@article{ref1,
title="Women's self-objectification and strategic self-presentation on social media",
journal="Psychology of women quarterly",
year="2023",
author="Chen, Shilei and van Tilburg, Wijnand A. P. and Leman, Patrick J.",
volume="47",
number="2",
pages="266-282",
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.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0361-6843",
doi="10.1177/03616843221143751",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/03616843221143751"
}