Instagram and Psychological Well-Being: Using Virtual Reality to Explore the Impact of Beauty Filters on Women’s Body Image

Brussels, Belgium · March 2023

poster · Experimental Psychology

Maria Sansoni
Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Chinazaekpere Maureen Sam-Okomgboeso
Junior Researcher Programme
Ksenija Edelinski
Junior Researcher Programme
Magdalena Chorzępa
Junior Researcher Programme
Marta Radosevic
Junior Researcher Programme
Simona Cioceanu
Junior Researcher Programme
Pearl Young
Junior Researcher Programme
Giuseppe Riva
Catholic University of the Sacred Heart

Abstract

Body image, identity, self-discrepancy, self-comparison, and willingness to receive aesthetic surgery were evaluated in 26 women at baseline and after virtual reality exposure to other women’s filtered and non-filtered photos. Mixed effect models revealed that all variables but self-discrepancy were significantly higher in the filter condition (p < 0.01)

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Instagram and Psychological Well-Being: Using Virtual Reality to Explore the Impact of Beauty Filters on Women’s Body Image

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