The impact of social media use on body image and disordered eating behaviors: Content matters more than duration of exposure.
Body image
Body neutrality
Body positivity
Disordered eating
Social media
Weight loss
Journal
Eating behaviors
ISSN: 1873-7358
Titre abrégé: Eat Behav
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101090048
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
04 2023
04 2023
Historique:
received:
14
10
2022
revised:
31
01
2023
accepted:
29
03
2023
pmc-release:
04
04
2024
medline:
2
6
2023
pubmed:
16
4
2023
entrez:
15
4
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Social media use is rapidly expanding in terms of frequency, duration, and the diversity of platforms available. Given evidence for associations between social media use, body image disturbances, and disordered eating it is important to identify potentially harmful aspects of social media use that could serve as intervention targets. This study surveyed two demographically diverse undergraduate student cohorts in 2015 and 2022 to compare patterns in social media use, body image, and disordered eating behaviors between samples, including as a function of the COVID-19 pandemic, and to test the hypothesized moderating role of specific content consumed in the association between social media use and maladaptive outcomes. Participants in 2022 reported greater body image disturbances, more frequent vomiting and laxative use, and more time spent on a greater number of social media accounts, with significantly greater use of image-based platforms such as Snapchat, TikTok, and YouTube. Moderated regression analyses suggest that type of content consumed, but not the amount of time spent on social media or diversity of platforms utilized, is associated with body image disturbances and disordered eating behaviors after controlling for gender and body mass index. Specifically, exposure to weight loss content was associated with lower body appreciation, greater fears of negative appearance evaluation, and more frequent binge eating. Contrary to initial hypotheses, exposure to body positivity/neutrality content did not have protective effects. Findings suggest that interventions targeting negative consequences of social media use should focus on addressing content consumed, rather than time spent on social media platforms.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37060807
pii: S1471-0153(23)00022-3
doi: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2023.101722
pmc: PMC10363994
mid: NIHMS1914473
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
101722Subventions
Organisme : NIMH NIH HHS
ID : K23 MH123910
Pays : United States
Organisme : NIMH NIH HHS
ID : K23 MH126201
Pays : United States
Organisme : NIMH NIH HHS
ID : K23 MH131871
Pays : United States
Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2023. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Declaration of competing interest The authors have no conflicts of interest/disclosures to report.
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