الرضا عن صورة الجسد لدى عينة من مستخدمي فلاتر الصور التجميلية في تطبيقي السناب شات و الانستجرام و غير المستخدمين في المملكة العربية السعودية : دراسة مقارنة

Abstract EN

The study aims at exploring the level of body image satisfaction in a sample of users and nonusers of snapchat and Instagram's beauty filters in Saudi Arabia.

the sample consists of 1208 individuals living in Saudi Arabia and who were chosen by random sampling.

the descriptive research (correlational and comparative) was employed, and the body image satisfaction scale developed by the researcher was administered.

the results indicated a high level of body image satisfaction among the sample.

also, the results showed that there was significant difference in body image satisfaction between the users and nonusers of snapchat and Instagram's beauty filters in favor of the nonusers ; significant difference in body image satisfaction among the sample according to gender in favor of males ; significant difference in body image satisfaction among the sample according to age in favor of (66 to less than 88) group in light of the results, the researcher recommends developing counseling programs by psychologists to raise awareness of the effect of applications’ beauty filters and their consequences and to have more realistic view of them.