Use of Facebook and the self perception of body image in women

Authors

  • Jazmin del Rosario Infante Faura Universidad Femenina del Sagrado Corazón
  • Carmen Margarita Ramírez Luna Universidad Femenina del Sagrado Corazón

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33539/avpsicol.2017.v25n2.356

Keywords:

Use of Facebook, self-perception of body image, university students

Abstract

The present research is a quantitative study and an applied, transversal and descriptive correlational study about the use of Facebook and self - perception of the body image in a group of university students. The purpose was to determine the relationship between the use of Facebook and self-perception of the body image. For this case it was used a scale that measured the used of Facebook and a body shape questionnaire. These were applied to 106 students whose ages ranged from 17 to 24 years old, from the first, fifth and tenth semester of the undergraduate department of Psychology and Communications from a Private University of Lima Metropolitana. The results show a positive and significant relationship between the use of Facebook and negative self-perception of body image in women (r=0.247; p<0.05).

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Author Biographies

Jazmin del Rosario Infante Faura, Universidad Femenina del Sagrado Corazón

Licenciada en Psicología por la Universidad Femenina del Sagrado Corazón y Licenciada en Administración de Empresas por la Universidad de Lima.

Carmen Margarita Ramírez Luna, Universidad Femenina del Sagrado Corazón

Licenciada en Psicología por la Universidad Femenina del Sagrado Corazón y Licenciada en Educación (Área principal: Educación Inicial. Área secundaria: Retardo mental) por la Universidad Nacional de Educación Enrique Guzmán y Valle.

Published

2017-12-16

How to Cite

Infante Faura, J. del R., & Ramírez Luna, C. M. (2017). Use of Facebook and the self perception of body image in women. Avances En Psicología, 25(2), 209–222. https://doi.org/10.33539/avpsicol.2017.v25n2.356