The negative impact of social media on self-esteem and body image – A narrative review

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Author Details : Asmita Nene*, Oluwapamilerin Olayemi

Volume : 10, Issue : 2, Year : 2023

Article Page : 74-84

https://doi.org/10.18231/j.ijcap.2023.017

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Abstract

If there is frequent usage of social media then it will start to negatively impact self-esteem, mental health, self-worth and create risk factors for body dissatisfaction by causing disordered eating behaviours and affecting self-image.

The database search used to obtain the research papers were from PubMed, Google Scholar, My NCBI and Science Direct. These research papers were selected from 2012 to 2022 which consisted of clinical trials and randomized controlled trial articles. After comparisons between ten different articles, it was found that social media has the potential to become addictive. Especially, for individuals with behavioural problems such as gambling, gaming, mental distress, and internet overuse. As a result, this can start to
cause psychological distress from increased pressures to maintain unrealistic beauty and social standards, which leads to depression and a downgrade in self-confidence.

Time spent on social media can affect an individual in a positive and/or negative way. In some negative instances, people use it as a spectrum to gauge the means of approval with their way of life, in turn, this can affect how people see themselves and lowers their self-esteem. Type or paste your abstract here as prescribed by the journal’s instructions for authors. Type or paste your abstract here as prescribed by the journal’s instructions for authors. Type or paste your abstract here as prescribed by the journal’s instructions for authors. Type or paste your abstract here.

Keywords: Impact of social media on self-esteem, Negative impact of social media, Facebook and self-esteem on
individuals, Body image and social media, Appearance-related social comparison, Social media beauty standards.

How to cite : Nene A, Olayemi O, The negative impact of social media on self-esteem and body image – A narrative review. Indian J Clin Anat Physiol 2023;10(2):74-84

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