Social Media, Social Comparison and Body Image Flashcards

Vocabulary terms and statistical data relating to the study of social media effects on body image satisfaction during late adolescence.

Social media usage frequency

About $94\%$ of $15\text{--}16$ year-old students from $35$ European countries reported using social media at least once per week.

Typical school day usage

The most commonly reported time spent on social media, averaging $2\text{--}3$ hours per day.

Typical non-school day usage

The most commonly reported time spent on social media, which averaged $6$ or more hours.

Commonly used social networks

The primary platforms used by adolescents, including WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook, and WeChat.

Appearance-based social comparison

An important underlying process in the relationship between social media use and body image satisfaction.

Sociocultural theory

A theory highlighting that the female body in Western societies is viewed as an object primarily valued based on appearance, which women and girls tend to internalize.

Croatian adolescent girls

The study population that follows beauty ideals represented by Western media, resulting in a growing desire for thinness.

Study purpose

To examine how identity dimensions, social media use, and social media comparison predict different domains of body image satisfaction among Croatian late-adolescents and emerging adults.

Faculty Ethics Committee

The body that provided the approval for the study.

COVID-19 pandemic

The cause of the unfavorable epidemiological situation that required the research to be conducted online.

Online survey distribution

The method where school psychologists forwarded a link to students after school principals gave consent.

Participation time

It took an average of $10$ minutes for participants to complete the questionnaires.

Data collection period

The timeframe during which research was conducted, lasting from March to May $2021$.