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Processing Body Image on Social Media: Gender Differences in Adolescent Boys’ and Girls’ Agency and Active Coping.

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Mahon, Ciara, Hevey, David·2021·Frontiers in Psychology
DOI 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.626763PMC PMC8175666
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Although scholars continue to debate the influence of social media on body image, increased social media use, especially engaging in appearance-related behaviors may be a potential risk factor for body dissatisfaction in adolescents. Little research has investigated how adolescents process appearance-related content and the potential strategies they use to protect body image perceptions on social media. To investigate coping strategies used by adolescents, four qualitative focus groups were conducted with 29 adolescents (23 girls) aged 15–16 years (M = 15.31, SD = 0.47) in mixed-gender Irish secondary schools. Thematic analysis revealed that adolescents employed many different behavioral strategies such as avoiding negative content and selecting positive content. Cognitive processing strategies such as critically evaluating body-related content, psychologically distancing from and positively reframing challenging content were also used, although less frequently. Boys appeared to exhibit greater positive agency over their bodies and social media use and tended to use more active coping styles than girls. Efforts to promote body image on social media such as body positive pages and exposing artificial social media content were considered limited in their effectiveness.

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  1. Edcoms, 2016, Picture of Health: Who Influences Boys: Friends and the New World of Social Media, 1
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  3. Greene, 2011, Qualitative Research Methodology: Review of the Literature and its Application to the Qualitative Component of Growing Up in Ireland, 1

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Authors
Mahon, C., & Hevey, D.
Affiliations
Trinity College Dublin (IE)
Corresponding author
Mahon, Ciara
ORCID
Venue
Frontiers in Psychology
Publisher
Frontiers Media SA
Published
2021-05-21
Volume
12
Pages
626763-626763
ISSN
1664-1078 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.3389/fpsyg.2021.626763
PMC
PMC8175666
OpenAlex
W3162214085
Cited by
119
References
65
Citations by year
2026: 15 · 2025: 30 · 2024: 29 · 2023: 27 · 2022: 16 · 2021: 2
FWCI
12.62
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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Locations
  • Frontiers in Psychology (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
  • Lenus, The Irish Health Repository (Dr Steevens Hospital Library) (submittedVersion)
Funders
Trinity College Dublin
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
body image, social media, adolescents, gender differences, active coping, body dissatisfaction, coping strategies, body agency, high school students

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