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 …

Body image disturbance is associated with several mental disorders. Previous research on
body image has focused mostly on women, largely neglecting body image in men …

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 …

This study examined the relationship between Instagram use (overall, as well as specifically
viewing fitspiration images) and body image concerns and self-objectification among …

Highly-visual social media (HVSM), such as Instagram and Snapchat, have experienced a
significant increase in popularity among adolescents in recent years. Findings indicate use …

Although there is a voluminous literature on mass media effects on body image concerns of
young adult women in the US, there has been relatively little theoretically-driven research on …

Social media appear to contribute to body dissatisfaction in adolescents, although few
empirical studies exist. This study used six focus groups (total N= 38) to explore relations …

An important work from a leading scholar, this book explores self-development from early
childhood to adulthood. Susan Harter traces the normative stages that define the emergence …

Given mixed findings regarding the unique trajectories of female and male adolescents'
body dissatisfaction over time, comprehensive longitudinal examinations are needed. This …