Camera-Ready: Social Media and Gender Influences on Adolescents’ Body Image and Mental Health

Live Virtual Presentation

Thursday, October 27, *Noon to 1pm
OPEN TO ALL
*Speaker meets with MPSI Fellows & Trainees 1- 2pm

Sophia Choukas-Bradley, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychology, Director, Teen and Young Adult Lab (TAYA Lab)
Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh

Why do body image concerns and mental health symptoms increase at the transition from childhood to adolescence? Why are girls and LGBTQ+ youth at heightened risk? How can we help all adolescents navigate the complexities of interpersonal relationships and identity development in this new era of social media?

These are the questions that drive Dr. Choukas-Bradley's program of research. In this talk, she will present results from her recent quantitative and qualitative studies, grounded in developmental–sociocultural theories of adolescent development. She will focus primarily on her research on the role of social media use in adolescents’ body image and mental health concerns, with an emphasis on how social media may exacerbate gendered cultural appearance pressures.

Dr. Choukas-Bradley will also discuss current and future directions, highlighting her recent work on transgender adolescents’ body image and mental health disparities, as well as her new line of work on Black young women’s gendered racial identity development, body image, and sexuality.

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MPSI Training Director Dr. Julie Wargo Aikins, 313-664-2547
julie.wargo.aikins@wayne.edu