Research has demonstrated links between viewing idealized images on social media and body dissatisfaction, but more work is needed to understand how exposure to appearance-related content influences body image. The current research evaluated the effects of viewing fitspiration images and images of self-compassion quotes on Instagram on men and women’s body image and self-compassion. This topic was examined in two separate investigations in the U.S.; a sample of undergraduate students (N = 180, 62 men and 118 women) and a community sample recruited through Amazon Mechanical Turk (N = 296; 173 men and 123 women). In both studies, participants viewed either same-gender images of fitspiration, self-compassion quotes, a combination of fitspiration images and self-compassion quotes, or neutral images (control). Overall, the findings suggest that viewing fitspiration images only promotes lower body satisfaction and appreciation, whereas viewing self-compassion images only leads to improved body satisfaction and appreciation. There was, however, little support for the buffering effects of self-compassion in the combined condition. Our results demonstrate the detrimental effects of exposure to fitspiration content and the positive effects of exposure to self-compassion content on social media for men and women as well as the need for future research in this area.

研究表明，在社交媒体上查看理想图像与身体不满之间存在联系，但是需要做更多的工作才能了解与外观相关的内容的暴露如何影响身体形象。当前的研究评估了在Instagram上查看健身图像和自我同情行情图像对男女身体形象和自我同情的影响。在美国进行的两次独立调查中对这一主题进行了研究。样本是本科生（N = 180，男性62，女性118），以及通过Amazon Mechanical Turk招募的社区样本（N = 296；男性173，女性123）。在两项研究中，参与者都观看了同性别的同构图像，自我同情行情，习俗图像和自我同情行情的组合或中性图像（对照）。总体，研究结果表明，观看健身照片仅能促进较低的身体满意度和欣赏度，而观看自我同情的图像只会提高身体的满意度和欣赏度。但是，在组合条件下几乎没有支持自我同情的缓冲作用。我们的研究结果表明，暴露于同调异味含量的有害影响以及暴露于同情含量对男女社交媒体的积极影响，以及对该领域未来研究的需求。