The current experiment investigated the impact of attaching self-disclaimer captions (i.e., captions about whether photos had been edited) to thin-ideal Instagram photos on young women’s body image and mood. Participants were 311 undergraduate students aged 18–25 years. Participants were randomly assigned to view images of a thin woman on Instagram with no captions, or with a generic, specific, or warning self-disclaimer caption, and completed pre and post measures of body image and mood and a questionnaire about their own photo-editing practices. Across all conditions, exposure to the images resulted in decreased body satisfaction, likelihood to compare one’s body to another’s, happiness, confidence, and anxiety. There was no significant effect of disclaimer type on body image or mood, and therefore no type of self-disclaimer had an ameliorating effect. However, specific disclaimers were superior to the other disclaimers at reducing likelihood to compare one’s body to another’s, for women high on photo manipulation. Future research should be conducted in adolescent girls and men.

当前的实验调查了将自我声明标题（即关于照片是否已被编辑的标题）附加到理想的 Instagram 照片对年轻女性身体形象和情绪的影响。参与者是 311 名 18-25 岁的本科生。参与者被随机分配到 Instagram 上查看一个没有标题或带有通用、特定或警告性自我免责声明标题的瘦女人的图像，并完成身体形象和情绪的前后测量以及关于他们自己照片的调查问卷 -编辑实践。在所有条件下，暴露于图像会导致身体满意度、将一个人的身体与另一个人的身体进行比较、幸福、自信和焦虑的降低。免责声明类型对身体形象或情绪没有显着影响，因此，任何类型的自我免责声明都没有改善效果。然而，特定的免责声明在降低将一个人的身体与另一个人的身体进行比较的可能性方面优于其他免责声明，对于照片处理高的女性。未来的研究应该在青春期女孩和男性中进行。