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Research on Social Media-Induced Appearance Anxiety in Adolescents

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DOI: 10.23977/mediacr.2025.060506 | Downloads: 3 | Views: 138

Author(s)

Shengying Liang 1

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1 BISS International School, Beijing, China

Corresponding Author

Shengying Liang

ABSTRACT

Social media plays an increasingly important role in modern society, especially among adolescents, the popularity of social media has also brought about psychological problems such as appearance anxiety. This paper introduces the concepts of social media appearance anxiety, analyzes the causes of social media-induced appearance anxiety, and puts forward some suggestions for adolescents to cope with appearance anxiety in combination with real life. The study of social media-induced appearance anxiety among adolescents is intended to promote adolescents' mental health and overall development by raising mental health awareness, improving the education system, and promoting the change of social and cultural concepts, so as to effectively deal with the problem of adolescents' appearance anxiety.

KEYWORDS

Appearance Anxiety, Social Media, Adolescent Development, Mental Health

CITE THIS PAPER

Shengying Liang, Research on Social Media-Induced Appearance Anxiety in Adolescents. Media and Communication Research (2025) Vol. 6: 33-37. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/mediacr.2025.060506.

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