5. POHDINTA
5.2 Tutkimuksen vahvuudet ja rajoitukset
Tämän tutkimuksen vahvuuksiin kuuluu suhteellisen laaja otos ja muuttujien vahva teoriapohja.
Positiivisen kehonkuvan mittarit (BAS-2 & BCBS) ovat vahvoja tutkittuja mittareita, joiden luotettavuudesta on näyttöä. Ne ovat sisällöllisesti johdonmukaisia, rakenteellisesti valideja ja ajallisesti stabiileja (Tylka & Wood-Barcalow 2014; Tylka & Iannantuono, 2016). Instagramin käyttöä on tutkittu vastaavanlaisin 5-asteisin mittarein kuin tässä tutkimuksessa (Sheldon & Bryant, 2016; Cohen, Newton-John, Slater, 2017; Hendrickse, Arpan, Clayton; Ridgway 2017).
Positiivisella kehonkuvalla on vahva teoreettinen perusta ja kehopositiivisuudesta viime vuosien aikana kertynyt tutkimus lisää ymmärrystä kehopositiivisuudesta yhdessä tämän tutkimuksen kanssa.
Kehopositiivisuudelta puuttuu kuitenkin yhtenäinen paradigma ja se sekoitetaan usein kehon hyväksymiseen ja itsen rakastamiseen. Osa kehopositiivisten julkaisujen esimerkeissä (Lazuka ym, 2020) ei välttämättä nähdä edustavan todella kehopositiivisuutta, sillä esillä on paljon myös kulttuuri-ihanteita edustavia naisia.
Menetelmien heikkoutena voidaan pitää sitä, että tutkimuksen data perustuu vastaajien itsearviointiin eikä tutkimusasetelmalla voida päätellä kausaatiosuhteita. Voidaan myös pohtia, missä määrin tutkittavat eri taustoista ymmärtävät samalla tavalla tutkimuskysymykset. Kehon arvostamisen ja laajan kauneuskäsityksen mittareiden rakenteet ja reliabiliteetit olivat yhteneväisiä aiemman tutkimuksen kanssa ja niitä on käytetty eri maissa (Lobera & Rios, 2011; Tylka, T. & Iannantuono, 2016; Tylka &
Wood-Barcalow, 2015a).
Kehopositiivisen Instagramin käyttämisen motiiveissa oli mahdollisesti erottelua haittaavaa päällekkäisyyttä yhteiskunnallisen ja yksilöllisen motiivin välillä. Kehopositiivisuus liikkeen yhteiskunnallisen luonteen vuoksi, yhteiskunnallista motiivia ei välttämättä ole mielekästä täysin erottaa yksilöllisen kehonkuvan kohentamisen motiivista, vaan voi olla, että ne ovat hyvin vahvasti sidoksissa toisiinsa. Aiheesta tarvittaisiin lisää tutkimusta. Näyttäisi siltä, että erityisesti niin oman kehonkuvan parantaminen kuin myös yhteiskunnallisiin konstruktioihin vaikuttaminen motivoivat käyttämään kehopositiivista Instagramia. Vaikka aikaisempaa tutkimusta kehopositiivisen Instagramin käyttämisen motiiveista ei ole, tämän tutkimuksen havainnot ovat linjassa aiemman feministisen ja sosiaalisen median tutkimuksen kanssa.
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