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Body Ideals of Undergraduate Women and the Proliferation of Social Media: An Exploratory Study
Author(s) -
Markova Ivana,
Azocar Cristina
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
family and consumer sciences research journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.372
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1552-3934
pISSN - 1077-727X
DOI - 10.1111/fcsr.12412
Subject(s) - ethnic group , internalization , exploratory research , ideal (ethics) , psychology , social psychology , social media , gerontology , sociology , medicine , political science , anthropology , receptor , law
The authors conducted a study to examine women’s body dissatisfaction, social comparison, and thin‐ideal internalization in relation to exposure to social networking sites. Additionally, women’s body dissatisfaction, social comparison, thin‐ideal internalization, and exposure to social networking sites were examined in relation to their ethnic backgrounds. A survey was completed by 725 females enrolled in undergraduate programs at California State University. Participants showed higher body dissatisfaction, social comparison, and thin‐ideal internalization if they were more exposed to social media sites. Differences were also found based on ethnic backgrounds; results showed that African American and Middle Eastern/Arab women’s body satisfaction was not as low as that of white and Asian women.