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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
Food insecurity is associated with muscle dysmorphia symptomatology among a sample of Canadian adolescents and young adults123
Exposure to simulated nature promotes positive body image irrespective of the presentation modality: A comparison of images, 2-dimensional film, and 360° immersive film105
Instagram Sexualization: When posts make you feel dissatisfied and wanting to change your body75
Digital body image interventions for adult women: A meta-analytic review69
Longitudinal associations between appearance evaluation during video chat and body image concerns: A test of the “Perfect Storm” framework65
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.65
The associations between photo-editing and body concerns among females: A systematic review64
Body talk on social networking sites and restrained eating among adolescents: A test of a multiple mediation model63
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
Exploring the associations between muscularity teasing and eating and body image disturbances in Chinese men and women60
Gender compatibility and drive for muscularity among adolescent boys: Examining the indirect effect of emotion regulation difficulties57
Muscularity bias internalization moderates the associations of muscularity dissatisfaction with muscularity-oriented disordered eating and psychosocial well-being in men but not women56
Psychometric properties and factor structure of the Eating Disorder Examination-Questionnaire in omnivores, vegetarians, and vegans55
Weight gain attempts and substance use behaviors among adults across five countries54
Is body dissatisfaction related to an attentional bias towards low weight bodies in non-clinical samples of women? A systematic review and meta-analysis54
Bi-directional associations between depressive symptoms and eating disorder symptoms in early adolescence54
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-rel53
#Take idealized bodies out of the picture: A scoping review of social media content aiming to protect and promote positive body image50
Psychometric properties of a Dutch translation of the Functionality Appreciation Scale (FAS) among adults in the Netherlands50
Does medium matter? Investigating the impact of viewing ideal image or short-form video content on young women’s body image, mood, and self-objectification50
Demographic and sociocultural predictors of sexuality-related body image and sexual frequency: The U.S. Body Project I49
Fat embodiment for resistance and healing from weight stigma47
TikTok on the clock but the #fitspo don’t stop: The impact of TikTok fitspiration videos on women’s body image concerns47
Associations between body image, social physique anxiety, and dating anxiety in heterosexual emerging adults46
The effects of self-disclaimer Instagram captions on young women's mood and body image: The moderating effect of participants’ own photo manipulation practices45
Appearance Matters 1044
First do no harm: Measuring weight bias beliefs in preschool-age children44
Prospective examination of psychological risk and maintenance factors for body image distress after mastectomy with immediate breast reconstruction44
Editorial Board43
Functionality appreciation in young children43
“We are no drawings, no clay dolls”: A qualitative exploration of adolescents’ attitudes towards cosmetic procedures43
Translation and psychometric properties of an Italian version of the Body Acceptance by Others Scale-2 (BAOS-2)42
Beauty and the big business: A qualitative investigation of the development and implementation of the CVS Beauty Mark42
Dissonance-based prevention of eating pathology in non-Western cultures: A randomized controlled trial of the Body Project among young Saudi adult women40
The body positive… or the body neutral? A content analysis of body positivity and body neutrality hashtagged videos on TikTok38
Additive and interactive associations among body appreciation, self-compassion, and gender in understanding college students’ health behaviors38
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 UK37
A cognitive dissonance body image intervention ‘Free Being Me’ delivered by guide leaders to adolescent girl guides in India: A pilot and acceptability trial36
“My critical filter buffers your app filter”: Social media literacy as a protective factor for body image36
The impact of different responses to negative body talk on body satisfaction, shame, and future negative body talk likelihood: A UK sample36
Body appreciation and its psychological correlates: A systematic review and meta-analysis35
Look me in the eyes! A pre-registered eye-tracking study investigating visual attention and affective reactions to faces with a visible difference35
Editorial Board34
Promoting body positivity through stories: How protagonist body size and esteem influence readers’ self-concepts34
A comparison of functionality, rumination, and distraction tasks on women’s state body image and mood after idealised media exposure33
Body Image and sex among postpartum women32
Fashion versus fitspo: The effect of viewing images of contemporary Barbie® dolls in passive versus active poses on college women’s body image and affect31
Editorial Board30
A negative body image contextualization of the self-compassion scale30
Translation and validation of a Chinese version of the Appearance Schemas Inventory-Revised in Chinese adults30
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 T29
Measurement invariance of the Broad Conceptualization of Beauty Scale (BCBS) across Black, Hispanic, and White women in the United States29
The U.S. Body Project I: Inspirations and Lessons Learned29
Editorial Board29
Hourglass Body Shape Ideal Scale and disordered eating28
Gender differences in the relation between interpersonal stress and momentary shape and weight concerns in youth with overweight/obesity28
The importance of hair satisfaction in appearance evaluation among black adolescent girls28
Factor structure and psychometric properties of a Korean translation of the Body Appreciation Scale-228
Experiences of embodiment during pregnancy and the postpartum period: A qualitative study27
An experimental investigation of whether body-positive messaging on fitspiration and diverse images can improve state body image in women27
Attentional engagement with and disengagement from appearance ideals: Differential associations with body dissatisfaction frequency and duration?26
The weight of words: Discursive constructions of health in weight-neutral peer-reviewed journal articles26
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
Congenital melanocytic naevus (CMN) through the lens: Using photo-elicitation interviews to explore adjustment in adolescents with a rare birthmark condition26
Muscularity teasing and its relations with muscularity bias internalization, muscularity-oriented body dissatisfaction, and muscularity-oriented disordered eating in Chinese adult men26
Follow, filter, filler? Social media usage and cosmetic procedure intention, acceptance, and normalization among young adults26
Racial identity differences in pathways from sociocultural and objectification constructs to body satisfaction: The U.S. Body Project I26
Effects of online self-compassionate writing on stigmatizing and affirming self-perceptions: Potential boundary conditions in undergraduate women25
Are diverse models really non-idealized? Investigating body positivity public feed posts of fashion and beauty brands on instagram25
The body positivity movement is not all that positive on TikTok: A content analysis of body positive TikTok videos25
Factor structure and psychometric properties of the Muscle Dysmorphic Disorder Inventory (MDDI) among transgender women25
Imagery versus captions: The effect of body positive Instagram content on young women’s mood and body image25
Personal ideal, cultural ideal and optimal attractiveness: Are these constructs for body size and shape the same or different?25
Appearance-ideal internalization, body dissatisfaction, and suicidality among sexual minority men24
Perceived legitimacy of weight-based discrimination: Consequences for group identity, collective action, body satisfaction, and self-esteem24
Measurement invariance and differential item functioning of the functionality appreciation scale (FAS) in Colombia and Spain24
Intuitive eating in light of other eating styles and motives: Experiences with construct validity and the Hungarian adaptation of the Intuitive Eating Scale-224
Tackling bisexual erasure: An explorative comparison of bisexual, gay and straight cisgender men’s body image24
Clinical characteristics among sexual minority and heterosexual women with body dysmorphic disorder24
“Look beyond the weight and accept me”: Adolescent perspectives on parental weight communication23
Self-concept clarity and appearance-based social comparison to idealized bodies23
South Asian women in the United Kingdom: The role of skin colour dissatisfaction in acculturation experiences and body dissatisfaction23
Body image facets as predictors of muscularity-oriented disordered eating in women: Findings from a prospective study23
Adverse childhood experiences and body dysmorphic symptoms: A meta-analysis22
Digital modification and body image on social media: Disclaimer labels, captions, hashtags, and comments22
Body dissatisfaction frequency and duration: Dissociable dimensions of trait body dissatisfaction22
Targets of comparison and body image in women’s everyday lives: The role of perceived attainability22
Editorial Board21
Emotion profiles among adolescent female athletes: Associations with flourishing21
Supporting individuals with a visible difference: A UK survey of needs and preferences21
How can we help you? A global investigation into girls’ body image experiences in sport and intervention preferences20
Confirmatory factor analysis and measurement invariance of the Cognitive Fusion Questionnaire-Body Image in a clinical eating disorder sample20
How prepartum appearance-related attitudes influence body image and weight-control behaviors of pregnant Japanese women across pregnancy: Latent growth curve modeling analyses20
Testing for longitudinal bidirectional associations between self-compassion, self-criticism, and positive body image components20
“Make sure that everybody feels there is a space for them”: Understanding and promoting appearance inclusivity at university.20
Body image and Black African women: A comparative study of Kenya and Nigeria20
A qualitative analysis of the usefulness, risks, and challenges of incorporating functionality and body compassion into the prevention and treatment of eating disorders20
Women’s refusal to be weighed during healthcare visits: Links to body image19
The need to belong: Subjective experiences of living with craniofacial conditions and undergoing appearance-altering surgery19
Digital social evaluation: Relationships between receiving likes, comments, and follows on social media and adolescents’ body image concerns19
Testing body-related components of objectification theory: A meta-analysis of the relations between body shame, self-objectification, and body dissatisfaction19
Practice or performance? A content analysis of yoga-related videos on Instagram19
“Pretty hurts”: Acceptance of hegemonic feminine beauty ideals and reduced sexual well-being among Black women18
Weight-related teasing is associated with body concerns, disordered eating, and health diagnoses in racially and ethnically diverse young men18
Disclosing the obvious: Psychosocial implications of (not) explaining facial differences18
The association between problematic pornography use and eating disorder symptoms among heterosexual and sexual minority men18
Validation of the Appearance-Related Social Media Consciousness Scale with Chinese adolescents and young adults18
Self-objectification in Chinese pregnant women: The mixed role of functionality appreciation18
Development and validation of a measure of curvy ideals internalization18
Developing a model linking self-reported nature exposure and positive body image: A study protocol for the body image in nature survey (BINS)17
Body image as a multidimensional concept: A systematic review of body image facets in eating disorders and muscle dysmorphia17
Psychometric validation of the Japanese version of the Functionality Appreciation Scale (FAS)17
Do media portrayals and social consensus information impact anti-fat attitudes and support for anti-weight discrimination laws and policies?17
#quarantine15: A content analysis of Instagram posts during COVID-1917
An exploratory examination of internalized weight stigma in a sample living with food insecurity17
“Eat clean, train mean, get lean”: Body image and health behaviours of women who engage with fitspiration and clean eating imagery on Instagram17
A guide to exploratory structural equation modeling (ESEM) and bifactor-ESEM in body image research17
A prospective examination of relationships between social media use and body dissatisfaction in a representative sample of adults17
The role of social context in own body size estimations: An investigation of the body schema17
Early appearance concerns after burns: Investigating the roles of psychological flexibility and self-compassion17
Body image and quality of life in women with breast cancer: Appreciating the body and its functionality17
Associations between adolescents’ pornography consumption and self-objectification, body comparison, and body shame17
The impact of yoga on body image in adults: A systematic review of quantitative studies16
Understanding what drives adolescent social media behaviours: Informing approaches for interventions16
Do appearance comparisons mediate the effects of thinspiration and fitspiration on body dissatisfaction, happiness, and disordered eating urges in women’s daily lives?16
Psychometric validation of the Muscle Dysmorphic Disorder Inventory (MDDI) among U.S. transgender men16
“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
The impact of body image on social cognition: Fear of negative evaluation mediates the relationship between body surveillance and interpersonal distance in women16
“Intermission!” A short-term social media fast reduces self-objectification among pre-teen and teen dancers16
Unraveling the meaning of weight misperception in a sample of college students: Unaware or body satisfied?16
Body Positivity, but not for everyone: The role of model size in exposure effects on women’s mood, body satisfaction, and food choice16
#WhatIEatInADay: The effects of viewing food diary TikTok videos on young adults’ body image and intent to diet15
The effects of engaging in digital photo modifications and receiving favorable comments on women’s selfies shared on social media15
A systematic review of weight stigma and disordered eating cognitions and behaviors15
Editorial Board15
A systematic review of interventions aiming to promote positive body image in children and adolescents15
Towards a better understanding of the social stigma of facial difference15
Evaluation of an 8-week telehealth cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) program for adults with muscle dysmorphia: A pilot and feasibility study15
The effect of physical appearance perfectionism and social comparison to thin-, slim-thick-, and fit-ideal Instagram imagery on young women’s body image15
Body image in women diagnosed with breast cancer: A grounded theory study15
#Skin-Lightening: A content analysis of the most popular videos promoting skin-lightening products on TikTok15
Psychometric properties and validation of the Phenomenological Body Shame Scale – Revised (PBSS-R)14
Does seeking the brawns impact the brain?: An investigation of muscularity-oriented disordered behaviors and cognitive function14
The Sociostructural-Intersectional Body Image (SIBI) framework: Understanding the impact of white supremacy in body image research and practice14
Editorial Board and Aims & Scopes14
Fat talk is predicted by body dissatisfaction and social comparison with no interaction effect: Evidence from two replication studies14
Love me Tinder: The effects of women’s lifetime dating app use on daily body dissatisfaction, disordered eating urges, and negative mood14
Editorial Board14
Feminist embodiment, body talk, and body image among mothers and daughters14
A comic-based body image intervention for adolescents in semi-rural Indian schools: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial14
Sexual satisfaction mediates daily associations between body satisfaction and relationship satisfaction in new parent couples13
Self-compassion, body satisfaction, and disordered eating symptoms in male collegiate athletes: A longitudinal analysis13
“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 relationships13
Integrating the tripartite influence, minority stress, and social comparison theories to explain body image and disordered eating in Chinese sexual minority men and women13
Editorial Board13
Sexual objectification versus empowerment: Examining the effects of sexualized women’s facial expression on viewers’ evaluations of social cognition and self-objectification13
Isolating the effects of body size and sexualisation in social media images on body image-related constructs among young women13
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 women12
Development and validation of the Sociocultural Influences on Fear of Fat Scale (SI-FAT)12
The distinct affect regulation functions of body image flexibility and inflexibility: A prospective study in adolescents and emerging adults12
Psychometric properties of a Greek translation of the Functionality Appreciation Scale (FAS) in adults from the Republic of Cyprus12
The relationship between racial/ethnic identification and body ideal internalization, hair satisfaction, and skin tone satisfaction in black and black/white biracial women12
Exploring the tripartite influence model of body image and disordered eating among adolescent girls living in Australia, China, India, and Iran12
Translation and validation of the Brazilian version of the Physical Appearance Comparison Scale-Revised in college women12
#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
Making it relevant: A codesign and cultural acceptability study of Be Real’s BodyKind Ireland body image programme for older adolescents12
Translation and psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the Sociocultural Attitudes Towards Appearance Questionnaire-4 (SATAQ-4) in college students12
Weight as a social identity: Theoretical and empirical advances12
Longitudinal relationships between anti-fat attitudes and muscle dysmorphia symptoms12
Psychosocial correlates of body esteem and disordered eating among sexual minority adolescent girls12
“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
Framing real beauty: A framing approach to the effects of beauty advertisements on body image and advertising effectiveness11
Examining the utility of nonlinear machine learning approaches versus linear regression for predicting body image outcomes: The U.S. Body Project I11
Skin tone ideologies, body shame, and sexual risk in Latinx young adults: The role of self-esteem11
Do you see what I see? The influence of self-objectification on appearance anxiety, intrinsic motivation, interoceptive awareness, and physical performance11
A structural invariance analysis of the acceptance model of intuitive eating across black, hispanic, and white young-adult women11
A longitudinal study on the relationships between social media ideals exposure and thin-ideal internalization, social appearance anxiety, and cosmetic surgery consideration11
Comparing measurement of internalized weight stigma and body dissatisfaction11
The roles of weight stigma, emotion dysregulation, and eating pathology in suicide risk11
Fat, sexy, and human? Perceptions of plus-size sexualized women and dehumanization11
Psychometric properties of a Greek translation of the Intuitive Eating Scale-2 (IES-2) in adults from Cyprus10
“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
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
Understanding body image perceptions of former female athletes: A qualitative analysis10
“Eat more protein, build more muscle”: A grounded theory study of muscle-building behaviors among Canadian adolescents and young adults10
How do looking patterns, anti-fat bias, and causal weight attributions relate to adults’ judgements of child weight?10
Experimental research on non-idealized models: A systematic literature review10
Fat is feminine: A qualitative study of how weight stigma is constructed among sexual minority men who use Grindr10
Body image flexibility and its correlates: A meta-analysis10
Eating and body image characteristics of those who aspire to the slim-thick, thin, or fit ideal and their impact on state body image10
An ACT self-help intervention for adults with a visible difference in appearance: A pilot feasibility and acceptability randomized controlled study10
Are you looking at me? A longitudinal vignette study of adolescent appearance rejection sensitivity and coping with peer evaluation10
A longitudinal study investigating positive body image, eating disorder symptoms, and other related factors among a community sample of men in the UK10
“Refusing appearance anxiety”: A content analysis of body positive posts on Chinese social media10
Validation of the muscularity bias internalization scale in Chinese transgender and gender-diverse adults10
The ‘not-so-healthy’ appearance pursuit? Disentangling unique associations of female drive for toned muscularity with disordered eating and compulsive exercise10
Prevalence and sociodemographic characteristics of moderate and high engagement in muscle-building exercise among adolescents9
The Body Esteem Scale for Adults and Adolescents: Translation, adaptation and psychometric validation among Brazilian adolescents9
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
Positive self-beliefs mediate the association between body appreciation and positive mental health9
Social media and body image: Modulating effects of social identities and user characteristics9
No likes, no problem? Users’ reactions to the removal of Instagram number of likes on other people’s posts and links to body image9
State affect and body image effects of body positive social media content within a female chronic illness sample9
Women’s response to, awareness of, and interest in body functionality content on Instagram9
An exploration of having social media influencers deliver a first-line digital intervention to improve body image among adolescent girls: A qualitative study9
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 exper9
Differentiating contributions of self-objectification and self-sexualization to young women’s sexual agency9
Self-objectification and sexual satisfaction: A preregistered test of the replicability and robustness of Calogero & Thompson (2009) in a sample of U.S. women9
To detox or not to detox? The impact of different approaches to social media detox strategies on body image and wellbeing9
Psychometric properties of a Romanian translation of the Functionality Appreciation Scale (FAS)8
Developing a definition of body neutrality and strategies for an intervention8
#Bopo: Enhancing body image through body positive social media- evidence to date and research directions8
Individual differences in relational body image: Within-person variability predicts maladaptive trait body image8
Conformity to masculine norms, masculine discrepancy stress, and changes in muscle dysmorphia symptoms8
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
Body-related self-conscious emotions and reasons for exercise: A latent class analysis8
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 China8
Self-concept clarity and appearance comparisons in everyday life8
"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 UK8
Thin Ideal Internalization Assessment (THIINA): Development and Psychometric Validation of a New Measure of Female Body Image8
The experiences of individuals with body dysmorphic disorder: A systematic review and thematic synthesis of qualitative research8
Psychometric properties of a Spanish translation of the Functionality Appreciation Scale (FAS) in adults from Colombia8
Embodying loving kindness: Examining self-compassionate writing tasks and body satisfaction among transgender and non-binary people8
Announcement of 2020 Fisher award8
#BodyPositive: A qualitative exploration of young people’s responses to body positive social media content8
Yoga and nonsuicidal self-injury: Mediational effects of self-compassion and body appreciation8
Disordered eating through the lens of positive psychology: The role of embodiment, self-esteem and identity coherence8
Protective filtering: A qualitative study on the cognitive strategies young women use to promote positive body image in the face of beauty-ideal imagery on Instagram8
Social media, body image, and the question of causation: Meta-analyses of experimental and longitudinal evidence8
Integrating social media, body shame and psychological distress within the Elaborated Sociocultural Model8
Weight stigma predicts reduced psychological wellbeing and weight gain among sexual minority men: A 12-month longitudinal cohort study using random intercept cross-lagged panel models7
Examining effects of race and ethnic identity on body dissatisfaction following media exposure of thin and curvy body ideals7
A few thoughts on recent operationalizations of the construct of internalization of appearance ideals7
Functionality appreciation mediates the association between age and body appreciation over the lifespan in Japan7
Dissonance-based eating disorder prevention among Brazilian young women: A randomized efficacy trial of the Body Project7
Childhood emotional maltreatment and emerging adults’ body dissatisfaction: Self-compassion and body surveillance as explanatory mechanisms7
Body fat and muscularity dissatisfaction are not prospectively associated with psychological wellbeing among sexual minority men: A case for separating within- and between-person variation in examinat7
A few reflections on positive body image and body neutrality (aided by Tom Cash’s model)7
Determining the potential links of self-compassion with eating pathology and body image among women and men: A cross-sectional mediational study7
Demographic and sociocultural predictors of face image satisfaction: The U.S. Body Project I7
A qualitative investigation of the phenomenology of muscle dysmorphia: Part 27
Goodform: A cluster randomised controlled trial of a school-based program to prevent body dissatisfaction and muscle building supplement use among adolescent boys7
Does suppressing weight improve body satisfaction? A longitudinal analysis in undergraduate men and women7
Pathways from sociocultural and objectification constructs to body satisfaction among women: The U.S. Body Project I7
Curating a body-positive feed? An attempt to mitigate the negative impacts of thin-ideal content on Instagram7
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