iBet uBet web content aggregator. Adding the entire web to your favor.
iBet uBet web content aggregator. Adding the entire web to your favor.



Link to original content: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32224447
Uploading your best self: Selfie editing and body dissatisfaction - PubMed Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
. 2020 Jun:33:175-182.
doi: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2020.03.002. Epub 2020 Mar 27.

Uploading your best self: Selfie editing and body dissatisfaction

Marika Tiggemann  1 , Isabella Anderberg  2 , Zoe Brown  2
Affiliations

Uploading your best self: Selfie editing and body dissatisfaction

Marika Tiggemann et al. Body Image. 2020 Jun.

Abstract

Social media have given rise to new forms of self-presentation, in particular, the posting of self-portrait photos, commonly known as "selfies." The aim of the present study was to experimentally investigate the relationship between selfie editing and body dissatisfaction. Participants were 130 women aged 18-30 years who were asked to view Instagram images of thin women or of average-sized women, with a view to inducing body dissatisfaction in the former group. Participants were then asked to take a selfie on an iPad and were given 10 min. to edit the selfie. They completed state measures of mood, body dissatisfaction, and facial dissatisfaction at baseline, after viewing the images, and after editing their selfies. It was found that although viewing the thin images increased negative mood and body/facial dissatisfaction, experimental condition had no effect on the time spent or extent of editing of the selfie. However, taking and editing the selfie resulted in increased negative mood and facial dissatisfaction in both groups. Further, the observed extent of editing predicted the degree of increase in facial dissatisfaction. It was concluded that investing heavily in and editing one's self-presentation on social media is a detrimental activity for young women.

Keywords: Body dissatisfaction; Body image; Digital alteration; Photo-editing; Selfies; Social media.

PubMed Disclaimer

Similar articles

See all similar articles

Cited by

See all "Cited by" articles

LinkOut - more resources