Selfie appearance investment and peer feedback concern: Multimethod investigation of adolescent selfie practices and adjustment.

Jacqueline Nesi, Sophia Choukas‐Bradley, Anne J. Maheux, Savannah R. Roberts, Christina M. Sanzari, Laura Widman, Mitchell J. Prinstein

Psychology of Popular Media · 2021 · 28 citations · 23 references

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was associated with excessive reassurance-seeking and lower body esteem. No associations were revealed between observationally-coded measures of selfie-posting frequency and psychosocial outcomes. Overall, findings suggest that frequency of selfie-posting may be less relevant for understanding adolescent adjustment than investment in and concern over the selfie-posting experience.

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