Critical measurement issues in the assessment of social media influence on body image

HK Jarman, SA McLean, S Griffiths, SJ Teague… - Body Image, 2022 - Elsevier
Progress towards understanding how social media impacts body image hinges on the use of
appropriate measurement tools and methodologies. This review provides an overview of …

Social network addiction symptoms and body dissatisfaction in young women: exploring the mediating role of awareness of appearance pressure and internalization …

R Delgado-Rodríguez, R Linares… - Journal of Eating …, 2022 - Springer
Background Previous studies testing for a direct relationship between social networking
sites (SNS) addiction and body dissatisfaction (BD) have yielded inconsistent results. Here …

Prospectively predicting naturalistic exposure to fitspiration and thinspiration in young women with disordered eating by leveraging an ecological momentary …

KAC Pacella, Y Chen, KT Forbush, CC Cushing… - Eating behaviors, 2023 - Elsevier
Objective Although a growing body of research has examined the impacts of ED-salient
content, such as fitspiration and thinspiration, on eating disorder (ED) symptoms, there is …

Food for thought: Examining the relationship between low calorie density foods in Instagram feeds and disordered eating symptoms among undergraduate women

SS Kinkel-Ram, C Staples, D Rancourt, AR Smith - Eating Behaviors, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Ample studies have tested how viewing bodies on social media impacts eating
disorder symptoms; however, the relationship between viewing food images on social media …

Effects of COVID-19 specific body positive and diet culture related social media content on body image and mood among young women

L Parcell, S Jeon, RF Rodgers - Body Image, 2023 - Elsevier
During the COVID-19 pandemic, social media content emerged that included explicit weight
and shape pressure. In addition, however, body positive social media content that was …

Do Images Speak Louder Than Words? Effects of Body Positive and Fitspiration Quotes and Images on State Body Image in Women and Men

RF Rodgers, SJ Paxton, EH Wertheim - Sex Roles, 2025 - Springer
Use of highly visual social media has been shown to be detrimental to body image when
containing idealized and unrealistic images, such as “fitspiration” content portraying thin and …

Negative Affect as a Mediator Between Exposure to Fitspiration and Thinspiration and Disordered Eating Behaviors: An Ecological Momentary Assessment Study

KA Christensen Pacella, KT Forbush… - … Journal of Eating …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Although social media use, such as Instagram, has been associated with ED
pathology, mechanisms connecting social media use to disordered eating behaviors (DEBs) …

Weight bias internalization is positively associated with insomnia symptom severity in young women with disordered eating

KAC Pacella, KT Forbush - Sleep health, 2024 - Elsevier
Objective Social stigma has been associated with disparities in sleep heath; however, one
type of stigma that has been less evaluated is weight bias internalization. Previous studies …

Momentary fluctuations in emotional intelligence and stress predict changes in disordered eating

SJ Kaden, ED Dalton - Journal of american college HealtH, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Objective: Low emotional intelligence and symptoms of disordered eating are connected,
however, whether daily fluctuations in emotional intelligence predict daily changes in …

Tripartite Influence Model: Effects of Media Pressure on Appearance Satisfaction in the Sample of Young Croatian Women

A Žulec Ivanković, M Merkaš, T Martinac Dorčić - Psihologijske teme, 2024 - hrcak.srce.hr
Sažetak The effects of media on body image have been heavily investigated through the
years. Recent research has shifted its focus to social media content and other behaviors on …