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Depression, Self-Esteem, and Disordered Eating among Pakistani Adolescent Girls: The Mediating Role of Appearance Comparison and Internalization of Appearance Ideals
Although the link of depression and self-esteem with disordered eating is well reported in literature, there is insufficient insight into the...
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Psychometric properties of the arabic translation of the Physical Appearance Comparison Scale-Revised (PACS-R) in adults
BackgroundPhysical comparison may be a factor in body dissatisfaction and related issues, like eating disorders and depression. The Physical...
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Gender-Typical Appearance in Early Childhood: Role of Parental Gender-Typical Appearance and Children’s Gender Similarity
The emergence of gender-typical appearance in childhood appears to have important implications not only for child and adolescent social-emotional...
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Endogenous attention enhances contrast appearance regardless of stimulus contrast
There has been enduring debate on how attention alters contrast appearance. Recent research indicates that exogenous attention enhances contrast...
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Envy Mediates the Relationship Between Physical Appearance Comparison and Women’s Intrasexual Gossip
Physical attractiveness is a central component of women’s mate value. However, the extent to which women possess attractive physical traits varies...
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The effects of media and peers on negative body image among Chinese college students: a chained indirect influence model of appearance comparison and internalization of the thin ideal
BackgroundNegative body image is a common psychological phenomenon among Chinese college students meriting investigation. Peers and the media are...
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Unravelling the veil of appearance anxiety: exploring social media use among Chinese young people
The purpose of this study is to explore the relationship between appearance anxiety and social media use among Chinese adolescents. Using a grounded...
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Perceived emotional invalidation, physical appearance comparisons and attitude towards cosmetic surgery among female undergraduate university students
The popularity of cosmetic surgery procedures has considerably increased in the past decades. This study aimed to investigate the mediating role of...
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Body image and social appearance anxiety in patients with cancer undergoing radiotherapy: a cross-sectional study
BackgroundThe body image of patients with cancer can be negatively affected due to treatment toxicities. Changes in body image may cause patients to...
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The cost of the perfect body: influence mechanism of internalization of media appearance ideals on eating disorder tendencies in adolescents
BackgroundSome studies have examined the relationship between internalization of media appearance ideals and eating disorders. However, few have...
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Perfectionism and suicidal ideation: the serial mediating roles of appearance-based rejection sensitivity and loneliness
Guided by the perfectionism social disconnection model (PSDM), this study focused on understanding the perfectionism-suicidality link by including...
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Longitudinal Change in Appearance-Related Social Media Consciousness and Depressive Symptoms: A Within-Person Analysis during Early-to-Middle Adolescence
Online appearance preoccupation may put adolescents at risk of developing mental health challenges, perhaps especially during early-to-middle...
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Body Shame in 7–12-Year-Old Girls and Boys: The Role of Parental Attention to Children’s Appearance
Guided by the Tripartite Influence Model and Objectification Theory, we examined whether parents’ attention to their children’s appearance was...
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The relationship between self-objectification and social avoidance among Chinese middle adolescent girls: The mediating role of appearance comparison and self-esteem
Although previous studies have demonstrated that appearance plays an important role in the avoidance of social contact among adolescent girls, the...
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Further evidence of the association between social media use, eating disorder pathology and appearance ideals and pressure: a cross-sectional study in Norwegian adolescents
BackgroundFew studies have investigated how the plethora of contemporary social media (SM) platforms relate to, and influence eating disorder (ED)...
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Body evaluation in men: the role of body weight dissatisfaction in appearance evaluation, eating, and muscle dysmorphia psychopathology
BackgroundBody image dissatisfaction is a significant concern among men, influencing appearance evaluation, eating behaviors, and muscle dysmorphia...
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Appearance-related effects of selfies at the personal and societal level among Asian women: acceptance of cosmetic surgery and lookism
Selfies are related to dissatisfaction with appearance, but interestingly, selfies also predict positive evaluation about appearance (e.g.,...
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Body and appearance-related self-conscious emotions, emotional regulation strategies, and disordered eating in adult men
Eating disorders (ED) in men are the great unknown. Although several studies have been carried out, it is still understood how men develop these...
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Does the media ideal internalization affect social appearance anxiety among male and female adolescents? The mediation of negative physical self
There is increasing scholarly interest in the effects of media on adolescents’ appearance. However, the results are inconsistent, and little is known...
