PO271: Use of Beauty Filters on Instagram and Body Dysmorphia

  • PMD: 4
  • Cost: Included in Registration
  • Skill Level: Introduction
  • Poster Session 6: Promoting Social and Emotional Development

Learner Objectives

This session will help participants…

  1. become familiar with the symptoms of body dysmorphic disorder (BDD);
  2. understand social media users’ attitudes toward the use of beauty filters to edit their photos; and
  3. understand the relation between use of beauty filters on social media and body dysmorphia.

Description

Concerning the rise of using editing tools to enhance images on social media, this study investigated the relation between using beauty filters on Instagram and body dysmorphia among young women.

Presenter(s)

Madisen Baralis, Laurel Park Elementary
Cliff Yung-Chi Chen, CUNY Queens College

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