Body Image

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Food insecurity is associated with muscle dysmorphia symptomatology among a sample of Canadian adolescents and young adults	131
Exposure to simulated nature promotes positive body image irrespective of the presentation modality: A comparison of images, 2-dimensional film, and 360° immersive film	110
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” framework	74
Gender compatibility and drive for muscularity among adolescent boys: Examining the indirect effect of emotion regulation difficulties	69
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-rel	68
Weight gain attempts and substance use behaviors among adults across five countries	68
The associations between photo-editing and body concerns among females: A systematic review	64
Does medium matter? Investigating the impact of viewing ideal image or short-form video content on young women’s body image, mood, and self-objectification	62
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 pan	62
Body talk on social networking sites and restrained eating among adolescents: A test of a multiple mediation model	59
Exploring the associations between muscularity teasing and eating and body image disturbances in Chinese men and women	58
Predictors of functionality appreciation: Prospective findings	58
Muscularity bias internalization moderates the associations of muscularity dissatisfaction with muscularity-oriented disordered eating and psychosocial well-being in men but not women	58
Comparing the associations between body appearance and fitness self-conscious emotions across physical activity modalities: A multi-part study	56
Digital body image interventions for adult women: A meta-analytic review	54
Instagram Sexualization: When posts make you feel dissatisfied and wanting to change your body	53
Psychometric properties and factor structure of the Eating Disorder Examination-Questionnaire in omnivores, vegetarians, and vegans	52
Is body dissatisfaction related to an attentional bias towards low weight bodies in non-clinical samples of women? A systematic review and meta-analysis	51
Bi-directional associations between depressive symptoms and eating disorder symptoms in early adolescence	51
Associations between body image, social physique anxiety, and dating anxiety in heterosexual emerging adults	49
The effects of self-disclaimer Instagram captions on young women's mood and body image: The moderating effect of participants’ own photo manipulation practices	49
First do no harm: Measuring weight bias beliefs in preschool-age children	48
Appearance Matters 10	47
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Prospective examination of psychological risk and maintenance factors for body image distress after mastectomy with immediate breast reconstruction	46
“We are no drawings, no clay dolls”: A qualitative exploration of adolescents’ attitudes towards cosmetic procedures	45
Functionality appreciation in young children	45
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 Mark	44
The body positive… or the body neutral? A content analysis of body positivity and body neutrality hashtagged videos on TikTok	43
Dissonance-based prevention of eating pathology in non-Western cultures: A randomized controlled trial of the Body Project among young Saudi adult women	43
Translation and validation of a (Colombian) Spanish version of the breast appreciation scale (BrAS)	42
Satisfaction with partner’s appearance, body criticism, and relationship quality in heterosexual couples: A dyadic study	42
#Take idealized bodies out of the picture: A scoping review of social media content aiming to protect and promote positive body image	40
Additive and interactive associations among body appreciation, self-compassion, and gender in understanding college students’ health behaviors	40
Fat embodiment for resistance and healing from weight stigma	40
TikTok on the clock but the #fitspo don’t stop: The impact of TikTok fitspiration videos on women’s body image concerns	39
Demographic and sociocultural predictors of sexuality-related body image and sexual frequency: The U.S. Body Project I	39
Psychometric properties of a Dutch translation of the Functionality Appreciation Scale (FAS) among adults in the Netherlands	39
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Fashion versus fitspo: The effect of viewing images of contemporary Barbie® dolls in passive versus active poses on college women’s body image and affect	36
Promoting body positivity through stories: How protagonist body size and esteem influence readers’ self-concepts	36
A comparison of functionality, rumination, and distraction tasks on women’s state body image and mood after idealised media exposure	36
Translation and validation of a Chinese version of the Appearance Schemas Inventory-Revised in Chinese adults	35
A cognitive dissonance body image intervention ‘Free Being Me’ delivered by guide leaders to adolescent girl guides in India: A pilot and acceptability trial	34
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 UK	34
The impact of different responses to negative body talk on body satisfaction, shame, and future negative body talk likelihood: A UK sample	32
Body Image and sex among postpartum women	32
“My critical filter buffers your app filter”: Social media literacy as a protective factor for body image	31
A negative body image contextualization of the self-compassion scale	31
Body appreciation and its psychological correlates: A systematic review and meta-analysis	31
Look me in the eyes! A pre-registered eye-tracking study investigating visual attention and affective reactions to faces with a visible difference	31
The U.S. Body Project I: Inspirations and Lessons Learned	30
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Factor structure and psychometric properties of a Korean translation of the Body Appreciation Scale-2	29
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The importance of hair satisfaction in appearance evaluation among black adolescent girls	29
Effects of online self-compassionate writing on stigmatizing and affirming self-perceptions: Potential boundary conditions in undergraduate women	28
Gender differences in the relation between interpersonal stress and momentary shape and weight concerns in youth with overweight/obesity	28
Measurement invariance of the Broad Conceptualization of Beauty Scale (BCBS) across Black, Hispanic, and White women in the United States	28
Attentional engagement with and disengagement from appearance ideals: Differential associations with body dissatisfaction frequency and duration?	28
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 T	28
Experiences of embodiment during pregnancy and the postpartum period: A qualitative study	28
Follow, filter, filler? Social media usage and cosmetic procedure intention, acceptance, and normalization among young adults	27
Muscularity teasing and its relations with muscularity bias internalization, muscularity-oriented body dissatisfaction, and muscularity-oriented disordered eating in Chinese adult men	27
Congenital melanocytic naevus (CMN) through the lens: Using photo-elicitation interviews to explore adjustment in adolescents with a rare birthmark condition	27
Weight self-stigma, but not body dissatisfaction, predicts binge eating across one academic year	27
Racial identity differences in pathways from sociocultural and objectification constructs to body satisfaction: The U.S. Body Project I	27
The body positivity movement is not all that positive on TikTok: A content analysis of body positive TikTok videos	27
Hourglass Body Shape Ideal Scale and disordered eating	27
The weight of words: Discursive constructions of health in weight-neutral peer-reviewed journal articles	26
An experimental investigation of whether body-positive messaging on fitspiration and diverse images can improve state body image in women	26
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 adolescents	26
Clinical characteristics among sexual minority and heterosexual women with body dysmorphic disorder	25

Are diverse models really non-idealized? Investigating body positivity public feed posts of fashion and beauty brands on instagram	25
Perceived legitimacy of weight-based discrimination: Consequences for group identity, collective action, body satisfaction, and self-esteem	25
Personal ideal, cultural ideal and optimal attractiveness: Are these constructs for body size and shape the same or different?	25
Intuitive eating in light of other eating styles and motives: Experiences with construct validity and the Hungarian adaptation of the Intuitive Eating Scale-2	25
Body dissatisfaction frequency and duration: Dissociable dimensions of trait body dissatisfaction	24
Digital modification and body image on social media: Disclaimer labels, captions, hashtags, and comments	24
Appearance-ideal internalization, body dissatisfaction, and suicidality among sexual minority men	24
Factor structure and psychometric properties of the Muscle Dysmorphic Disorder Inventory (MDDI) among transgender women	24
Body image facets as predictors of muscularity-oriented disordered eating in women: Findings from a prospective study	24
Adverse childhood experiences and body dysmorphic symptoms: A meta-analysis	24
“Look beyond the weight and accept me”: Adolescent perspectives on parental weight communication	24
Targets of comparison and body image in women’s everyday lives: The role of perceived attainability	22
South Asian women in the United Kingdom: The role of skin colour dissatisfaction in acculturation experiences and body dissatisfaction	22
Imagery versus captions: The effect of body positive Instagram content on young women’s mood and body image	22
Self-concept clarity and appearance-based social comparison to idealized bodies	22
Words are heavy: Weight-related terminology preferences are associated with larger-bodied people’s health behaviors and beliefs	22
Tackling bisexual erasure: An explorative comparison of bisexual, gay and straight cisgender men’s body image	22
Measurement invariance and differential item functioning of the functionality appreciation scale (FAS) in Colombia and Spain	22
Supporting individuals with a visible difference: A UK survey of needs and preferences	21
Emotion profiles among adolescent female athletes: Associations with flourishing	21
How prepartum appearance-related attitudes influence body image and weight-control behaviors of pregnant Japanese women across pregnancy: Latent growth curve modeling analyses	21
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A qualitative analysis of the usefulness, risks, and challenges of incorporating functionality and body compassion into the prevention and treatment of eating disorders	21
Testing body-related components of objectification theory: A meta-analysis of the relations between body shame, self-objectification, and body dissatisfaction	20
Body image and Black African women: A comparative study of Kenya and Nigeria	20
Testing for longitudinal bidirectional associations between self-compassion, self-criticism, and positive body image components	20
Confirmatory factor analysis and measurement invariance of the Cognitive Fusion Questionnaire-Body Image in a clinical eating disorder sample	20
Women’s refusal to be weighed during healthcare visits: Links to body image	20
The need to belong: Subjective experiences of living with craniofacial conditions and undergoing appearance-altering surgery	19
How can we help you? A global investigation into girls’ body image experiences in sport and intervention preferences	19
Development and validation of a measure of curvy ideals internalization	19
“Make sure that everybody feels there is a space for them”: Understanding and promoting appearance inclusivity at university.	19
Practice or performance? A content analysis of yoga-related videos on Instagram	19
Self-objectification in Chinese pregnant women: The mixed role of functionality appreciation	19
Digital social evaluation: Relationships between receiving likes, comments, and follows on social media and adolescents’ body image concerns	19
“Pretty hurts”: Acceptance of hegemonic feminine beauty ideals and reduced sexual well-being among Black women	19
Early appearance concerns after burns: Investigating the roles of psychological flexibility and self-compassion	18
Weight-related teasing is associated with body concerns, disordered eating, and health diagnoses in racially and ethnically diverse young men	18
A prospective examination of relationships between social media use and body dissatisfaction in a representative sample of adults	18
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 insecurity	18
Body image and quality of life in women with breast cancer: Appreciating the body and its functionality	18
The role of social context in own body size estimations: An investigation of the body schema	18
#quarantine15: A content analysis of Instagram posts during COVID-19	18
Validation of the Appearance-Related Social Media Consciousness Scale with Chinese adolescents and young adults	18
The association between problematic pornography use and eating disorder symptoms among heterosexual and sexual minority men	18
Body appreciation mediates the association between satisfaction with autistic identity and flourishing in autistic adults	17
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 studies	17
Associations between adolescents’ pornography consumption and self-objectification, body comparison, and body shame	17
A guide to exploratory structural equation modeling (ESEM) and bifactor-ESEM in body image research	17
Disclosing the obvious: Psychosocial implications of (not) explaining facial differences	17
“Eat clean, train mean, get lean”: Body image and health behaviours of women who engage with fitspiration and clean eating imagery on Instagram	17
Body image as a multidimensional concept: A systematic review of body image facets in eating disorders and muscle dysmorphia	17
Unraveling the meaning of weight misperception in a sample of college students: Unaware or body satisfied?	17
Body Positivity, but not for everyone: The role of model size in exposure effects on women’s mood, body satisfaction, and food choice	16
A systematic review of interventions aiming to promote positive body image in children and adolescents	16
#WhatIEatInADay: The effects of viewing food diary TikTok videos on young adults’ body image and intent to diet	16
Body image in women diagnosed with breast cancer: A grounded theory study	16
“Intermission!” A short-term social media fast reduces self-objectification among pre-teen and teen dancers	16
Do appearance comparisons mediate the effects of thinspiration and fitspiration on body dissatisfaction, happiness, and disordered eating urges in women’s daily lives?	16
The impact of body image on social cognition: Fear of negative evaluation mediates the relationship between body surveillance and interpersonal distance in women	16
“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 industry	16
Psychometric validation of the Muscle Dysmorphic Disorder Inventory (MDDI) among U.S. transgender men	16
Understanding what drives adolescent social media behaviours: Informing approaches for interventions	16
The effects of engaging in digital photo modifications and receiving favorable comments on women’s selfies shared on social media	16
Towards a better understanding of the social stigma of facial difference	15
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Does seeking the brawns impact the brain?: An investigation of muscularity-oriented disordered behaviors and cognitive function	15
The effect of physical appearance perfectionism and social comparison to thin-, slim-thick-, and fit-ideal Instagram imagery on young women’s body image	15
Evaluation of an 8-week telehealth cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) program for adults with muscle dysmorphia: A pilot and feasibility study	15
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A systematic review of weight stigma and disordered eating cognitions and behaviors	15
#Skin-Lightening: A content analysis of the most popular videos promoting skin-lightening products on TikTok	15
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Love me Tinder: The effects of women’s lifetime dating app use on daily body dissatisfaction, disordered eating urges, and negative mood	14
Moving beyond the individual: The impact and importance of sociocultural influences on visible difference	14
Self-compassion, body satisfaction, and disordered eating symptoms in male collegiate athletes: A longitudinal analysis	14
Sexual objectification versus empowerment: Examining the effects of sexualized women’s facial expression on viewers’ evaluations of social cognition and self-objectification	14

Feminist embodiment, body talk, and body image among mothers and daughters	14
“Mind your figure! Watch, but don’t eat”: A content analysis of eating and appearance-related messages in eating videos on social media	14
A comic-based body image intervention for adolescents in semi-rural Indian schools: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial	14
Psychometric properties and validation of the Phenomenological Body Shame Scale – Revised (PBSS-R)	14
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Sexual satisfaction mediates daily associations between body satisfaction and relationship satisfaction in new parent couples	14
Fat talk is predicted by body dissatisfaction and social comparison with no interaction effect: Evidence from two replication studies	14
The Sociostructural-Intersectional Body Image (SIBI) framework: Understanding the impact of white supremacy in body image research and practice	14
Muscularity stigma: An overlooked but important form of appearance stigma	14
“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 relationships	14
Translation and psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the Sociocultural Attitudes Towards Appearance Questionnaire-4 (SATAQ-4) in college students	14