further, the observed extent of editing predicted the degree of increase in facial dissatisfaction. It was concluded that investing heavily in and editing one's self-presentation on social media is a detrimental activity for young women.
社交媒体催生了新的自我呈现形式，特别是自拍照的发布，通常被称为“自拍”。本研究旨在通过实验探究自拍编辑与身体不满之间的关系。参与者为 130 名年龄在 18 至 30 岁之间的女性，要求她们观看瘦女性或普通体型女性的 Instagram 图片，以诱导前者群体的身体不满。之后，参与者被要求在 iPad 上自拍，并给予 10 分钟时间编辑自拍。他们在基线、观看图片后和编辑自拍后完成了情绪、身体不满和面部不满的状态测量。结果发现，尽管观看瘦图片会增加负面情绪和身体/面部不满，但实验条件对自拍的编辑时间或程度没有影响。然而，拍摄和编辑自拍会导致两组负面情绪和面部不满增加。此外，观察到的编辑程度预测了面部不满增加的程度。研究得出结论，在社交媒体上大量投入和编辑自我呈现是年轻女性有害的行为。
