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Social media use worsens body image in teenage girls.
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CONTESTED PARTIAL
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Is it true that social media use worsens body image in teenage girls?
Partly. Several peer-reviewed studies and reviews associate social media use with poorer body image in adolescent girls, but most report only partial or correlational findings, and one TikTok study found the negative relationship in girls was not significant. No item establishes a general causal worsening at the strength the claim asserts.
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Evidence for · 7
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Shukla, V. & Srivastava, S. (2022). Effect of Mass Media on Body Image and Self-Esteem of Teenage Girls. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.4018/ijcbpl.298688
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Rahmadiansyah, M. R., Amir, Y., & Mundzir, I. (2022). Social Comparison and Body Image in Teenage Boys and Girls Users of the TikTok App. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.220404.271
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Shukla, V. & Srivastava, S. (2023). Social Media (SM) Effects on Self-Esteem (SE) and Body Image (BI) of Teenage Girls Using Artificial Intelligence (AI). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.4018/ijcbpl.324090
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Sharp, G. & Gerrard, Y. (2022). The body image "problem" on social media: Novel directions for the field.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2022.03.004
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Ilyssa, S. & Spears, B. C. (2019). The Selfie Generation: Examining the Relationship between Social Media Use and Early Adolescent Body Image. eric.ed.gov. https://doi.org/10.1177/0272431618770809
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Page, L. M. & Brett, L. (2023). The Consequences of Social Media Use across the Transition into Adolescence: Body Image and Physical Activity. eric.ed.gov. https://doi.org/10.1177/02724316221136043
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Lynne, K., Grace, P., & Ursula, K. (2023). Exploring the Interplay between Fat Talk, Social Media Use and Body Image among Young Women: New Opportunities for Health Education?. eric.ed.gov. https://doi.org/10.1177/00178969221146635
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Jose, J. & KT, S. (2022). Influence of Social Networking Sites on Body Image Dissatisfaction, Self Esteem and Other Co- Morbidities A Systematic Review of Psychological Research. zenodo.org. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7112597
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