Picture perfect during a pandemic? Body image concerns and depressive symptoms in U.S. adolescent girls during the Covid-19 lockdown

Datos Bibliográficos

ID21190847
AutoresSophia Choukas-Bradley (0000-0002-9973-8747, University of Delaware, autor de correspondencia), Anne J Maheux (0000-0003-1308-5798, University of Delaware), Savannah R Roberts (0000-0001-7980-7824, University of Delaware), Emily Hutchinson (0000-0003-2333-5551, University of Pittsburgh), Emily A Hutchinson (University of Pittsburgh), Celine Lu (0000-0002-7018-6627, University of Pittsburgh), Cecile D Ladouceur (0000-0003-4816-0997, University of Pittsburgh), Jennifer S Silk (0000-0002-8638-4337, University of Pittsburgh)
Año2022
Volumen16
Número4
Páginas481-492
Fecha de publicación2022-10-02
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Children and Media (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1748-2798 • E-ISSN: 1748-2801
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/17482798.2022.2039255
PMID36582543
OpenAlexW4213025229
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas5
Referencias citadas22

The stay-at-home orders of the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted U.S. adolescents’ lives in numerous ways during the spring of 2020, including substantial changes to in-person routines and increased reliance on digital media. For adolescent girls, stay-at-home practices may have implications for body image concerns. In this research brief, we examine adolescent girls’ pandemic-related body image concerns and longitudinal associations with depressive symptoms. The sample included 93 U.S. adolescent girls (Mage = 15.01; 68.8% White), with approximately 2/3 at temperamental risk for depression. Participants self-reported their depressive symptoms and pandemic-related body image concerns via online surveys at three assessments: Time 1 occurred in April/May 2020, approximately one month into stay-at-home orders, followed by two-week and seven-month follow-up assessments. Two pandemic-related body image concerns were assessed: (1) concerns about disrupted appearance-management routines and (2) evaluating one’s appearance on video-chat. Both forms of pandemic-related body image concerns predicted depressive symptoms two weeks later, and concerns about disrupted routines also predicted depressive symptoms seven months later. In an era of social distancing, frequent technology-based interactions, and disrupted routines, future work should continue to investigate adolescents’ body image concerns and the implications for longer-term mental health outcomes

Anxiety · Depressive symptoms · Developmental psychology · Mental health · Pandemic · Physical activity · Psychiatry · Screen time · Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies · Clinical Psychology · Eating Disorders and Behaviors · Media Influence and Health · Medicine · Psychology