Department of Psychology, Northwestern University, United States.
Department of Psychology, Northwestern University, United States.
Body Image. 2020 Sep;34:38-45. doi: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2020.04.007. Epub 2020 Jun 4.
The current experiment tested the effect of social media use on college women's appearance comparisons, mood, and body satisfaction. We randomly assigned 308 undergraduate women (aged 18-26) to use Facebook, use Instagram, or play a matching game (the control condition) on an iPad for seven minutes. Compared to the Facebook condition, Instagram users retrospectively reported spending more time viewing images or videos containing people. Participants in both the Facebook and Instagram conditions also retrospectively reported engaging in more appearance comparisons relative to those in the control condition, but Instagram users reported significantly more appearance comparisons than those in the Facebook condition. Those who used Instagram, but not Facebook, showed decreased body satisfaction, decreased positive affect, and increased negative affect. Results are consistent with previous research suggesting social media use influences body satisfaction and social comparison, and that Instagram may be a particularly harmful platform when it comes to body image because of its focus on photos over text.
当前的实验测试了社交媒体使用对女大学生外貌比较、情绪和身体满意度的影响。我们随机分配了 308 名 18-26 岁的女本科生在 iPad 上使用 Facebook、使用 Instagram 或玩匹配游戏（对照条件）七分钟。与 Facebook 条件相比，Instagram 用户回忆起花更多时间查看包含人的图像或视频。与对照条件相比，Facebook 和 Instagram 条件下的参与者也报告说进行了更多的外貌比较，但 Instagram 用户报告的外貌比较明显多于 Facebook 条件下的参与者。使用 Instagram 的参与者（但不包括 Facebook）表现出身体满意度降低、积极情绪减少和消极情绪增加。研究结果与之前的研究一致，表明社交媒体的使用会影响身体满意度和社会比较，而对于身体形象来说，Instagram 可能是一个特别有害的平台，因为它更注重照片而不是文字。
