Can the negative psychological impacts of social media be reduced by online health warnings? An investigation of body image disturbance.

在线健康警告可以减少社交媒体的负面心理影响吗？

• 批准号: 2124196
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Portsmouth
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2018 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2124196
• 关键词: negative; psychological; impacts; social; media

Females are increasingly experiencing concern with their own appearance. This may be exacerbated by exposure to social media (Grabe, Ward & Hyde, 2008), on which current trends suggests that in order for women to be considered attractive, they must look a certain way (Tiggemann & Zaccardo, 2015).Researchers and practitioners have started to look for methods of protection against the negative impact of comparing oneself to "thin" media models. However, effective means are yet to be identified regarding how this could be achieved on popular social media sites - a known cause of body dissatisfaction and therefore an expedient focus for providing protection.The proposed research programme involves three linked studies to comprehensively investigate the connection between body image concern and online health warnings presented via social media, within young female populations. Studies 1 and 2 will utilise both qualitative and quantitative approaches to explore: (1) what young females are thinking/feeling while viewing different social media - including posts of thin females; and (2) social media users' perceptions of existing techniques for warning people about online content. The results will inform the design of Study 3, which will explore whether certain types of online warnings can successfully reduce the extent to which users see thin body frames as the ideal appearance.It is anticipated that this research will make a needed and original contribution to knowledge regarding the psychological responses of young females when exposed to social media images, and the efficacy of different forms of warnings to provide some protective value.

女性越来越关注自己的外表。接触社交媒体可能会加剧这种情况（Grabe，Ward & Hyde，2008），目前的趋势表明，为了让女性被认为有吸引力，她们必须看起来有一定的方式（Tiggemann & Zaccardo，2015）。研究人员和从业者已经开始寻找保护自己免受将自己与“瘦”媒体模型进行比较的负面影响的方法。然而，如何在流行的社交媒体网站上实现这一目标，还有待确定有效的方法--这是众所周知的身体不满的原因，因此是提供保护的一个权宜之计。拟议的研究计划包括三项相关研究，全面调查年轻女性人群中对身体形象的关注与社交媒体上的在线健康警告之间的联系。研究1和2将利用定性和定量方法来探索：（1）年轻女性在观看不同社交媒体时的想法/感受-包括瘦女性的帖子;以及（2）社交媒体用户对现有技术的看法，以警告人们注意在线内容。研究结果将为研究3的设计提供信息，该研究将探索某些类型的在线警告是否可以成功地减少用户将瘦身体框架视为理想外观的程度。预计这项研究将为了解年轻女性在接触社交媒体图像时的心理反应做出必要和原创性的贡献，以及不同形式的警告的功效，以提供一定的保护价值。