Instagram use, mental health and self-perception amongst adolescent girls
09 May 2019
This research aims to find out more about links between different types of Instagram use (such as browsing celebrity accounts and posting ‘selfies’) and anxiety and depression in adolescent girls. It also explores the possible impact on girls of using Instagram in different ways when feeling anxious and/or depressed, focusing on self-objectification and self-esteem.
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Ethical approval
This research has been reviewed and approved by the Faculty of Health and Society Research Ethics Committee at the University of Northampton.
About the researcher
I am a Masters student training to be a counsellor for children and young people. My research interests mainly centre around online behaviour amongst adolescents, links to mental wellbeing and how this can help to inform counselling practice with young people. I volunteer as a counsellor and work in youth work.
