Social media and body image: Recent trends and future directions

L Vandenbosch, J Fardouly, M Tiggemann - Current opinion in psychology, 2022 - Elsevier
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 …

Social media, body image and food choices in healthy young adults: A mixed methods systematic review

K Rounsefell, S Gibson, S McLean, M Blair… - Nutrition & …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Facing loneliness and anxiety during the COVID-19 isolation: the role of excessive social media use in a sample of Italian adults

V Boursier, F Gioia, A Musetti, A Schimmenti - Frontiers in psychiatry, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) prompted people to face a
distressing and unexpected situation. Uncertainty and social distancing changed people's …

Social media, body image, and the question of causation: Meta-analyses of experimental and longitudinal evidence

MK de Valle, M Gallego-Garcia, P Williamson… - Body Image, 2021 - Elsevier
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 …

Integrating social media variables as predictors, mediators, and moderators within body image frameworks: Potential mechanisms of action to consider in future …

TL Tylka, RF Rodgers, RM Calogero, JK Thompson… - Body Image, 2023 - Elsevier
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 …

Social media and body image: Modulating effects of social identities and user characteristics

RF Rodgers, A Rousseau - Body Image, 2022 - Elsevier
Social media use and exposure, in particular to highly visual and appearance-focused
content, has shown a relationship with poorer body image with small to moderate effect …

Uploading your best self: Selfie editing and body dissatisfaction

M Tiggemann, I Anderberg, Z Brown - Body image, 2020 - Elsevier
Social media have given rise to new forms of self-presentation, in particular, the posting of
self-portrait photos, commonly known as “selfies.” The aim of the present study was to …

The Zoom effect: exploring the impact of video calling on appearance dissatisfaction and interest in aesthetic treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic

TD Pikoos, S Buzwell, G Sharp… - Aesthetic surgery …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Background The popularity of videoconferencing platforms has skyrocketed during the
COVID-19 pandemic; however, concerns have been expressed regarding the potential for …

Do selfie-expectancies and social appearance anxiety predict adolescents' problematic social media use?

V Boursier, F Gioia, MD Griffiths - Computers in Human Behavior, 2020 - Elsevier
In contemporary society, social media use has become a widespread daily activity,
especially among adolescents, who are often engaged in visual content sharing. Taking and …

A study of Singapore adolescent girls' selfie practices, peer appearance comparisons, and body esteem on Instagram

L Chang, P Li, RSM Loh, THH Chua - Body image, 2019 - Elsevier
Social media allow users to play multiple roles as receivers, exhibitors, and evaluators of
idealized images through photo browsing, posting, and editing. In this study, we examined …