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The impact of social media use on appearance self-esteem from childhood to adolescence – A 3-wave community study
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Social media users are extensively exposed to photographs displaying idealized self-presentations. This poses a potential threat to youth's appearance self-esteem, but the negative impact may depend upon types of social media engagement. Youth who actively post updates (i.e., self-oriented social media use) may position themselves to receive positive feedback and appearance confirmation and thus show enhanced self-esteem, whereas youths who mostly view and respond to other's posts (i.e. other-oriented social media use) are exposed to these idealized presentations, while not receiving positive feedback on their own appearance, which may result in reduced self-esteem. Children were interviewed about their social media use at ages 10, 12 and 14 years (n = 725). Appearance self-esteem was captured by the Self Description Questionnaire I and the Self-Perception Profile for Adolescents. Applying a Random Intercept Cross-lagged Panel Model, we found that increased other-oriented social media use predicted decreased appearance self-esteem from ages 10 to 12 and ages 12 to 14, but only in girls. Self-oriented social media use did not impact appearance self-esteem, and no reverse influence from appearance self-esteem to social media use was revealed. Findings suggest that other-oriented, but not self-oriented use, negatively affects appearance self-esteem from childhood to adolescence.
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“This dynamic can exacerbate the pressure to conform to idealized standards, as adolescents and young adults equate social approval and self-worth with how closely their bodies resemble those celebrated online [35].”
From Body Perceptions and Psychological Well-Being: A Review of the Impact of Social Media and Physical Measurements on Self-Esteem and Mental Health with a Focus on Body Image Satisfaction and Its Relationship with Cultural and Gender Factors (2024) · cites this paper as [35]
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“In a longitudinal study of adolescents in Norway, higher levels of 'other-oriented social media use' (e.g., liking and commenting on others' posts) were found to predict worse appearance self-esteem across ages 10-14 for girls but not boys (Steinsbekk et al., 2021).”
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 Steinsbekk et al., 2021
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“Thus, research that examines adolescents' exposure to their own SM feeds (e.g., Fardouly et al., 2015; Steinsbekk et al., 2021) may not be equipped to differentiate between the effects of viewing known peer, unknown same-aged peer, celebrity, and influencer images.”
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“This educational approach has been shown to reduce the negative impact of social media on body image and self-esteem [35,36,37,45].”
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“The existing literature indicates that media literacy education helps young individuals develop critical thinking skills, enabling them to analyze and question the content they encounter on social media.”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Steinsbekk, S., Wichstrøm, L., Stenseng, F., Nesi, J., Hygen, B. W., & Skalická, V.
- Affiliations
- Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NO)
- Brown University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Steinsbekk, Silje
- Venue
- Computers in Human Behavior
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2021-01
- Volume
- 114
- Pages
- 106528
- ISSN
- 0747-5632 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W3065818614
- Cited by
- 221
- References
- 44
- Citations by year
- 2026: 26 · 2025: 36 · 2024: 47 · 2023: 35 · 2022: 47 · 2021: 27
- FWCI
- 37.52
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Computers in Human Behavior (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- NORA - Norwegian Open Research Archives (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Funders
- Research Council of Norway (240097, ES611813)
- NTNU
- 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
- social media use, appearance self-esteem, childhood, adolescence, gender differences, body image
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