The impact of social media use on body image and disordered eating behaviors: Content matters more than duration of exposure.

ABSTRACT: 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 frequ

SUBMITTER: Sanzari CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10363994 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature