… Overall, this research verifies that adolescent girls and boys engage in social comparisons
to peers and models across an array of attractiveness attributes. Furthermore, the message …

… in social comparisons and (ii) upward social comparisons with … spent engaged in social
comparisons significantly mediated the … engaged in social comparisons and body dissatisfaction. …

… social comparisons, and targets for body comparison were examined in adolescent girls…
A model describing potential contributors to, and consequences of, body comparison …

… Study of Adolescent Health and multi-level modeling, we examine the role of social comparison
with schoolmates in adolescent girls’ weight control. Specifically, we focus on how girls’ …

… the use of social comparison appraisals in adolescents' lives … Social comparison theory has
been increasingly used in … which societal messages about appearance influence adolescents…

… clearly indicated that they regarded the images as directed toward adolescent girls. Much
of the content directly advises or discusses issues pertaining to females, and the …

… Clinicians and researchers in the US should be aware of the negative influence of
appearance-related teasing and social comparison on adolescent girls' body dissatisfaction and …

… portrayals of women is thought to induce social comparisons in female viewers and thereby
to … These results are interpreted through a framework that suggests that social comparisons …

… -based behaviors (social comparison and interpersonal … concurrent depressive symptoms
among adolescents. A total of … important differences between adolescent girls and boys that …

… Social comparison consists of comparing oneself with others … affect an individual's use
of social comparison to evaluate his or her … Whether social comparison serves a self-enhancement …