L’identità corporea digitalizzata: l’utilizzo dei social media nella costruzione dell’immagine di Sé di adolescenti e giovani adulti

Titolo Rivista PSICOLOGIA DI COMUNITA’
Autori/Curatori Luigia Simona Sica
Anno di pubblicazione 2022 Fascicolo 2022/2
Lingua Italiano Numero pagine 22 P. 34-55 Dimensione file 257 KB
DOI 10.3280/PSC2022-002003
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L’utilizzo massiccio di social-network basati sull’immagine modifica le tradizionali fonti di feedback per il proprio aspetto fisico. Esplorando il ruolo del digitale nella costruzione dell’immagine di Sé, in questo studio abbiamo esaminato la relazione tra il processo di osservazione di immagini modificate su Instagram, l’autostima e il dimorfismo corporeo. Misure self-report sono state somministrate a 327 adolescenti e giovani adulti. I risultati dello studio indicano che sia il processo di osservazione di immagini modificate che la manipolazione della propria immagine aumentano i sintomi dismorfici. I risultati suggeriscono, dunque, che l’essere costantemente esposti a fotografie manipolate può configurarsi come una nuova area di rischio per lo sviluppo identitario di adolescenti e giovani adulti.;

Keywords:Emerging adulthood, social media, Instagram, imagine corporea, benessere eudaimonico

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Luigia Simona Sica, L’identità corporea digitalizzata: l’utilizzo dei social media nella costruzione dell’immagine di Sé di adolescenti e giovani adulti in "PSICOLOGIA DI COMUNITA’" 2/2022, pp 34-55, DOI: 10.3280/PSC2022-002003