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The study involved 153 physical education teacher candidates. Data were collected using the Demographic Information Form, the Appearance-Related Social Media Consciousness Scale and, the Beliefs about Obese Persons Scale. The data were analyzed using the Mann-Whitney U, Kruskal-Wallis, and Spearman\u2019s rank correlation tests.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"sec003\">\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The results showed that there was no statistically significant difference between the level of appearance-related social media consciousness and the level of beliefs about obese persons between female and male physical education teacher candidates. In terms of years of study, the level of appearance-related social media consciousness was lower among those in their 2\n                      <jats:sup>nd<\/jats:sup>\n                      and 3\n                      <jats:sup>rd<\/jats:sup>\n                      years than among those in their 4\n                      <jats:sup>th<\/jats:sup>\n                      year, and the level of attitudes towards obese persons was lower in the 3\n                      <jats:sup>rd<\/jats:sup>\n                      year than in the 4\n                      <jats:sup>th<\/jats:sup>\n                      year. The results further showed no correlation between the levels of appearance-related social media consciousness and attitudes towards obese persons among the physical education teacher candidates.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"sec004\">\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>These findings highlight the importance of physical education teacher education programs actively addressing appearance-related social media consciousness and beliefs about obese persons, with the aim being to mitigate the emergence of weight-based stigma and foster more inclusive, informed attitudes.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.pone.0350094","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,8]],"date-time":"2026-07-08T17:43:23Z","timestamp":1783532603000},"page":"e0350094","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1371\/journal.pone.corrections_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Relationship between appearance-related social media consciousness and beliefs about obese persons among physical education teacher candidates"],"prefix":"10.1371","volume":"21","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0583-8083","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Canan","family":"Say\u0131n Temur","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"340","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,8]]},"reference":[{"issue":"2","key":"pone.0350094.ref001","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"117","DOI":"10.1177\/001872675400700202","article-title":"A theory of social comparison processes","volume":"7","author":"L Festinger","year":"1954","journal-title":"Human Relations"},{"key":"pone.0350094.ref002","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1","DOI":"10.1016\/j.copsyc.2015.09.005","article-title":"Social media and body image concerns: current research and future directions","volume":"9","author":"J Fardouly","year":"2016","journal-title":"Current Opinion in Psychology"},{"issue":"1","key":"pone.0350094.ref003","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"46","DOI":"10.1080\/15456870.2015.972282","article-title":"Social media: defining, developing, and divining","volume":"23","author":"CT Carr","year":"2015","journal-title":"Atlantic Journal of Communication"},{"key":"pone.0350094.ref004","unstructured":"Statista. 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