Chen, Shilei and Van Tilburg, Wijnand and Leman, Patrick J (2023) Women’s self-objectification and strategic self-presentation on social media. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 47 (2). pp. 266-282. DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/03616843221143751
Chen, Shilei and Van Tilburg, Wijnand and Leman, Patrick J (2023) Women’s self-objectification and strategic self-presentation on social media. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 47 (2). pp. 266-282. DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/03616843221143751
Chen, Shilei and Van Tilburg, Wijnand and Leman, Patrick J (2023) Women’s self-objectification and strategic self-presentation on social media. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 47 (2). pp. 266-282. DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/03616843221143751
Abstract
In four studies, we tested whether higher trait self-objectification was associated with more strategic and less authentic self-presentation on social media among cisgender women, and whether these links could be attributed to heightened approval motivation among those having higher levels of self-objectification. Study 1 (N = 167, Mage = 27.05) and Study 2 (N = 149, Mage = 29.87), using self-reported measures, found that self-objectification was positively associated with strategic self-presentation on Tinder and Facebook. Study 3 (N = 202, Mage = 28.07) replicated and extended the first two studies, using self-reported behavioral indicators of strategic self-presentation. The first three studies were conducted on Prolific with a nationwide sample of female participants. Study 4 (Mage = 21.87) was a real-time behavioral study conducted on Zoom with 102 female U.K. university students using a tool by which actual photo editing was measured. The results confirmed a positive association between trait self-objectification and strategic self-presentation. Mediation analyses suggest that this relation may be attributed to a heightened approval motivation among those who self-objectify. Social media users and policy makers should be made aware of the potential downstream consequences associated with the frequent use of social media self-presentational techniques discussed in this research.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | objectification approval motivation self-presentation social media deception |
Divisions: | Faculty of Science and Health Faculty of Science and Health > Psychology, Department of |
SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Date Deposited: | 22 Feb 2023 10:02 |
Last Modified: | 16 May 2024 21:34 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/33952 |
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