Exploring resilience as a moderator of social media appearance
activity and body image concerns in adolescents

J 2026

Exploring resilience as a moderator of social media appearance activity and body image concerns in adolescents

KVARDOVÁ, Nikol; Anna LITEROVÁ a Hana MACHÁČKOVÁ

Základní údaje

Originální název

Exploring resilience as a moderator of social media appearance activity and body image concerns in adolescents

Autoři

KVARDOVÁ, Nikol ; Anna LITEROVÁ a Hana MACHÁČKOVÁ

Vydání

Scientific Reports, Nature Portfolio, 2026, 2045-2322

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

50802 Media and socio-cultural communication

Stát vydavatele

Německo

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

article - open access, data

Impakt faktor

Impact factor: 3.900 v roce 2024

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Organizační jednotka

Fakulta sociálních studií

Klíčová slova anglicky

Appearance activity on social media; Body image; Resilience; Media ideals; Negative appearance feedback; Adolescents

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Změněno: 1. 7. 2026 14:27, Mgr. Blanka Farkašová

Anotace

V originále

Considering their developmental sensitivities to peer approval and heightened self-consciousness, many adolescents experience body image concerns when engaging with visual social media. Using a sample of 885 adolescents aged 15–19 (M = 16.99, SD = 1.19; 61% girls, 39% boys), this study explored whether resilience to idealized media bodies and to negative appearance feedback buffered the links between social media appearance activity, body esteem, and self-objectification. While resilience to negative appearance feedback did not significantly moderate these associations, resilience to media ideals did, but in an unexpected direction. Adolescents with higher-than-average resilience who engaged more frequently in appearance activity reported greater self-objectification and lower body esteem, whereas those with lower-than-average resilience reported less self-objectification and higher body esteem. These results emerged for both girls and boys. Even though these results should be taken as preliminary, they suggest that resilience may play a more intricate role in adolescents’ social media appearance activity and body image. Future studies should investigate this notion further and also acknowledge the reverse path, where resilience may build up from exposure to idealized bodies on social media.

Návaznosti

CZ.02.01.01/00/23_025/0008686, interní kód MU
(Kód CEP: EH23_025/0008686)

Název: ReDiKid: Odolné dítě v digitálním světě

Investor: Ministerstvo školství, mládeže a tělovýchovy ČR, ReDiKid: Odolné dítě v digitálním světě, Priorita 1 - Výzkum a vývoj

EH23_025/0008686, projekt VaV

Název: ReDiKid: Odolné dítě v digitálním světě

Přiložené soubory

Kvardova_etal_Exploring_resilience_as_moderator_of_social_media_appearance_acitivity.pdf

Kvardova_etal_Exploring_resilience.pdf

Citovat

KVARDOVÁ, Nikol; Anna LITEROVÁ a Hana MACHÁČKOVÁ. Exploring resilience as a moderator of social media appearance activity and body image concerns in adolescents. Scientific Reports. Nature Portfolio, 2026, roč. 16, č. 1, s. 1-14. ISSN 2045-2322. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-45442-z.

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KVARDOVÁ, Nikol; Anna LITEROVÁ a Hana MACHÁČKOVÁ. Exploring resilience as a moderator of social media appearance activity and body image concerns in adolescents. \textit{Scientific Reports}. Nature Portfolio, 2026, roč.~16, č.~1, s.~1-14. ISSN~2045-2322. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-45442-z.

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