Body Image

Papers
(The median citation count of Body Image is 5. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)
ArticleCitations
Food insecurity is associated with muscle dysmorphia symptomatology among a sample of Canadian adolescents and young adults131
Exposure to simulated nature promotes positive body image irrespective of the presentation modality: A comparison of images, 2-dimensional film, and 360° immersive film110
Visualizing Emotional Arousal within the Context of Body Size Evaluation: A Pilot Study of Steady-State Visual Evoked Potentials in Women with Anorexia Nervosa and Healthy Controls.78
Longitudinal associations between appearance evaluation during video chat and body image concerns: A test of the “Perfect Storm” framework74
Gender compatibility and drive for muscularity among adolescent boys: Examining the indirect effect of emotion regulation difficulties69
A short-form drama series created for the digital media environment: A randomised controlled trial exploring effects on girls’ body satisfaction, acceptance of appearance diversity, and appearance-rel68
Weight gain attempts and substance use behaviors among adults across five countries68
The associations between photo-editing and body concerns among females: A systematic review64
Does medium matter? Investigating the impact of viewing ideal image or short-form video content on young women’s body image, mood, and self-objectification62
Exploring the reciprocal associations between body appreciation, body image flexibility, and body acceptance by others in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany: Results from cross-lagged pan62
Body talk on social networking sites and restrained eating among adolescents: A test of a multiple mediation model59
Exploring the associations between muscularity teasing and eating and body image disturbances in Chinese men and women58
Predictors of functionality appreciation: Prospective findings58
Muscularity bias internalization moderates the associations of muscularity dissatisfaction with muscularity-oriented disordered eating and psychosocial well-being in men but not women58
Comparing the associations between body appearance and fitness self-conscious emotions across physical activity modalities: A multi-part study56
Digital body image interventions for adult women: A meta-analytic review54
Instagram Sexualization: When posts make you feel dissatisfied and wanting to change your body53
Psychometric properties and factor structure of the Eating Disorder Examination-Questionnaire in omnivores, vegetarians, and vegans52
Is body dissatisfaction related to an attentional bias towards low weight bodies in non-clinical samples of women? A systematic review and meta-analysis51
Bi-directional associations between depressive symptoms and eating disorder symptoms in early adolescence51
The effects of self-disclaimer Instagram captions on young women's mood and body image: The moderating effect of participants’ own photo manipulation practices49
Associations between body image, social physique anxiety, and dating anxiety in heterosexual emerging adults49
First do no harm: Measuring weight bias beliefs in preschool-age children48
Appearance Matters 1047
Prospective examination of psychological risk and maintenance factors for body image distress after mastectomy with immediate breast reconstruction46
Editorial Board46
Functionality appreciation in young children45
“We are no drawings, no clay dolls”: A qualitative exploration of adolescents’ attitudes towards cosmetic procedures45
Translation and psychometric properties of an Italian version of the Body Acceptance by Others Scale-2 (BAOS-2)44
Beauty and the big business: A qualitative investigation of the development and implementation of the CVS Beauty Mark44
Dissonance-based prevention of eating pathology in non-Western cultures: A randomized controlled trial of the Body Project among young Saudi adult women43
The body positive… or the body neutral? A content analysis of body positivity and body neutrality hashtagged videos on TikTok43
Satisfaction with partner’s appearance, body criticism, and relationship quality in heterosexual couples: A dyadic study42
Translation and validation of a (Colombian) Spanish version of the breast appreciation scale (BrAS)42
Fat embodiment for resistance and healing from weight stigma40
#Take idealized bodies out of the picture: A scoping review of social media content aiming to protect and promote positive body image40
Additive and interactive associations among body appreciation, self-compassion, and gender in understanding college students’ health behaviors40
Psychometric properties of a Dutch translation of the Functionality Appreciation Scale (FAS) among adults in the Netherlands39
TikTok on the clock but the #fitspo don’t stop: The impact of TikTok fitspiration videos on women’s body image concerns39
Demographic and sociocultural predictors of sexuality-related body image and sexual frequency: The U.S. Body Project I39
A comparison of functionality, rumination, and distraction tasks on women’s state body image and mood after idealised media exposure36
Editorial Board36
Fashion versus fitspo: The effect of viewing images of contemporary Barbie® dolls in passive versus active poses on college women’s body image and affect36
Promoting body positivity through stories: How protagonist body size and esteem influence readers’ self-concepts36
Translation and validation of a Chinese version of the Appearance Schemas Inventory-Revised in Chinese adults35
A cognitive dissonance body image intervention ‘Free Being Me’ delivered by guide leaders to adolescent girl guides in India: A pilot and acceptability trial34
Investigating the role of perceived ingroup and outgroup colourism on body image and wellbeing among Black, Asian, and other racialised/ethnic minority groups living in the UK34
The impact of different responses to negative body talk on body satisfaction, shame, and future negative body talk likelihood: A UK sample32
Body Image and sex among postpartum women32
“My critical filter buffers your app filter”: Social media literacy as a protective factor for body image31
A negative body image contextualization of the self-compassion scale31
Body appreciation and its psychological correlates: A systematic review and meta-analysis31
Look me in the eyes! A pre-registered eye-tracking study investigating visual attention and affective reactions to faces with a visible difference31
Editorial Board30
The U.S. Body Project I: Inspirations and Lessons Learned30
The importance of hair satisfaction in appearance evaluation among black adolescent girls29
Factor structure and psychometric properties of a Korean translation of the Body Appreciation Scale-229
Editorial Board29
Spanish validation of two social media appearance-related constructs associated with disordered eating in adolescents: The Appearance-related Social Media Consciousness scale (ASMC) and the Critical T28
Experiences of embodiment during pregnancy and the postpartum period: A qualitative study28
Effects of online self-compassionate writing on stigmatizing and affirming self-perceptions: Potential boundary conditions in undergraduate women28
Gender differences in the relation between interpersonal stress and momentary shape and weight concerns in youth with overweight/obesity28
Measurement invariance of the Broad Conceptualization of Beauty Scale (BCBS) across Black, Hispanic, and White women in the United States28
Attentional engagement with and disengagement from appearance ideals: Differential associations with body dissatisfaction frequency and duration?28
The body positivity movement is not all that positive on TikTok: A content analysis of body positive TikTok videos27
Hourglass Body Shape Ideal Scale and disordered eating27
Follow, filter, filler? Social media usage and cosmetic procedure intention, acceptance, and normalization among young adults27
Muscularity teasing and its relations with muscularity bias internalization, muscularity-oriented body dissatisfaction, and muscularity-oriented disordered eating in Chinese adult men27
Congenital melanocytic naevus (CMN) through the lens: Using photo-elicitation interviews to explore adjustment in adolescents with a rare birthmark condition27
Weight self-stigma, but not body dissatisfaction, predicts binge eating across one academic year27
Racial identity differences in pathways from sociocultural and objectification constructs to body satisfaction: The U.S. Body Project I27
Assessing the impact of body image concerns on functioning across life domains: Development and validation of the Body Image Life Disengagement Questionnaire (BILD-Q) among British adolescents26
The weight of words: Discursive constructions of health in weight-neutral peer-reviewed journal articles26
An experimental investigation of whether body-positive messaging on fitspiration and diverse images can improve state body image in women26
Intuitive eating in light of other eating styles and motives: Experiences with construct validity and the Hungarian adaptation of the Intuitive Eating Scale-225
Clinical characteristics among sexual minority and heterosexual women with body dysmorphic disorder25
Are diverse models really non-idealized? Investigating body positivity public feed posts of fashion and beauty brands on instagram25
Perceived legitimacy of weight-based discrimination: Consequences for group identity, collective action, body satisfaction, and self-esteem25
Personal ideal, cultural ideal and optimal attractiveness: Are these constructs for body size and shape the same or different?25
“Look beyond the weight and accept me”: Adolescent perspectives on parental weight communication24
Body dissatisfaction frequency and duration: Dissociable dimensions of trait body dissatisfaction24
Digital modification and body image on social media: Disclaimer labels, captions, hashtags, and comments24
Appearance-ideal internalization, body dissatisfaction, and suicidality among sexual minority men24
Factor structure and psychometric properties of the Muscle Dysmorphic Disorder Inventory (MDDI) among transgender women24
Body image facets as predictors of muscularity-oriented disordered eating in women: Findings from a prospective study24
Adverse childhood experiences and body dysmorphic symptoms: A meta-analysis24
Tackling bisexual erasure: An explorative comparison of bisexual, gay and straight cisgender men’s body image22
Measurement invariance and differential item functioning of the functionality appreciation scale (FAS) in Colombia and Spain22
Targets of comparison and body image in women’s everyday lives: The role of perceived attainability22
South Asian women in the United Kingdom: The role of skin colour dissatisfaction in acculturation experiences and body dissatisfaction22
Imagery versus captions: The effect of body positive Instagram content on young women’s mood and body image22
Self-concept clarity and appearance-based social comparison to idealized bodies22
Words are heavy: Weight-related terminology preferences are associated with larger-bodied people’s health behaviors and beliefs22
Editorial Board21
A qualitative analysis of the usefulness, risks, and challenges of incorporating functionality and body compassion into the prevention and treatment of eating disorders21
Supporting individuals with a visible difference: A UK survey of needs and preferences21
Emotion profiles among adolescent female athletes: Associations with flourishing21
How prepartum appearance-related attitudes influence body image and weight-control behaviors of pregnant Japanese women across pregnancy: Latent growth curve modeling analyses21
Women’s refusal to be weighed during healthcare visits: Links to body image20
Testing body-related components of objectification theory: A meta-analysis of the relations between body shame, self-objectification, and body dissatisfaction20
Body image and Black African women: A comparative study of Kenya and Nigeria20
Testing for longitudinal bidirectional associations between self-compassion, self-criticism, and positive body image components20
Confirmatory factor analysis and measurement invariance of the Cognitive Fusion Questionnaire-Body Image in a clinical eating disorder sample20
Practice or performance? A content analysis of yoga-related videos on Instagram19
Self-objectification in Chinese pregnant women: The mixed role of functionality appreciation19
Digital social evaluation: Relationships between receiving likes, comments, and follows on social media and adolescents’ body image concerns19
“Pretty hurts”: Acceptance of hegemonic feminine beauty ideals and reduced sexual well-being among Black women19
The need to belong: Subjective experiences of living with craniofacial conditions and undergoing appearance-altering surgery19
How can we help you? A global investigation into girls’ body image experiences in sport and intervention preferences19
Development and validation of a measure of curvy ideals internalization19
“Make sure that everybody feels there is a space for them”: Understanding and promoting appearance inclusivity at university.19
The role of social context in own body size estimations: An investigation of the body schema18
#quarantine15: A content analysis of Instagram posts during COVID-1918
Validation of the Appearance-Related Social Media Consciousness Scale with Chinese adolescents and young adults18
The association between problematic pornography use and eating disorder symptoms among heterosexual and sexual minority men18
Early appearance concerns after burns: Investigating the roles of psychological flexibility and self-compassion18
Weight-related teasing is associated with body concerns, disordered eating, and health diagnoses in racially and ethnically diverse young men18
A prospective examination of relationships between social media use and body dissatisfaction in a representative sample of adults18
Developing a model linking self-reported nature exposure and positive body image: A study protocol for the body image in nature survey (BINS)18
Do media portrayals and social consensus information impact anti-fat attitudes and support for anti-weight discrimination laws and policies?18
An exploratory examination of internalized weight stigma in a sample living with food insecurity18
Body image and quality of life in women with breast cancer: Appreciating the body and its functionality18
“Eat clean, train mean, get lean”: Body image and health behaviours of women who engage with fitspiration and clean eating imagery on Instagram17
Body image as a multidimensional concept: A systematic review of body image facets in eating disorders and muscle dysmorphia17
Unraveling the meaning of weight misperception in a sample of college students: Unaware or body satisfied?17
Body appreciation mediates the association between satisfaction with autistic identity and flourishing in autistic adults17
Psychometric validation of the Japanese version of the Functionality Appreciation Scale (FAS)17
The impact of yoga on body image in adults: A systematic review of quantitative studies17
Associations between adolescents’ pornography consumption and self-objectification, body comparison, and body shame17
A guide to exploratory structural equation modeling (ESEM) and bifactor-ESEM in body image research17
Disclosing the obvious: Psychosocial implications of (not) explaining facial differences17
The impact of body image on social cognition: Fear of negative evaluation mediates the relationship between body surveillance and interpersonal distance in women16
“We should educate the public that cosmetic procedures are as safe as normal medicine”: Understanding corporate social responsibility from the perspective of the cosmetic procedures industry16
Psychometric validation of the Muscle Dysmorphic Disorder Inventory (MDDI) among U.S. transgender men16
Understanding what drives adolescent social media behaviours: Informing approaches for interventions16
The effects of engaging in digital photo modifications and receiving favorable comments on women’s selfies shared on social media16
Body Positivity, but not for everyone: The role of model size in exposure effects on women’s mood, body satisfaction, and food choice16
A systematic review of interventions aiming to promote positive body image in children and adolescents16
#WhatIEatInADay: The effects of viewing food diary TikTok videos on young adults’ body image and intent to diet16
Body image in women diagnosed with breast cancer: A grounded theory study16
“Intermission!” A short-term social media fast reduces self-objectification among pre-teen and teen dancers16
Do appearance comparisons mediate the effects of thinspiration and fitspiration on body dissatisfaction, happiness, and disordered eating urges in women’s daily lives?16
A systematic review of weight stigma and disordered eating cognitions and behaviors15
#Skin-Lightening: A content analysis of the most popular videos promoting skin-lightening products on TikTok15
Editorial Board15
Towards a better understanding of the social stigma of facial difference15
Editorial Board15
Does seeking the brawns impact the brain?: An investigation of muscularity-oriented disordered behaviors and cognitive function15
The effect of physical appearance perfectionism and social comparison to thin-, slim-thick-, and fit-ideal Instagram imagery on young women’s body image15
Evaluation of an 8-week telehealth cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) program for adults with muscle dysmorphia: A pilot and feasibility study15
Editorial Board and Aims & Scopes15
Fat talk is predicted by body dissatisfaction and social comparison with no interaction effect: Evidence from two replication studies14
The Sociostructural-Intersectional Body Image (SIBI) framework: Understanding the impact of white supremacy in body image research and practice14
Muscularity stigma: An overlooked but important form of appearance stigma14
“I felt so powerful to have this love in me”: A grounded theory analysis of the experiences of people living with and recovering from eating disorders while in diverse romantic relationships14
Translation and psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the Sociocultural Attitudes Towards Appearance Questionnaire-4 (SATAQ-4) in college students14
Love me Tinder: The effects of women’s lifetime dating app use on daily body dissatisfaction, disordered eating urges, and negative mood14
Moving beyond the individual: The impact and importance of sociocultural influences on visible difference14
Self-compassion, body satisfaction, and disordered eating symptoms in male collegiate athletes: A longitudinal analysis14
Sexual objectification versus empowerment: Examining the effects of sexualized women’s facial expression on viewers’ evaluations of social cognition and self-objectification14
Feminist embodiment, body talk, and body image among mothers and daughters14
“Mind your figure! Watch, but don’t eat”: A content analysis of eating and appearance-related messages in eating videos on social media14
A comic-based body image intervention for adolescents in semi-rural Indian schools: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial14
Psychometric properties and validation of the Phenomenological Body Shame Scale – Revised (PBSS-R)14
Editorial Board14
Sexual satisfaction mediates daily associations between body satisfaction and relationship satisfaction in new parent couples14
Exploring the tripartite influence model of body image and disordered eating among adolescent girls living in Australia, China, India, and Iran13
The distinct affect regulation functions of body image flexibility and inflexibility: A prospective study in adolescents and emerging adults13
Isolating the effects of body size and sexualisation in social media images on body image-related constructs among young women13
Broad conceptualizations of beauty: Scale validation and longitudinal associations with appearance comparison, body appreciation, and body image concerns in women from Germany13
Modeling the associations between internal body orientation, body appreciation, and intuitive eating among early-adult and middle-adult men and women: A multigroup structural invariance analysis13
Validation of the Muscularity Bias Internalization Scale in Chinese women13
Weight as a social identity: Theoretical and empirical advances13
The Seymour Fisher Annual Award13
Translation and validation of the Brazilian version of the Physical Appearance Comparison Scale-Revised in college women13
Integrating the tripartite influence, minority stress, and social comparison theories to explain body image and disordered eating in Chinese sexual minority men and women13
The roles of weight stigma, emotion dysregulation, and eating pathology in suicide risk12
“Us big boys gotta find a way that works”: A qualitative study of casual sexual experiences among larger-bodied, White and Latino sexual minority men12
Development and validation of the Sociocultural Influences on Fear of Fat Scale (SI-FAT)12
Longitudinal relationships between anti-fat attitudes and muscle dysmorphia symptoms12
Psychosocial correlates of body esteem and disordered eating among sexual minority adolescent girls12
#DisabledBodyPositivity: A content analysis of body positive Instagram posts in the disabled community12
Measuring self-objectification in cisgender heterosexual women and men: A psychometric validation of the self-objectification beliefs and behaviors scale12
The relationship between racial/ethnic identification and body ideal internalization, hair satisfaction, and skin tone satisfaction in black and black/white biracial women11
A longitudinal study on the relationships between social media ideals exposure and thin-ideal internalization, social appearance anxiety, and cosmetic surgery consideration11
Fat, sexy, and human? Perceptions of plus-size sexualized women and dehumanization11
Framing real beauty: A framing approach to the effects of beauty advertisements on body image and advertising effectiveness11
Psychometric properties of a Greek translation of the Functionality Appreciation Scale (FAS) in adults from the Republic of Cyprus11
Examining the utility of nonlinear machine learning approaches versus linear regression for predicting body image outcomes: The U.S. Body Project I11
Making it relevant: A codesign and cultural acceptability study of Be Real’s BodyKind Ireland body image programme for older adolescents11
Do you see what I see? The influence of self-objectification on appearance anxiety, intrinsic motivation, interoceptive awareness, and physical performance11
Comparing measurement of internalized weight stigma and body dissatisfaction11
Skin tone ideologies, body shame, and sexual risk in Latinx young adults: The role of self-esteem11
The effects of exposure to social media images of thin and average size women on body satisfaction among young women: Emotion regulation and self-efficacy as modulating factors10
Exploring the links between celebrity worship, body dissatisfaction, and disordered eating among young adult celebrity worshippers in China10
Fat is feminine: A qualitative study of how weight stigma is constructed among sexual minority men who use Grindr10
Body image and interest in GLP-1 weight loss medications10
The ‘not-so-healthy’ appearance pursuit? Disentangling unique associations of female drive for toned muscularity with disordered eating and compulsive exercise10
No likes, no problem? Users’ reactions to the removal of Instagram number of likes on other people’s posts and links to body image10
Psychometric properties of a Greek translation of the Intuitive Eating Scale-2 (IES-2) in adults from Cyprus10
“Refusing appearance anxiety”: A content analysis of body positive posts on Chinese social media10
Understanding body image perceptions of former female athletes: A qualitative analysis10
Validation of the muscularity bias internalization scale in Chinese transgender and gender-diverse adults10
A longitudinal study investigating positive body image, eating disorder symptoms, and other related factors among a community sample of men in the UK10
“They are men, they will be looking even if you put on pants or a sweatshirt”: Girl athletes' and coaches' experiences of body image in Mexico City sport settings10
Eating and body image characteristics of those who aspire to the slim-thick, thin, or fit ideal and their impact on state body image10
Are you looking at me? A longitudinal vignette study of adolescent appearance rejection sensitivity and coping with peer evaluation10
Social media and body image: Modulating effects of social identities and user characteristics10
Experimental research on non-idealized models: A systematic literature review10
How do looking patterns, anti-fat bias, and causal weight attributions relate to adults’ judgements of child weight?10
“Eat more protein, build more muscle”: A grounded theory study of muscle-building behaviors among Canadian adolescents and young adults10
A brief mindfulness meditation can ameliorate the effects of exposure to idealised social media images on self-esteem, mood, and body appreciation in young women: An online randomised controlled exper10
A structural invariance analysis of the acceptance model of intuitive eating across black, hispanic, and white young-adult women10
An ACT self-help intervention for adults with a visible difference in appearance: A pilot feasibility and acceptability randomized controlled study10
The Body Esteem Scale for Adults and Adolescents: Translation, adaptation and psychometric validation among Brazilian adolescents10
Body image flexibility and its correlates: A meta-analysis9
State affect and body image effects of body positive social media content within a female chronic illness sample9
Self-objectification and sexual satisfaction: A preregistered test of the replicability and robustness of Calogero & Thompson (2009) in a sample of U.S. women9
Self-concept clarity and appearance comparisons in everyday life9
Developing a definition of body neutrality and strategies for an intervention9
Announcement of 2020 Fisher award9
The impact of completing body image assessments on adolescents’ body image and engagement in body change strategies: Harmful or harmless?9
Appearance Matters 10 preliminary programme9
Differentiating contributions of self-objectification and self-sexualization to young women’s sexual agency9
Positive self-beliefs mediate the association between body appreciation and positive mental health9
To detox or not to detox? The impact of different approaches to social media detox strategies on body image and wellbeing9
Individual differences in relational body image: Within-person variability predicts maladaptive trait body image9
"You Can't Be Too Skinny. You Can't Be Too Fat. I Don't Know What You Are Supposed To Be.": A qualitative focus group study exploring body image experiences of South Asian women in the UK9
An exploration of having social media influencers deliver a first-line digital intervention to improve body image among adolescent girls: A qualitative study9
Women’s response to, awareness of, and interest in body functionality content on Instagram9
Prevalence and sociodemographic characteristics of moderate and high engagement in muscle-building exercise among adolescents9
Yoga and nonsuicidal self-injury: Mediational effects of self-compassion and body appreciation9
Validation of the Body Acceptance by Others Scale-2 (BAOS-2) and assessment of its associations with prospective changes in body image among young adults in China9
Negative messages from parents and sisters and Latina college students’ body image shame8
Demographic and sociocultural predictors of face image satisfaction: The U.S. Body Project I8
Measurement invariance of body image measures by age, gender, sexual orientation, race, weight status, and age: The U.S. Body Project I8
Thin Ideal Internalization Assessment (THIINA): Development and Psychometric Validation of a New Measure of Female Body Image8
Conformity to masculine norms, masculine discrepancy stress, and changes in muscle dysmorphia symptoms8
Body image and acceptance of cosmetic surgery in China and the Netherlands: A qualitative study on cultural differences and similarities8
Childhood emotional maltreatment and emerging adults’ body dissatisfaction: Self-compassion and body surveillance as explanatory mechanisms8
The Body and Appearance Self-Conscious Emotions Scale (BASES): A comprehensive examination of its factorial validity, with recommendations for researchers8
Is poor global processing a transdiagnostic feature of Body Dysmorphic Disorder and Anorexia Nervosa? A meta-analysis8
Enhancing body image in motherhood: A randomised controlled trial of Expand Your Horizon among mothers of young children8
#BodyPositive: A qualitative exploration of young people’s responses to body positive social media content8
The experiences of individuals with body dysmorphic disorder: A systematic review and thematic synthesis of qualitative research8
“My body, my choice”: A qualitative study of women’s mastectomy with flat closure experiences8
Corrigendum to ““OMG you look amazing”: A systematic examination of the text-based interactions surrounding UK adolescent girls’ self-images on Instagram” [Body Image 52 (2024) 101839]8
Body-related self-conscious emotions and reasons for exercise: A latent class analysis8
Social media, body image, and the question of causation: Meta-analyses of experimental and longitudinal evidence8
Is a female physical empowerment campaign effective in improving positive body image, motivation for physical activity, and physical activity behavior in young female adults? A two-study experimental 8
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