Psicología · 2023

Relación entre satisfacción con la imagen corporal y uso de redes sociales en una muestra de adultos jóvenes colombianos

Resumen

Body image is defined as the way people self-perceive their own measurements, contours, and body shape, as well as the feelings that are associated with affective, cognitive, subjective, and behavioral factors, it is thought that the use of social networks affects the perception that people have of themselves. For this reason, the main objective of this study is to identify whether there is a relationship between the use of social networks and satisfaction with body image. A non experimental, cross-sectional and correlational scope quantitative study was used. 245 participants were chosen by a non-probabilistic sampling for convenience (M=62.44%; H=34.17%) and the social network chosen for the analyzes was Instagram.