Social network addiction symptoms and body dissatisfaction in young women: exploring the mediating role of awareness of appearance pressure and internalization of the thin ideal

Social network addiction symptoms and body dissatisfaction in young women: exploring the mediating role of awareness of appearance pressure and internalization of the thin ideal

Plain English summary Is social network site (SNS) addiction directly associated with body dissatisfaction (BD)? Previous studies examining a direct relationship between these variables have reported inconsistent results. We investigated whether other variables mediate this relationship (i.e., varia...

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Main Authors: Rafael Delgado-Rodríguez, Rocío Linares, María Moreno-Padilla
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-08-01
Series:Journal of Eating Disorders
Subjects:
Body dissatisfaction
Social network site addiction
Awareness of appearance-based pressures
Internalization of thin ideal
Body mass index
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40337-022-00643-5

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s40337-022-00643-5

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