Integrating social media, body shame and psychological distress within the Elaborated Sociocultural Model.
Body Image
; 50: 101723, 2024 Sep.
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ABSTRACT
The Elaborated Sociocultural Model proposes exposure to sociocultural appearance pressures increases women's internalisation of the thin ideal, their engagement in social comparison and body surveillance, and subsequent body dissatisfaction and disturbances in eating (Fitzsimmons-Craft et al., 2011). Although this model has received some empirical support, it is limited in that it does not currently account for social media as a contemporary source of appearance pressure, nor include additional known outcomes of thin ideal internalisation (i.e., body shame, psychological distress). The current study tested the integration of these variables within the Elaborated Sociocultural Model. Using structural equation modelling with latent variables, the extended model provided acceptable to good fit to the data in a sample of 271 female participants. A latent variable representing sociocultural appearance pressures originating from social media, traditional media, family and peers was found to significantly predict thin ideal internalisation and body image concerns. Furthermore, both social comparison and body surveillance emerged as indirect mediators of the relationship between thin ideal internalisation and body image concerns, which in turn, increased report of restrained eating and psychological distress. Aligning with previous research, this extended model offers a useful and comprehensive framework for investigating women's body image.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Vergonha
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Imagem Corporal
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Mídias Sociais
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Angústia Psicológica
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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En
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Body Image
Assunto da revista:
PSICOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2024
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Article
País de publicação:
Holanda