Adolescents’ social networking site (SNS) use has dramatically grown in the past few years and has increasingly become focused on pictures and visual self-presentation. Attention directed toward online physical appearance appears to trigger some body-related behaviors (e.g., body image monitoring) which potentially are related to self-objectification and problematic SNS use. Indeed, the use of social media platforms (including the active creation of content and peer interactions) provides a highly accessible medium for socializing with self-objectification. The present study evaluated the previously unexplored predictive role of body shame on SNS use, testing the mediating effect of body image control in photos on SNS. A total of 693 Italian adolescents (45% male; M age = 16 years, range = 13–19 years) participated in the study. Results only partially confirmed the direct effect of body shame on problematic SNS use. However, body shame strongly predicted body image control in SNS photos, leading indirectly to both male and female adolescents’ problematic social media use. The study demonstrated novel findings in the field of self-objectification research and contributes toward the ongoing debate on possible predictors of problematic SNS use.

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青少年身体羞耻与社交网站：照片中身体意象控制的中介作用

在过去几年中，青少年对社交网站 (SNS) 的使用急剧增长，并且越来越关注图片和视觉自我展示。对在线外貌的关注似乎会触发一些与身体相关的行为（例如，身体图像监控），这些行为可能与自我客观化和有问题的 SNS 使用有关。事实上，社交媒体平台的使用（包括积极创建内容和同伴互动）为自我客观化的社交提供了一种高度可访问的媒介。本研究评估了身体羞耻感对 SNS 使用的先前未探索的预测作用，测试了照片中身体形象控制对 SNS 的中介作用。共有 693 名意大利青少年（45% 为男性；M 年龄 = 16 岁，范围 = 13-19 岁）参与了这项研究。结果仅部分证实了身体羞耻感对有问题的 SNS 使用的直接影响。然而，身体羞耻强烈预测了 SNS 照片中的身体形象控制，间接导致男性和女性青少年使用社交媒体的问题。该研究展示了自我客观化研究领域的新发现，并有助于正在进行的关于有问题的 SNS 使用的可能预测因素的辩论。