Department of Epidemiology, Faculty of Health Sciences in Bytom, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, 41-902 Bytom, Poland.
Department of Public Health, Department of Public Health Policy, Faculty of Health Sciences in Bytom, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, 41-902 Bytom, Poland.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 Jan 23;20(3):2069. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20032069.
Virtual spaces, such as social media, give people a platform to exchange their opinions, experiences, and knowledge. Social media's ubiquitous usefulness has led to people relying, in whole or in part, on the information they learn online. As a result, a person's perception of his or her own body and their self-worth has started to be influenced by what other people think of them and by the information found on social media. Modern people's lifestyle, particularly their eating habits and exercise habits, exhibits a similar tendency. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationships occurring between factors related to the use and internalization of body image knowledge contained in social media and the factors shaping self-assessment and self-esteem in women following a vegetarian diet. An authority-validated questionnaire was used to determine the level of use and attitudes of respondents toward social media, e.g., SATAQ and BES. Associations about the potential negative impacts of the knowledge provided by social media on the development of body image and self-esteem were shown. It is interesting to observe that women who practice vegetarianism have less pressure on their appearance. This may be because vegetarianism is a lifestyle that is currently actively promoted online. Education is required on the connection between the use and internalization of social media knowledge and the development of healthy self-esteem and body evaluation.
虚拟空间，如社交媒体，为人们提供了一个交流意见、经验和知识的平台。社交媒体无处不在的实用性使得人们在某种程度上依赖于他们在网上学到的信息。因此，一个人对自己身体的感知和自我价值开始受到他人对他们的看法和社交媒体上找到的信息的影响。现代人的生活方式，尤其是他们的饮食习惯和运动习惯，也表现出类似的趋势。本研究的目的是评估与社交媒体中包含的身体意象知识的使用和内化相关的因素，以及与素食女性自我评估和自尊形成相关的因素之间的关系。采用权威验证的问卷来确定受访者对社交媒体的使用程度和态度，例如 SATAQ 和 BES。研究表明，社交媒体提供的知识可能对身体意象和自尊的发展产生负面影响。有趣的是，素食女性对外表的压力较小。这可能是因为素食主义是目前在网上积极倡导的一种生活方式。需要对社交媒体知识的使用和内化与健康的自尊和身体评价的发展之间的联系进行教育。
