Jacqueline Hogue|Jennifer S. Mills
The effects of active social media engagement with peers on body image in young women
York University|York University
experimental study examined effects engaging social media attractive female peers young adult womens body image participants 118 female undergraduate students randomly assigned one two experimental conditions participants first completed visual analogue scale measure state body image either browsed left comment social media site attractive female peer n 56 family member n 62 completed postmanipulation visual analogue scale measure state body image 2 2 mixed analysis variance showed significant interaction condition time followup ttests revealed young adult women engaged attractive peer social media subsequently experienced increase negative body image dependencecorrected 013 whereas engaged family member dependencecorrected 002 findings suggest upward appearance comparisons social media may promote increased body image concerns young adult women