Results are here!

Thank you to everyone who participated in this study and helped to make this study possible!

A summary of the results is provided below:

Aim

This study aimed to compare the relationship between both eczema and psoriasis and body image in adults and explore how social media usage influences this.

Hypotheses

It was hypothesised that:

  • Participants with a skin disorder would have poorer body image than those without a skin disorder.

  • That participants with psoriasis would have poorer body image than those with eczema.

  • That social media use would moderate this relationship.

Results

Following data cleaning, responses from 85 participants were included in the final analysis. The participants’ ages ranged from 18 to 65 years old, with most participants (n = 71, 83.5%) being 18-25 years old. 11 participants had Psoriasis, 58 had eczema, and 16 had no skin disorders.

The results showed that individuals with a skin condition (eczema or psoriasis) reported significantly poorer body image than individuals without a skin condition. However, there was no difference in body image between participants with eczema and those with psoriasis.

Additionally, social media use did not moderate the relationship between skin disorder status and body image.

While these findings provide useful insights, they are based on a relatively small and localised sample, so they may not be generalizable to the wider public. Future research with more diverse participants will help to build on these results.

We greatly appreciate your time and contribution to this research.