Social Media and Body Image from the Perspective of Secondary School Youth
Social Media and Body Image from the Perspective of Secondary School Youth
Author(s): Miriam NIKLOVÁ, Karina ZošákováSubject(s): Gender Studies, Education, Media studies, School education, Health and medicine and law, ICT Information and Communications Technologies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Papieskiego Jana Pawła II w Krakowie
Keywords: social media disorder; social media; secondary school youth; body image;
Summary/Abstract: The study aimed to map the prevalence of social media disorder in secondary school youth. We used an abbreviated version of the Social Media Disorder Scale (SMD) and the Body Shape Questionnaire (BSQ-16B). The reliability of the questionnaires used in the research, indicates that they have sufficient internal consistency. A total of 637 rerespondents participated in the study. Their ages ranged from 15 to 19 years (AM=16.63). The results of the study showed social media impairment in 11.1% of the respondents, confirming a statistically significant difference in terms of the gender of the adolescents in favour of girls, and in terms of the degree of concern about their appearance, in favour of those who are more concerned about their appearance. Furthermore, a statistically significant difference in the degree of concern about their appearance in terms of gender, was confirmed in favour of girls.
- Issue Year: 14/2024
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 199-212
- Page Count: 14
- Language: English