Selfie-Posting and Young Adult Women's Restrained Eating: The Role of Commentary on Appearance and Self-Objectification.

Considering the prevalence of social networking sites (SNSs) and restrained eating among young adult women, the present study aimed to investigate the association between selfie-posting on an SNS (WeChat Moments, the most widely used SNS in China) and self-objectification among Chinese young adult w...

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Publicado en:Sex Roles Vol. 82; no. 3/4; pp. 232 - 241
Autores principales: Niu, Gengfeng, Sun, Lijun, Liu, Qingqi, Chai, Huanyou, Sun, Xiaojun, Zhou, Zongkui
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Springer Nature Feb2020
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          Niu, Gengfeng
          Sun, Lijun
          Liu, Qingqi
          Chai, Huanyou
          Sun, Xiaojun
          Zhou, Zongkui
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          Institute of Social Psychology, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
          School of Psychology, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, China
          School of Psychology, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
          National Engineering Research Center for E-Learning, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
          Key Laboratory of Adolescent Cyberpsychology and Behavior (CCNU), Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
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        Food habits
        Young women
        Undergraduates
        Online social networks
        Selfies
        Self-perception in women
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          Food habits
          Young women
          Undergraduates
          Internet Publishing and Broadcasting and Web Search Portals
          Online social networks
          Selfies
          Self-perception in women
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        Commentary on appearance
        Restrained eating
        Self-objectification
        Selfie-posting
        Social networking site
        Commentary on appearance
        Restrained eating
        Self-objectification
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      ab: Considering the prevalence of social networking sites (SNSs) and restrained eating among young adult women, the present study aimed to investigate the association between selfie-posting on an SNS (WeChat Moments, the most widely used SNS in China) and self-objectification among Chinese young adult women as well as the mediating effects of commentary on appearance and self-objectification from the perspective of self-perception theory and objectification theory. A sample of 886 female undergraduate students who had an active WeChat Moments account were recruited voluntarily to complete questionnaires on selfie-posting on SNS, general SNS use, commentary on appearance on SNSs, self-objectification, and restrained eating. The results indicated that after controlling for general SNS use, age, and BMI, selfie-posting on a SNS was positively associated with restrained eating. Commentary on appearance and self-objectification mediated this association, which contained three mediating paths: the separate mediating effects of commentary on appearance and self-objectification and the serial mediating effect of commentary on appearance and self-objectification. These results indicate that selfie-posting and commentary on appearance on a SNS rather than general SNS use are risk factors accounting for restrained eating, which has theoretical and practical implications in terms of SNS use and restrained eating.
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