Eyes on me: how social media use is associated with urban Chinese adolescents’ concerns about their physical appearance

Frontiers in Public Health, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 12

Опубликована: Июль 31, 2024

Introduction Social media usage carries risks of negative impacts on one’s perception physical attractiveness, especially among adolescents who are developing their self-image. These findings suggest that targeted interventions focusing attention-seeking behaviors may be effective in addressing appearance-related anxieties adolescents. Methods We employed Bayesian analysis with Markov Chain Monte Carlo algorithms survey data from 11,926 middle school students China. Findings Our indicate while the amount daily social does not significantly correlate appearance concerns, desire for attention through interactions such as liking, commenting, and sharing shows a clear positive association. Female exhibit higher degree concern about compared to males. Additionally, aimed at improving perceived exercising using skin-whitening products, positively associated increased concerns. Discussion

Язык: Английский

Bibliometric Mapping of Scientific Production and Conceptual Structure of Cyber Sextortion in Cybersecurity

Social Sciences, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 14(1), С. 12 - 12

Опубликована: Дек. 31, 2024

This study examines cyber sextortion research using a comprehensive bibliometric analysis. In the field of cybersecurity, is form cybercrime that leverages privacy violations to exploit victim. reviewed developments on progressively over time by looking at scientific productions, thematic developments, scholars’ contributions, and future trajectory. A approach analyzing data was applied, which covered 548 peer-reviewed articles, conference papers, book chapters retrieved from Scopus database. Results showed growth trajectory various concerns in field, has continued gain traction since year 2023. Notably, online child sexual abuse growing theme research. addition, among other themes, adolescents, mental health, dating violence are receiving interest scholars this field. Additionally, institutions prolific countries such as United States America, Australia, Kingdom have established collaborations improve understanding The results also observed be emerging South Africa Ghana African region. Overall, there potential for more publications researchers contribute value holds moving beyond deficit-based approaches how adolescent youth can resilient protected sextortion. call multidisciplinary moves toward autonomy-based encouraged so exploitation. should focus investigating proactive resilience-based interventions informed individuals’ traits contexts aid building digital resilience adolescents.

Язык: Английский