Tingrong Yu, Gen Zhang
School of Marxism, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, 650201, Yunnan, China.
School of Sociology and Anthropology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, Guangdong, China.
BMC Psychol. 2025 Mar 21;13(1):283. doi: 10.1186/s40359-025-02601-7.
Our aim was to examine the relationship between short-video social media exposure and appearance anxiety among female youth, as well as the serial mediation of capitalization of sexual attractiveness and upward social media appearance comparison. In this study, 585 female youths from China were selected as participants. The Short-Video Social Media Exposure Scale, Capitalization of Sexual Attractiveness Scale, Upward Social Media Appearance Comparison Scale, and Appearance Anxiety Scale were used to measure participants. The findings revealed that the short-video social media exposure positively predicted appearance anxiety. Additionally, the capitalization of sexual attractiveness and upward social media appearance comparison mediated the relationship between short-video social media exposure and appearance anxiety, respectively. Furthermore, the capitalization of sexual attractiveness and upward social media appearance comparison also had a serial mediation effect. The result explained that short-video social media exposure not only predicts appearance anxiety through the mediating effects of capitalization of sexual attractiveness and upward social media appearance comparison, but also by a serial mediation of capitalization of sexual attractiveness and upward social media appearance comparison.
我们的目的是研究短视频社交媒体曝光与青年女性外表焦虑之间的关系，以及性吸引力资本化和社交媒体外表向上比较的序列中介作用。在本研究中，选取了585名中国青年女性作为参与者。使用短视频社交媒体曝光量表、性吸引力资本化量表、社交媒体外表向上比较量表和外表焦虑量表对参与者进行测量。研究结果显示，短视频社交媒体曝光正向预测外表焦虑。此外，性吸引力资本化和社交媒体外表向上比较分别中介了短视频社交媒体曝光与外表焦虑之间的关系。此外，性吸引力资本化和社交媒体外表向上比较也具有序列中介效应。结果表明，短视频社交媒体曝光不仅通过性吸引力资本化和社交媒体外表向上比较的中介作用预测外表焦虑，还通过性吸引力资本化和社交媒体外表向上比较的序列中介作用来预测。
