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dc.contributor.authorLeonard, Kerrie Caitlin
dc.description.abstractBody challenges are an unresearched trend where an individual checks if their body can look a certain way to pass the specific challenge (e.g., the A4 paper challenge; seeing if one’s waist is smaller than an 8x11 vertical piece of paper). We asked 147 girls and gender-expansive youth open-ended questions about trying a body challenge, opinions, and feelings towards their body as a result of these challenges. Qualitative analyses revealed that 79.59% of youth have never tried a body challenge. Youth thought body challenges were negative, with themes of toxic, ridiculous, unhealthy, anti-feminist/social commentary, and the need for body positivity. Also, many youth (50.35%) reported negative feelings towards their bodies as a result of body challenges, with themes of bad, inadequate, insecure/self-conscious, and fat. Many youth felt no impact (34.04%). Understanding body challenges can help create strategies so that youth can be resilient to their harms.en_US
dc.publisherNorth Dakota State Universityen_US
dc.rightsNDSU policy 190.6.2en_US
dc.titleThe Impact of Social Media Body Challenges on Youths' Body Imageen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.date.accessioned2022-06-09T15:51:57Z
dc.date.available2022-06-09T15:51:57Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10365/32730
dc.subjectadolescenceen_US
dc.subjectbody challengesen_US
dc.subjectbody imageen_US
dc.subjectemerging adulthooden_US
dc.subjectsocial mediaen_US
dc.identifier.orcid0000-0001-5299-6258
dc.rights.urihttps://www.ndsu.edu/fileadmin/policy/190.pdfen_US
ndsu.degreeMaster of Science (MS)en_US
ndsu.collegeHuman Sciences and Educationen_US
ndsu.departmentHuman Development and Family Scienceen_US
ndsu.advisorBlodgett Salafia, Elizabeth


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