Exploring the relationship between frequency of Instagram use, exposure to idealized images, and psychological well-being in women
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Integrating body image interventions into broader mental health care allows clinicians to offer more holistic support.
“By integrating body image interventions into broader mental health care, clinicians can offer more holistic support, aiding individuals in not only overcoming psychological disorders but also cultivating a healthier, more positive relationship with their bodies [194].”
Previous research has often shown that increased SNS use is associated with reduced self-esteem, highlighting risks of upward social comparison.
“Previous research has often highlighted the risks of upward social comparison on SNSs, showing that increased use is associated with reduced self-esteem”
From The associations between social comparison on social media and young adults’ mental health (2025) · cites this paper as Sherlock and Wagstaff, 2019
Instagram did not alone glorify thin-idealization; socio-cultural factors and self-internalization also played a key role.
“The case also noted that Instagram did not alone glorify thin-idealization; rather socio-cultural factors and selfinternalization also played a key role (Sherlock & Wagstaff, 2019).”
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Instagram made users dependent on the validation of others, thereby harming their self-worth.
“Instagram also made the users dependent on the validation of others, hence harming their self-worth.”
From How False Social Media Beauty Standards Lead To Body Dysmorphia (2023) · cites this paper as Sherlock & Wagstaff, 2019
Female adolescents' extensive use of social media and appearance-related smartphone activities (browsing websites, listening to music, and watching TV shows) intensify cognitive internalization of thin-ideal standards and internal pressures to strive for unattainable beauty standards.
“Specifically, female adolescents’ extensive use of social media and appearance-related smartphone activities (browsing websites, listening to music, and watching TV shows) intensify cognitive internalization of thin-ideal standards and internal pressures to strive for unattainable beauty standards, which in turn incites upward social comparison in order to determine one’s social and personal worth”
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This cognitive internalization incites upward social comparison in order to determine one's social and personal worth.
“Specifically, female adolescents’ extensive use of social media and appearance-related smartphone activities (browsing websites, listening to music, and watching TV shows) intensify cognitive internalization of thin-ideal standards and internal pressures to strive for unattainable beauty standards, which in turn incites upward social comparison in order to determine one’s social and personal worth”
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- Authors
- Sherlock, M., & Wagstaff, D. L.
- Affiliations
- Federation University (AU)
- Venue
- Psychology of Popular Media Culture
- Published
- 2019-10
- Volume
- 8
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 482-490
- ISSN
- 2160-4134 (ISSN-L)
- 2160-4142
- OpenAlex
- W2796470896
- Semantic Scholar
- 49634f1f6d10f7cfc2fd660e0395c69e7ed0d70a
- Cited by
- 324
- References
- 36
- Citations by year
- 2026: 20 · 2025: 41 · 2024: 55 · 2023: 55 · 2022: 53 · 2021: 50 · 2020: 40 · 2019: 9 · 2018: 1
- FWCI
- 56.90
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Psychology of Popular Media Culture (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender, Feminism, and Media
- Keywords
- idealized images, psychological well-being, women, social media use, body image, social media exposure
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