This review presents recent trends in social media and body image research, with a
particular focus on different social media platforms, features unique to social media, and …

The rise of Instagram has prompted researchers to examine its effects on mental health, yet
an overview of the current literature is missing. Therefore, the aim of this systematic review …

This article presents four meta-analyses that can inform causality in the relationship between
social media and body image; 24 experimental samples comparing the effect of appearance …

This article synthesizes practical strategies and future directions proposed by contributors to
the special issue in Body Image on social media and body image. It also moves beyond the …

Despite adolescents' prolific use of social media, relationships between social media and
body satisfaction and well-being are not yet well understood, especially among boys. This …

In this article, we consider how social media variables may be integrated as predictors,
mediators, and moderators within dominant theoretical frameworks of body image in order to …

Sharing and viewing photos on social networking sites (SNSs) have been identified as
particularly problematic for body image. Although correlational research to date has …

Internalizing conditions of psychopathology include depressive and anxiety disorders; they
most often onset in adolescence, are relatively common, and contribute to significant …

Exposure to idealized appearance images on social media is recognized as having a
damaging effect on body image. Identifying and harnessing protective factors are, therefore …

There is increasing scholarly interest in the effects of social media use on women's body
image. Here, we tested the utility of the Tripartite Influence Model–developed for traditional …