Photoshopping the selfie: Self photo editing and photo investment are associated with body dissatisfaction in adolescent girls
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Objective: Social media engagement by adolescent girls is high. Despite its appeal, there are potential negative consequences for body dissatisfaction and disordered eating from social media use. This study aimed to examine, in a cross‐sectional design, the relationship between social media use in general, and social media activities related to taking “selfies” and sharing specifically, with overvaluation of shape and weight, body dissatisfaction, and dietary restraint. Method: Participants were 101 grade seven girls (Mage = 13.1, SD = 0.3), who completed self‐report questionnaires of social media use and body‐related and eating concerns measures. Results: Results showed that girls who regularly shared self‐images on social media, relative to those who did not, reported significantly higher overvaluation of shape and weight, body dissatisfaction, dietary restraint, and internalization of the thin ideal. In addition, among girls who shared photos of themselves on social media, higher engagement in manipulation of and investment in these photos, but not higher media exposure, were associated with greater body‐related and eating concerns, including after accounting for media use and internalization of the thin ideal. Discussion: Although cross‐sectional, these findings suggest the importance of social media activities for body‐related and eating concerns as well as potential avenues for targeted social‐media‐based intervention. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. (Int J Eat Disord 2015; 48:1132–1140).
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SNS users, especially adolescents, might invest in photo-related control and activities, trying to show and share on SNS their ideal self-image as well as becoming more worried about their appearance and body image, picture quality, and strategies to taking, choosing, and editing their shared photos online.
“Consequently, SNS users, especially adolescents, might invest in photo-related control and activities, trying to show and share on SNS their ideal self-image (McLean et al. 2015) as well as becoming more worried about their appearance and body image, picture quality, and strategies to taking, choosing, and editing their shared photos online (Boursier & Manna, 2019; Manago et al., 2015; McLean et”
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- Authors
- McLean, S. A., Paxton, S. J., Wertheim, E. H., & Masters, J.
- Affiliations
- La Trobe University (AU)
- Corresponding author
- McLean, Siân A.
- Venue
- International Journal of Eating Disorders
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2015-08-27
- Volume
- 48
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- 1132-1140
- ISSN
- 0276-3478 (ISSN-L)
- 1098-108X
- OpenAlex
- W1929776302
- Cited by
- 428
- References
- 40
- Citations by year
- 2026: 30 · 2025: 46 · 2024: 47 · 2023: 51 · 2022: 53 · 2021: 69 · 2020: 59 · 2019: 30 · 2018: 26 · 2017: 12 · 2016: 5
- FWCI
- 17.80
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- figshare.com
- Locations
- International Journal of Eating Disorders (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- eCite Digital Repository (University of Tasmania) (submittedVersion)
- Victoria University Research Repository (Victoria University) (submittedVersion)
- Figshare (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Funders
- La Trobe University
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Keywords
- selfies, image editing, body dissatisfaction, adolescent girls, social media use, dietary restraint, thin-ideal internalization, disordered eating
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Feeding and Eating Disorders, Body Image, Body Weight, Child, Cross-Sectional Studies, Diet, Eating, Female, Humans, Image Enhancement, Photography, Surveys and Questionnaires, Self Disclosure, Social Media
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