Brief Mindfulness Meditation Protects Chinese Young Women's Body Image from Appearance-Focused Social Media Exposure: An Online Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT: Objectives: Exposure to appearance-focused social media often leads to body image disturbance among young women. One promising intervention to lessen this negative impact is mindfulness meditation. This study aimed to determine whether a brief mindfulness meditation intervention could mitigate the adverse effects of exposure to appearance-focused social media content on body image and mood in young Chinese women. Methods: In an online randomized controlled trial, 168 women aged 18-35 years were randomly assigned to either an intervention group (n = 86) that listened to a ten-minute mindfulness meditation audio or to a control group (n = 82) that listened to a ten-minute recorded natural history text. After listening to the audio, participants viewed idealized bo

SUBMITTER: Zhang X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12785854 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature