Daily Bi-directional effects of women's social media-based appearance comparisons, body satisfaction, and disordered eating urges.

ABSTRACT: We assessed the bi-directional relationships between upward appearance comparisons on social media with body dissatisfaction (BD) and disordered eating (DE) in women's daily lives and the potential moderating effect of trait self-objectification on these relationships. Women (N = 315) completed a baseline measure of trait self-objectification, then reported momentary experiences of social media-based appearance comparisons (upward, lateral, downward), body satisfaction, and DE urges (restrict food intake, exercise, overeat) for seven days. We hypothesized that upward (relative to no) comparisons would predict lower body satisfaction and higher DE urges, while lateral and downward (relative to no) comparisons would predict higher body satisfaction and lower DE urges. We expected these relat

SUBMITTER: Portingale J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11369994 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature