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Relationship Between Online Objectification Experience and Adolescents’ Abnormal Eating Behavior: The Chain Mediating Effect of Internalization of Beauty Ideals and Body Shame

  

  1. School of Education Science, Jiangsu Normal University
  • Accepted:2025-05-27 Online:2025-06-28 Published:2025-06-28

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To explore the influence of online objectification experience, internalization of beauty ideals and body shame on abnormal eating behavior of adolescents. 707 adolescents were investigated with Online Interpersonal Sexual Objectification Experience Scale, Chinese Version of Eating Behavior Questionnaire, Sociocultural Attitudes Towards Appearance Questionnaire and Body Shame Subscale. The findings revealed that: (1) Online objectification experience, abnormal eating behavior, internalization of beauty ideals and body shame are all significantly positively correlated with each other; (2) Online objectification experience
can significantly positively predict adolescents’ abnormal eating behavior through the mediating effect of the internalization of beauty ideals and body shame, as well as the chain mediating of both factors. These result indicate that online objectification experiences have an enhancing effect on adolescents’ abnormal eating behavior, and this effect is influenced by the internalization of beauty ideals and body shame, which provide insights for interventions targeting adolescents’ abnormal eating behavior.

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