Body Image

Papers
(The TQCC of Body Image is 13. 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 2020-02-01 to 2024-02-01.)
ArticleCitations
Body functionality: A review of the literature111
Meta-analysis of gender differences in body appreciation90
Are We There Yet? Progress in Depicting Diverse Images of Beauty in Instagram’s Body Positivity Movement79
Uploading your best self: Selfie editing and body dissatisfaction73
Becoming an object: A review of self-objectification in girls67
#Loveyourbody: The effect of body positive Instagram captions on women’s body image66
Compared to Facebook, Instagram use causes more appearance comparison and lower body satisfaction in college women65
The effect of Instagram #fitspiration images on young women’s mood, body image, and exercise behaviour64
Unique associations of social media use and online appearance preoccupation with depression, anxiety, and appearance rejection sensitivity63
Social media, body satisfaction and well-being among adolescents: A mediation model of appearance-ideal internalization and comparison62
The Appearance-Related Social Media Consciousness Scale: Development and validation with adolescents54
Social media, body image, and the question of causation: Meta-analyses of experimental and longitudinal evidence51
Young women’s body image following upwards comparison to Instagram models: The role of physical appearance perfectionism and cognitive emotion regulation50
The Happy American Body 2.0: Predictors of affective body satisfaction in two U.S. national internet panel surveys47
Body Positivity (#BoPo) in everyday life: An ecological momentary assessment study showing potential benefits to individuals’ body image and emotional wellbeing45
#Take idealized bodies out of the picture: A scoping review of social media content aiming to protect and promote positive body image44
The experience of embodiment scale: Development and psychometric evaluation41
Body appreciation and its psychological correlates: A systematic review and meta-analysis41
A picture is worth a thousand words: The effect of viewing celebrity Instagram images with disclaimer and body positive captions on women’s body image40
Weight stigma and media: An examination of the effect of advertising campaigns on weight bias, internalized weight bias, self-esteem, body image, and affect39
A cluster randomized controlled trial of the SoMe social media literacy body image and wellbeing program for adolescent boys and girls: Study protocol38
Science mapping research on body image: A bibliometric review of publications in Body Image, 2004–202037
Add a comment … how fitspiration and body positive captions attached to social media images influence the mood and body esteem of young female Instagram users37
Body image disturbance and sexual orientation: An updated systematic review and meta-analysis36
Taking it apart and putting it back together again: Using Item Pool Visualisation to summarise complex data patterns in (positive) body image research36
Differences in weight stigma between gay, bisexual, and heterosexual men36
#Bopo: Enhancing body image through body positive social media- evidence to date and research directions35
Body image and internalization of appearance ideals in Black women: An update and call for culturally-sensitive research35
What a body can do: Rethinking body functionality through a feminist materialist disability lens33
Assessing the measurement invariance of a Latin-American Spanish translation of the Body Appreciation Scale-2 in Mexican, Argentinean, and Colombian adolescents33
Translation and validation of body image instruments: An addendum to Swami and Barron (2019) in the form of frequently asked questions31
The effects of yoga on functionality appreciation and additional facets of positive body image30
Examining associations among weight stigma, weight bias internalization, body dissatisfaction, and eating disorder symptoms: Does weight status matter?30
#quarantine15: A content analysis of Instagram posts during COVID-1930
Do the metrics matter? An experimental investigation of Instagram influencer effects on mood and body dissatisfaction30
The differential impact of viewing fitspiration and thinspiration images on men’s body image concerns: An experimental ecological momentary assessment study29
Exploring transgender adolescents’ body image concerns and disordered eating: Semi-structured interviews with nine gender minority youth29
Strong is the New Skinny, but is it Ideal?: A Test of the Tripartite Influence Model using a new Measure of Fit-Ideal Internalisation29
Examining the utility of nonlinear machine learning approaches versus linear regression for predicting body image outcomes: The U.S. Body Project I29
Body image and depressive symptoms among transgender and cisgender adults: Examining a model integrating the tripartite influence model and objectification theory28
Pathways from sociocultural and objectification constructs to body satisfaction among women: The U.S. Body Project I28
Demographic predictors of body image satisfaction: The U.S. Body Project I28
A systematic review on the effects of media disclaimers on young women’s body image and mood28
The role of sexual minority stress and community involvement on disordered eating, dysmorphic concerns and appearance- and performance-enhancing drug misuse28
The cosmetic surgery paradox: Toward a contemporary understanding of cosmetic surgery popularisation and attitudes28
The association between body appreciation and body mass index among males and females: A meta-analysis28
“My critical filter buffers your app filter”: Social media literacy as a protective factor for body image28
Exposing digital posing: The effect of social media self-disclaimer captions on women’s body dissatisfaction, mood, and impressions of the user27
The effect of viewing challenging “reality check” Instagram comments on women’s body image27
Muscles and bare chests on Instagram: The effect of Influencers’ fashion and fitspiration images on men’s body image27
Does a Facebook-enhanced Mindful Self-Compassion intervention improve body image? An evaluation study27
The effect of physical appearance perfectionism and social comparison to thin-, slim-thick-, and fit-ideal Instagram imagery on young women’s body image27
The effects of fitspiration and self-compassion Instagram posts on body image and self-compassion in men and women27
Pathways from sociocultural and objectification constructs to body satisfaction among men: The U.S. Body Project I27
The “Little Red Riding Hood effect:” Fitspiration is just as bad as thinspiration for women’s body satisfaction26
Social media and body image: Modulating effects of social identities and user characteristics25
Acceptance and commitment therapy to reduce eating disorder symptoms and body image problems in patients with residual eating disorder symptoms: A randomized controlled trial25
Body image flexibility and its correlates: A meta-analysis25
Athleisure: A qualitative investigation of a multi-billion-dollar clothing trend24
The effects of engaging in digital photo modifications and receiving favorable comments on women’s selfies shared on social media24
The protective role of self-compassion for women’s positive body image: an open replication and extension24
A test of the tripartite influence model of disordered eating among men24
Examining the factor structure, sex invariance, and psychometric properties of the Body Image Acceptance and Action Questionnaire and the Functionality Appreciation Scale24
Ethnic/racial and gender differences in body image disorders among a diverse sample of sexual minority U.S. adults24
Incorporating social media and muscular ideal internalization into the tripartite influence model of body image: Towards a modern understanding of adolescent girls’ body dissatisfaction24
Body image experiences in the context of chronic pain: An examination of associations among perceptions of pain, body dissatisfaction, and positive body image24
Body-related embarrassment: The overlooked self-conscious emotion24
Effects of taking selfies on women’s self-objectification, mood, self-esteem, and social aggression toward female peers23
Demographic predictors of objectification theory and tripartite influence model constructs: The U.S. Body Project I23
Psychometric properties of an Arabic translation of the Functionality Appreciation Scale (FAS) in Lebanese adults23
The Norwegian healthy body image intervention promotes positive embodiment through improved self-esteem23
Anxiety and depression in adolescents with a visible difference: A systematic review and meta-analysis23
A bifactor analysis of the Weight Bias Internalization Scale: What are we really measuring?23
Body image and acceptance of cosmetic surgery in China and the Netherlands: A qualitative study on cultural differences and similarities22
The Breast Size Satisfaction Survey (BSSS): Breast size dissatisfaction and its antecedents and outcomes in women from 40 nations22
The effectiveness of brief animated films as a scalable micro-intervention to improve children’s body image: A randomised controlled trial21
Minority stress and body dysmorphic disorder symptoms among sexual minority adolescents and adult men21
“Having a non-normative body for me is about survival”: Androgynous body ideal among trans and nonbinary individuals21
The dangers of the rabbit hole: Reflections on social media as a portal into a distorted world of edited bodies and eating disorder risk and the role of algorithms21
Objectifying the body positive movement: The effects of sexualizing and digitally modifying body-positive images on Instagram21
Factor Analysis and Psychometric Properties of the Chinese Translation of the Acceptance of Cosmetic Surgery Scale21
The effects of body-positive Instagram posts on body image in adult women21
Body image in women diagnosed with breast cancer: A grounded theory study20
Digital modification and body image on social media: Disclaimer labels, captions, hashtags, and comments20
A look at the intergenerational associations between self-compassion, body esteem, and emotional eating within dyads of mothers and their adult daughters19
The effects of fitspiration images on body attributes, mood and eating behaviors: An experimental Ecological Momentary Assessment study in females19
Assessing positive body image, body satisfaction, weight bias, and appearance comparison in emerging adults: A cross-validation study across eight countries19
Breastfeeding, body image, and weight control behavior among postpartum women19
Instagram Sexualization: When posts make you feel dissatisfied and wanting to change your body19
Using immersive virtual reality to modify body image19
Body image across the adult lifespan: A longitudinal investigation of developmental and cohort effects19
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 adolescents18
Self-compassion as a moderator of the relationships between shape and weight overvaluation and eating disorder psychopathology, psychosocial impairment, and psychological distress18
Body image and body change behaviors associated with orthorexia symptoms in males18
Bidirectional relationships between intuitive eating and shape and weight overvaluation, dissatisfaction, preoccupation, and fear of weight gain: A prospective study18
Asian versus Western appearance media influences and changes in body image concerns of young Chinese women: A 12-month prospective study18
#nomakeupselfie: The impact of natural no-makeup images and positive appearance comments on young women’s body image18
Psychometric evaluation of the Muscle Dysmorphic Disorder Inventory (MDDI) among cisgender gay men and cisgender lesbian women18
Assessing the measurement invariance of two positive body image instruments in adults from Malaysia and the United Kingdom17
Self-compassion explains substantially more variance in eating disorder psychopathology and associated impairment than mindfulness17
Adolescents’ selfie-activities and idealized online self-presentation: An application of the sociocultural model17
A Randomised Controlled Trial Examining the Effects of Self-Compassion Meditations on Women’s Body Image17
Internalized weight stigma and the progression of food addiction over time17
Visual and cognitive processing of thin-ideal Instagram images containing idealized or disclaimer comments17
Experiential avoidance and cognitive fusion mediate the relationship between body evaluation and unhelpful body image coping strategies in individuals with visible differences17
A prospective examination of relationships between social media use and body dissatisfaction in a representative sample of adults17
Beauty ideals, social media, and body positivity: A qualitative investigation of influences on body image among young women in Japan17
A quantitative systematic review assessing the impact of burn injuries on body image17
Changes in body-related self-conscious emotions over time among youth female athletes17
Personality and body dissatisfaction: An updated systematic review with meta-analysis17
Physical appearance comparisons and symptoms of disordered eating: The mediating role of social physique anxiety in Spanish adolescents16
Psychometric properties of an Italian translation of the Functionality Appreciation Scale (FAS)16
An examination of older men’s body image: How men 65 years and older perceive, experience, and cope with their aging bodies16
Sexual orientation differences in pathways from sociocultural and objectification constructs to body satisfaction: The U.S. Body Project I16
Testing a self-compassion micro-intervention before appearance-based social media use: Implications for body image16
Psychometric properties of a Romanian translation of the Functionality Appreciation Scale (FAS)16
The Romanian version of the Intuitive Eating Scale-2: Assessment of its psychometric properties and gender invariance in Romanian adults16
Genital Self-Image in Adolescent Girls: The Effectiveness of a Brief Educational Video16
Body acceptance by others: Refinement of the construct, and development and psychometric evaluation of a revised measure – The Body Acceptance by Others Scale-216
Cross-cultural measurement invariance of the Body Appreciation Scale-2 across five countries15
Demographic and sociocultural predictors of face image satisfaction: The U.S. Body Project I15
Demographic and sociocultural predictors of sexuality-related body image and sexual frequency: The U.S. Body Project I15
Embodiment: Cultural and gender differences and associations with life satisfaction15
Adverse childhood experiences and body dysmorphic symptoms: A meta-analysis15
Mothers’ experiences of the relationship between body image and exercise, 0–5 years postpartum: A qualitative study15
Cultural adaptation and validation of the Body Esteem Scale for Adults and Adolescents for use in English among adolescents in urban India15
Eating disorder attitudes and disordered eating behaviors as measured by the Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire (EDE-Q) among cisgender lesbian women15
A cross-country examination of emotional eating, restrained eating and intuitive eating: Measurement Invariance across eight countries15
Racial identity differences in pathways from sociocultural and objectification constructs to body satisfaction: The U.S. Body Project I15
Translation and validation of an Italian version of the Body Appreciation Scale-215
TikTok on the clock but the #fitspo don’t stop: The impact of TikTok fitspiration videos on women’s body image concerns15
The effect of thin and average-sized models on women’s appearance and functionality satisfaction: Does pose matter?15
Dimensional structure, psychometric properties, and sex and ethnic invariance of a Bahasa Malaysia (Malay) translation of the Intuitive Eating Scale-2 (IES-2)14
Dissonance-based eating disorder prevention among Brazilian young women: A randomized efficacy trial of the Body Project14
Nature exposure and positive body image: (Re-)examining the mediating roles of connectedness to nature and trait mindfulness14
The Positive Body Image among Adolescents Scale (PBIAS): Conceptualization, development, and psychometric evaluation among adolescents from Belgium14
Looking to the future: Priorities for translating research to impact in the field of appearance and body image14
The effects of self-disclaimer Instagram captions on young women's mood and body image: The moderating effect of participants’ own photo manipulation practices14
Hourglass Body Shape Ideal Scale and disordered eating14
Problematic muscularity-oriented behaviors: Overview, key gaps, and ideas for future research14
“Pretty hurts”: Acceptance of hegemonic feminine beauty ideals and reduced sexual well-being among Black women14
Acceptability and preliminary efficacy of a school-based body image intervention in urban India: A pilot randomised controlled trial13
Targets of comparison and body image in women’s everyday lives: The role of perceived attainability13
‘Big boys don’t cry’: Examining the indirect pathway of masculinity discrepancy stress and muscle dysmorphia symptomatology through dimensions of emotion dysregulation13
Body-related self-conscious emotions and reasons for exercise: A latent class analysis13
Self-concept clarity and appearance-based social comparison to idealized bodies13
Do you see what I see? The influence of self-objectification on appearance anxiety, intrinsic motivation, interoceptive awareness, and physical performance13
Sex differences in perceived stigmatization, body image disturbance, and satisfaction with facial appearance and speech among adolescents with craniofacial conditions13
Weight stigma and psychological distress: A moderated mediation model of social identification and internalised bias13
Adolescent girls’ Instagram and TikTok use: Examining relations with body image-related constructs over time using random intercept cross-lagged panel models13
Does self-compassion buffer the detrimental effect of body shame on depressive symptoms?13
TikTok, TikTok, the time is now: Future directions in social media and body image13
Characterizing a body positive online forum: Resistance and pursuit of appearance-ideals13
Evaluating the impact of a brief Health at Every Size®-informed health promotion activity on body positivity and internalized weight-based oppression13
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