Social media can contribute to negative body image. In a new study, we investigated two promising "protective filtering" strategies that may help.
Our study investigated two "protective filtering strategies" to protect body image when using social media.
First, participants completed measures to assess their body image. Then, they completed a writing exercise that familiarized them with their respective protective filtering strategy. Participants were randomized to one of three groups:completed a writing exercise introducing them to the concept of body functionality, and wrote about their different body functions and why those were valuable to them.
The functionality appreciation group completed a prompt to emphasize their body functionality . The personality and values group completed a prompt about their personality and values . The control group completed a neutral prompt underneath each image.The Instagram images depicted conventionally beautiful women. The participants viewed 15 images and completed their respective prompts underneath each one. This lasted approximately 5 minutes.
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