title: Photoshopping the selfie: Self photo editing and photo investment are associated with body dissatisfaction in adolescent girls.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Social media engagement by adolescent girls is high. Despite its appeal, there are potential negative consequences for body dissatisfaction and disordered eating from social media use. This study aimed to examine, in a cross-sectional design, the relationship between social media use in general, and social media activities related to taking "selfies" and sharing specifically, with overvaluation of shape and weight, body dissatisfaction, and dietary restraint.
  
  
  METHODS
  Participants were 101 grade seven girls (M(age)  = 13.1, SD = 0.3), who completed self-report questionnaires of social media use and body-related and eating concerns measures.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Results showed that girls who regularly shared self-images on social media, relative to those who did not, reported significantly higher overvaluation of shape and weight, body dissatisfaction, dietary restraint, and internalization of the thin ideal. In addition, among girls who shared photos of themselves on social media, higher engagement in manipulation of and investment in these photos, but not higher media exposure, were associated with greater body-related and eating concerns, including after accounting for media use and internalization of the thin ideal.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although cross-sectional, these findings suggest the importance of social media activities for body-related and eating concerns as well as potential avenues for targeted social-media-based intervention.
authors: School of Psychology and Public Health, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia.
authors: Siân A
authors: SA
authors: McLean
authors: School of Psychology and Public Health, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia.
authors: Susan J
authors: SJ
authors: Paxton
authors: School of Psychology and Public Health, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia.
authors: Eleanor H
authors: EH
authors: Wertheim
authors: School of Education, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia.
authors: Jennifer
authors: J
authors: Masters
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001828:Body Image / Q000523:psychology*; D001835:Body Weight; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004032:Diet / Q000523:psychology; D004435:Eating / Q000523:psychology; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods*; D010781:Photography / Q000379:methods*; D012650:Self Disclosure; D061108:Social Media; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: adolescent girls; body dissatisfaction; dietary restraint; overvaluation of shape and weight; self-photos; social media