Positive Body Image and Cognitive Processing Style

<p>Social media use among young people is ubiquitous and has been associated with body image concerns. Though prior work has overwhelmingly focused on “screen time,” increasing evidence highlights the role of subjective social media experiences in driving this association, rather than mere frequency of use. In the current study, body appreciation was tested as a trait-level variable that may protect women from the negative impact of appearance-focused fitspiration images, which have become common in social media platforms. Appearance schema activation and appearance-related self-discrepancy were examined as two social-cognitive processes in which self-protective tendencies may emerge. Fitspiration exposure predicted appearance schema activation but not appearance-related self-discrepancy. </p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts - Psychology

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Psychology

Year dc:date.available

2021

Author dc:creator

• Dumas, Brittney

Contributors dc:contributor

• Sarah Savoy Ph.D

• Positive
• Body Image
• Cognitive
• Processing style
• Fitspiration
• social media
• body appreciation
• Cognitive Psychology
• Health Psychology
• Social Psychology

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/etds/405

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarworks.sfasu.edu:etds-1432