A brief report on the associations amongst social media use, gender, and body esteem in a UK student sample

Ormsby, Hollie, OWEN, Alison and BHOGAL, Manpal Singh (2018) A brief report on the associations amongst social media use, gender, and body esteem in a UK student sample. Current Psychology. ISSN print 1046-1310 online 1936-4733

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Research into the effects of social media on personal wellbeing have been controversial in recent years, with recent research highlighting links between social media use and body esteem. This conceptual replication study aimed to explore relationships amongst social media use, body esteem and gender amongst UK university students (n=100). Participants completed measures of social media use and body image esteem. It was hypothesised that social media intensity and usage would negatively predict body esteem, with high social media intensity relating to lower body esteem. We find that gender was the only significant predictor of body esteem, with women having lower body esteem compared to men. We were unable to replicate previous findings, as our findings show no relationships amongst social media intensity, use, and body esteem.

Item Type:	Article
Faculty:	School of Life Sciences and Education > Psychology
Depositing User:	Alison OWEN
Date Deposited:	14 Jan 2019 10:22
Last Modified:	24 Feb 2023 13:53
URI:	https://eprints.staffs.ac.uk/id/eprint/5091

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