Flinders University, Australia.
Flinders University, Australia.
Body Image. 2020 Jun;33:190-198. doi: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2020.03.003. Epub 2020 Apr 11.
Research has shown that exposure to Instagram images is harmful for women's body image. Although Instagram consists of photos of both peers and celebrities, the top followed Instagram accounts are held by thin and attractive female celebrities. The present study aimed to experimentally investigate whether two forms of Instagram caption could mitigate the detrimental effect of celebrity images on women's body image. Participants were 256 female undergraduate students who were assigned to view a set of celebrity images with either no caption, a disclaimer caption, or a body positive caption, or a control set of travel images. Results showed that exposure to celebrity images, in comparison to travel images, increased body dissatisfaction and decreased body appreciation. However, there was no significant effect of either form of caption. The effect of celebrity images was mediated by state appearance comparison and moderated by trait appearance comparison. It was concluded that the addition of disclaimer or body positive captions by attractive celebrities does not serve to improve women's body image.
研究表明，Instagram 上的图片曝光对女性的身体形象有害。虽然 Instagram 上既有同龄人也有名人照片，但关注最多的 Instagram 账号是那些身材苗条、有魅力的女明星。本研究旨在通过实验来探究两种形式的 Instagram 标题是否可以减轻名人照片对女性身体形象的负面影响。参与者为 256 名女性本科学生，他们被分配观看一组名人照片，这些照片要么没有标题，要么有免责声明标题，要么有正面身体形象标题，要么是控制组的旅行照片。结果表明，与旅行照片相比，观看名人照片会增加身体不满，减少身体欣赏。然而，两种标题形式都没有显著效果。名人形象的影响通过状态外貌比较来中介，由特质外貌比较来调节。因此，有吸引力的名人添加免责声明或正面身体形象的标题并不能改善女性的身体形象。
