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While previous research has established a link between SNS use and body dissatisfaction, the role of self-disgust in this context remains underexplored.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      A total of 59 healthy young women (\n                      <jats:italic>M<\/jats:italic>\n                      age = 24.49,\n                      <jats:italic>SD<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 3.66) with a normal BMI (\n                      <jats:italic>M<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 22.38,\n                      <jats:italic>SD<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 3.27) participated. Exclusion criteria included current or past eating disorders, psychopathology, or psychiatric medication use. Participants completed pre- and post-exposure measures of body satisfaction (S-BISS), body-related anxiety (PASTAS), and self-disgust (VAS) after viewing 15 thin-ideal images. A non-parametric Wilcoxon signed-rank test was used due to non-normal data distribution.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Participants showed a significant decrease in body satisfaction (\n                      <jats:italic>z<\/jats:italic>\n                      = -3.017,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      = .003). Self-disgust significantly increased for the stomach (\n                      <jats:italic>z<\/jats:italic>\n                      = -2.197,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      = .028) and hips (\n                      <jats:italic>z<\/jats:italic>\n                      = -2.622,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      = .009). Significant increases in body anxiety were observed for the waist (\n                      <jats:italic>z<\/jats:italic>\n                      = -2.352,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      = .019), buttocks (\n                      <jats:italic>z<\/jats:italic>\n                      = -2.000,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      = .046), muscular tone (\n                      <jats:italic>z<\/jats:italic>\n                      = -2.668,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      = .008), and perceived overweight (\n                      <jats:italic>z<\/jats:italic>\n                      = -3.273,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      = .001). No significant changes were found for thighs or legs.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Consistent with sociocultural\/objectification literature, thin-ideal exposure elicited immediate increases in dissatisfaction and anxiety and extended prior work by documenting state self-disgust as a plausible affective response. These findings underscore the need for media literacy interventions and further exploration of emotional mechanisms in body image disturbance. Generalizability is limited by the all-female and the single-session pre\u2013post design without an active control. 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