TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2023//
TI  - Women's self-objectification and strategic self-presentation on social media
JO  - Psychology of women quarterly
A1  - Chen, Shilei
A1  - van Tilburg, Wijnand A. P.
A1  - Leman, Patrick J.
SP  - 266
EP  - 282
VL  - 47
IS  - 2
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0361-6843
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/03616843221143751
ID  - ref1
ER  -