With the quickly rising popularity of social media within the past decade, researchers have
started to investigate the relationship between social media use and various psychological …

Aim Negative body image increases the risk of engaging in unhealthy dieting and
disordered eating patterns. This review evaluated the impact of habitual social media …

The association between social media use and an individual's appearance dissatisfaction
has generated broad scholarly interests. This study explored the specific appearance …

Background: Instagram is one of the most popular social media platforms among young
females. Idealized body images shared on the platform have been associated with lower …

One recent trend on Instagram consists of posting 'Instagram vs reality'images containing
side-by-side photographs of the same woman, one an idealized depiction and the other a …

British Psychology Society Textbook of the Year 2020 Why do people who are more socially
connected live longer and have better health than those who are socially isolated? Why are …

Body positive content aims to disrupt the monopoly of idealized appearance-focused media
and encourage individuals to adopt a positive stance towards their body by increasing …

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 …

This experimental study examined the effects of engaging on social media with attractive
female peers on young adult women's body image. Participants were 118 female …