"假"的Instagram使用与用户自拍活动的真实差异有关:一项探索性调查考虑了身体满意度
Sherene Balanji1, Chloe White1, Shannon Zaitsoff1
1Department of Psychology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada, V5A 1S6.
Eating behaviors
|July 7, 2023
概括
使用私人Instagram帐户或Finsta的年轻女性,与只有主帐户的女性相比,在照片活动和身体满意度之间显示出不同的关联. 芬斯塔的使用可以减轻自拍的负面身体形象影响.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 媒体研究 媒体研究
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
背景情况:
- 年轻女性越来越多地使用私人社交媒体空间,如Instagram"Finstas",以真实的自我介绍.
- 以前的研究将一般的Instagram使用与年轻女性的身体不满联系在一起.
- 独特的使用模式,如使用Finsta,对身体满意度的影响仍未得到充分探索.
研究的目的:
- 调查自拍活动 (选择,投资,编辑) 与身体满意度之间的关系.
- 为了比较这些协会在本科生女性Instagram用户和没有Finsta帐户.
主要方法:
- 224名本科生女性Instagram用户 (112名Finsta用户,112名非用户) 的样本参与了调查.
- 收集关于自拍活动和身体满意度的数据.
- 对Instagram使用时间和年龄进行控制的协变分析 (ANCOVA).
主要成果:
- 与其主帐户和非Finsta用户相比,Finsta用户报告了较少的自拍,更少的编辑,以及对帖子的投资较低.
- 身体满意度与非Finsta用户的照片选择,投资和编辑有负面关联.
- 芬斯塔用户在自拍活动和身体满意度之间没有表现出相同的负面关联.
结论:
- 私人Instagram (Finsta) 的使用似乎将自拍活动与负面的身体形象结果分开.
- 研究结果表明,社交媒体使用的背景 (公共与私人) 显著影响心理影响.
- 需要进一步的研究来探索Finsta使用的细微差别及其对身体形象的长期影响.
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