I “like” the way you look: How appearance-focused and overall Facebook use contribute to adolescents' self-sexualization
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Among both adolescent boys and girls, sexy self-presentation on social media is associated with appearance conversations on social media, wanting attention on social media, and actually receiving more attention in the form of likes and followers/friends.
“Among both adolescent boys and girls, sexy self-presentation on SM is associated with appearance conversations on SM, wanting attention on SM, and actually receiving more attention in the form of likes and followers/friends (Trekels et al., 2018).”
From The Perfect Storm: A Developmental-Sociocultural Framework for the Role of Social Media in Adolescent Girls' Body Image Concerns and Mental Health. (2022) · cites this paper as Trekels et al., 2018
The Gender similarities and Appearance-focused activities on Facebook sections report that appearance conversations on Facebook were associated with self-sexualizing behaviors among both boys and girls. But the measured behaviors were largely appearance practices, not specifically sexy self-presentation on social media. The paper examines beliefs about rewards such as popularity; its Limitations and future directions section proposes studying likes as a future question, rather than reporting that participants wanted or actually received more likes or followers. (LLM, conf=0.90)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredGirls are more likely than boys to engage in sexy online self-presentation, and in turn to experience relational costs, due to the gendered sexual double standard.
“However, girls are more likely than boys to engage in sexy online self-presentation (e.g., Trekels et al., 2018), and in turn to experience relational costs, due to the gendered sexual double standard (Daniels & Zurbriggen, 2016a, 2016b).”
From The Perfect Storm: A Developmental-Sociocultural Framework for the Role of Social Media in Adolescent Girls' Body Image Concerns and Mental Health. (2022) · cites this paper as Trekels et al., 2018
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- Authors
- Trekels, J., Ward, L. M., & Eggermont, S.
- Affiliations
- KU Leuven (BE)
- University of Michigan (US)
- Corresponding author
- Trekels, Jolien
- Venue
- Computers in Human Behavior
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2018-04
- Volume
- 81
- Pages
- 198-208
- ISSN
- 0747-5632 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2779886118
- Cited by
- 56
- References
- 93
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 8 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 8 · 2020: 9 · 2019: 7 · 2018: 4
- FWCI
- 14.01
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- lirias.kuleuven.be
- Licence
- Locations
- Computers in Human Behavior (publishedVersion)
- Lirias (KU Leuven) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Funders
- KU Leuven Special Research Fund
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Keywords
- self-sexualization, Facebook use, social networking sites, self-objectification, appearance ideals, adolescents, gender differences, body image
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