The Influences of Use of Media and School Bullying on the Women’s Appearance Anxiety

Abstract

In China, with the development of techniques and the way of communication became more modern, such as phones or computers. What is more, with the development of era, people’s appreciation of the beauty has changed a lot. In previous study, it indicated that women are more likely to have the appearance anxiety. On the Internet, it is clear that a unified aesthetics for women is appearing which are summarized into pale and thin. In such environment where the information cocoon and comparison made online, leading to a problem that women may have the appearance anxiety. Meanwhile, an increasing frequency of school bully caused by the appearance also related to some mental problems. Thus, the school bully may have the possibility to make women have the appearance anxiety. Based on some researches about the relationship between Internet and appearance anxiety as well as some surveys about the frequency of school bully. This study analyzed whether the Internet and school bully had an impact on the appearance anxiety. In conclusion, this study found that the Internet and school bully had an influence on the women’s appearance anxiety through analyzing these references. The present study summarizes the evidence to further explore the mechanisms influencing appearance anxiety. In addition, this study provides a direction for related people to deal with the appearance anxiety based on the two factors, use of media and school bully.