Association of body image distortion with smartphone dependency and usage time in adolescents: a cross-sectional Korean Youth Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Adolescent dependency on smartphones is the highest among all age groups. Adolescents can be influenced to evaluate their body image by popular ideals about beautiful bodies via smartphone content, which can cause body image distortion. This study aimed to examine the association between body image distortion and smartphone dependency and the duration of smartphone usage among Korean adolescents.

Methods

This study used data from the 16th Korean Youth Risk Behavior Web-Based Survey (2020), and included 42,981 participants, who were grouped according to self-reported duration of smartphone usage and smartphone dependency, as measured by a questionnaire. Body image distortion is defined as an exaggerated subjective body image compared to the actual body image. Multi

SUBMITTER: Cho H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11969179 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature