Social media and body image concerns: Current research and future directions

J Fardouly, LR Vartanian - Current opinion in psychology, 2016 - Elsevier
Highlights•Social media use is consistently and positively associated with negative body
image.•Longitudinal studies suggest that this association may strengthen over time.•Brief …

The pursuit of wellness: Social media, body image and eating disorders

RJ Marks, A De Foe, J Collett - Children and youth services review, 2020 - Elsevier
Health and wellness have become a cultural focus in Western countries, with weight-
management highlighted as imperative for wellbeing. This focus is clearly represented on …

The impact of appearance comparisons made through social media, traditional media, and in person in women's everyday lives

J Fardouly, RT Pinkus, LR Vartanian - Body image, 2017 - Elsevier
Appearance comparisons are an important sociocultural factor influencing women's body
image. These comparisons can occur in different contexts (eg, through magazines, social …

Social comparisons on social media: The impact of Facebook on young women's body image concerns and mood

J Fardouly, PC Diedrichs, LR Vartanian, E Halliwell - Body image, 2015 - Elsevier
The present study experimentally investigated the effect of Facebook usage on women's
mood and body image, whether these effects differ from an online fashion magazine, and …

Negative comparisons about one's appearance mediate the relationship between Facebook usage and body image concerns

J Fardouly, LR Vartanian - Body image, 2015 - Elsevier
Use of social media, such as Facebook, is pervasive among young women. Body
dissatisfaction is also highly prevalent in this demographic. The present study examined the …

“Why don't I look like her?” How adolescent girls view social media and its connection to body image

A Papageorgiou, C Fisher, D Cross - BMC women's health, 2022 - Springer
Background Adolescent girls appear more vulnerable to experiencing mental health
difficulties from social media use than boys. The presence of sexualized images online is …

The effects of viewing thin, sexualized selfies on Instagram: Investigating the role of image source and awareness of photo editing practices

MA Vendemia, DC DeAndrea - Body image, 2018 - Elsevier
This experiment examined how features of images shared on social media sites, such as
Instagram, impact and are evaluated by young adult female users. Specifically, we …

A systematic review on the effects of media disclaimers on young women's body image and mood

SE McComb, JS Mills - Body image, 2020 - Elsevier
The purpose of this systematic review was to determine the effectiveness of media
disclaimers in protecting women's body image and mood after exposure to thin ideal media …

Weight status and mental well-being among adolescents: the mediating role of self-perceived body weight. A cross-national survey

AS Fismen, M Galler, KI Klepp, A Chatelan… - Journal of Adolescent …, 2022 - Elsevier
Purpose Overweight and obesity are associated with poor mental health in adolescents.
However, little is known about whether the influence of overweight and obesity on mental …

Examining an elaborated sociocultural model of disordered eating among college women: The roles of social comparison and body surveillance

EE Fitzsimmons-Craft, AM Bardone-Cone, CM Bulik… - Body Image, 2014 - Elsevier
Social comparison (ie, body, eating, exercise) and body surveillance were tested as
mediators of the thin-ideal internalization-body dissatisfaction relationship in the context of …