Social Networks and Body Self-Perception in Adolescent Women in a Peruvian Region-2025

Abstract

The study “Social Media and Body Image Among Adolescent Girls in a Peruvian Region 2025” aimed to determine the correlation between social media use and body image among adolescent girls. The study was grounded in the positivist paradigm using a quantitative approach, employing a non-experimental, correlational, cross-sectional design. The sample consisted of 718 female students from the region. Data were collected using the Social Media Addiction Questionnaire (ARS) by Escurra and Salas (2014) and the Body Shape Questionnaire (BSQ) by Cooper et al. (1987). The findings showed that 48.3% of the adolescents exhibited a moderate level of social media use, while 48.1% did not report significant body concerns. Furthermore, the joint analysis revealed that 20.6% exhibited a moderate level of social media use and no body concerns. The Spearman’s Rho coefficient obtained (ρ = .200; p = .000 < .05) indicated the existence of a low but statistically significant positive correlation between the two variables. It is concluded that higher levels of social media use are associated with higher levels of body concern, confirming that social media is a factor associated with body self-perception in the studied population.