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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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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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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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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...
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Social network addiction symptoms and body dissatisfaction in young women: exploring the mediating role of awareness of appearance pressure and internalization of the thin ideal
BackgroundPrevious studies testing for a direct relationship between social networking sites (SNS) addiction and body dissatisfaction (BD) have...
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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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Sociocultural pressures towards the thin and mesomorphic body ideals and their impact on the eating and exercise-related body change strategies of early adolescents: a longitudinal study
For decades, the thin body ideal has been the prevailing female standard of beauty, while the mesomorphic body ideal has been the accepted male...
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Psychometric properties of the Arabic versions of the Three-Item Short Form of the modified Weight Bias Internalization Scale (WBIS-3) and the Muscularity Bias Internalization Scale (MBIS)
BackgroundThere is a lack of psychometrically sound measures to assess internalized weight and muscularity biases among Arabic-speaking people. To...
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Associations of observer’s gender, Body Mass Index and internalization of societal beauty ideals to visual body processing
We examined whether visual processing mechanisms of the body of conspecifics are different in women and men and whether these rely on westernised...
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Anti-fat Attitudes among Senior Dietetics Students, Healthcare Students and non-healthcare Women Students
The primary objective of this study was to evaluate whether there is a difference in anti-fat attitudes among senior dietetics students, healthcare...
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The contribution of social media addiction to adolescent LIFE: Social appearance anxiety
The use of social media by adolescents, who spend about 3 hours a day on social media, is dominated by visual communication. Nowadays, appearance...
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Social media use and weight bias internalization: association moderated by age and weight perception
BackgroundThe current study examined whether weight perception or age moderated associations between time spent on image-based social media and...
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Cross-sectional and Longitudinal Associations between Peer Television Co-viewing and Media Internalization in Adolescent Girls and Boys
Despite the potential of peers to reinforce cultural appearance ideals, little work on peer media co-viewing has focused on body image. This study...
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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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The Relationship between the Use of Social Networking Sites and Sexually Explicit Material, the Internalization of Appearance Ideals and Body Self-Surveillance: Results from a Longitudinal Study of Male Adolescents
Although there is now a substantial body of research suggesting a positive association between the exposure to sexualized content in the media and...
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Examining the Links Between Beauty Ideals Internalization, the Objectification of Women, and Ambivalent Sexism Among Chinese Women: The Effects of Sexual Orientation
The widespread propagation of beauty ideals has made their influence inescapable for women worldwide. Numerous studies have suggested the negative...
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How do social networks, controlling parenting, and interpersonal sensitivity contribute to adolescents' appearance anxiety?
Previous studies suggested that controlling parenting behaviors and higher social media use seem to be associated with several internalizing...
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How the Exposure to Beauty Ideals on Social Networking Sites Influences Body Image: A Systematic Review of Experimental Studies
Sharing and viewing photos on social networking sites (SNSs) have been identified as particularly problematic for body image. Although correlational...
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Appearance Orientation and Dating Anxiety in Emerging Adults: Considering the Roles of Appearance-Based Rejection Sensitivity, Social Physique Anxiety, and Self-Compassion
Emerging research has suggested that appearance-related factors, such as greater appearance orientation, are associated with dating anxiety in...
