OOIR: Observatory of International Research

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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Body functionality: A review of the literature	145
Social media, body satisfaction and well-being among adolescents: A mediation model of appearance-ideal internalization and comparison	92
Body appreciation and its psychological correlates: A systematic review and meta-analysis	85
Social media, body image, and the question of causation: Meta-analyses of experimental and longitudinal evidence	79
Young women’s body image following upwards comparison to Instagram models: The role of physical appearance perfectionism and cognitive emotion regulation	65
Body Positivity (#BoPo) in everyday life: An ecological momentary assessment study showing potential benefits to individuals’ body image and emotional wellbeing	58
#Take idealized bodies out of the picture: A scoping review of social media content aiming to protect and promote positive body image	54
#Bopo: Enhancing body image through body positive social media- evidence to date and research directions	54
Weight stigma and media: An examination of the effect of advertising campaigns on weight bias, internalized weight bias, self-esteem, body image, and affect	52
Science mapping research on body image: A bibliometric review of publications in Body Image, 2004–2020	51
Body image disturbance and sexual orientation: An updated systematic review and meta-analysis	48
Body image and internalization of appearance ideals in Black women: An update and call for culturally-sensitive research	48
Examining associations among weight stigma, weight bias internalization, body dissatisfaction, and eating disorder symptoms: Does weight status matter?	47
What a body can do: Rethinking body functionality through a feminist materialist disability lens	46
Exploring transgender adolescents’ body image concerns and disordered eating: Semi-structured interviews with nine gender minority youth	45
Differences in weight stigma between gay, bisexual, and heterosexual men	44
#quarantine15: A content analysis of Instagram posts during COVID-19	43
Incorporating social media and muscular ideal internalization into the tripartite influence model of body image: Towards a modern understanding of adolescent girls’ body dissatisfaction	43
Strong is the New Skinny, but is it Ideal?: A Test of the Tripartite Influence Model using a new Measure of Fit-Ideal Internalisation	43
“My critical filter buffers your app filter”: Social media literacy as a protective factor for body image	42
Translation and validation of body image instruments: An addendum to Swami and Barron (2019) in the form of frequently asked questions	42
The cosmetic surgery paradox: Toward a contemporary understanding of cosmetic surgery popularisation and attitudes	42
Psychometric properties of an Arabic translation of the Functionality Appreciation Scale (FAS) in Lebanese adults	41
Body image flexibility and its correlates: A meta-analysis	40
Demographic predictors of body image satisfaction: The U.S. Body Project I	40

Muscles and bare chests on Instagram: The effect of Influencers’ fashion and fitspiration images on men’s body image	39
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 algorithms	39
Body image and depressive symptoms among transgender and cisgender adults: Examining a model integrating the tripartite influence model and objectification theory	39
The effect of physical appearance perfectionism and social comparison to thin-, slim-thick-, and fit-ideal Instagram imagery on young women’s body image	37
The effects of fitspiration and self-compassion Instagram posts on body image and self-compassion in men and women	37
Social media and body image: Modulating effects of social identities and user characteristics	36
Do the metrics matter? An experimental investigation of Instagram influencer effects on mood and body dissatisfaction	36
Examining the utility of nonlinear machine learning approaches versus linear regression for predicting body image outcomes: The U.S. Body Project I	35
The role of sexual minority stress and community involvement on disordered eating, dysmorphic concerns and appearance- and performance-enhancing drug misuse	35
Body image in women diagnosed with breast cancer: A grounded theory study	35
Pathways from sociocultural and objectification constructs to body satisfaction among women: The U.S. Body Project I	34
A test of the tripartite influence model of disordered eating among men	33
Demographic predictors of objectification theory and tripartite influence model constructs: The U.S. Body Project I	33
“Having a non-normative body for me is about survival”: Androgynous body ideal among trans and nonbinary individuals	33
Ethnic/racial and gender differences in body image disorders among a diverse sample of sexual minority U.S. adults	33
Pathways from sociocultural and objectification constructs to body satisfaction among men: The U.S. Body Project I	33
TikTok, TikTok, the time is now: Future directions in social media and body image	32
The “Little Red Riding Hood effect:” Fitspiration is just as bad as thinspiration for women’s body satisfaction	32
The differential impact of viewing fitspiration and thinspiration images on men’s body image concerns: An experimental ecological momentary assessment study	32
Body image and acceptance of cosmetic surgery in China and the Netherlands: A qualitative study on cultural differences and similarities	30
The effects of engaging in digital photo modifications and receiving favorable comments on women’s selfies shared on social media	30
Digital modification and body image on social media: Disclaimer labels, captions, hashtags, and comments	29
Effects of taking selfies on women’s self-objectification, mood, self-esteem, and social aggression toward female peers	29
Body appreciation around the world: Measurement invariance of the Body Appreciation Scale-2 (BAS-2) across 65 nations, 40 languages, gender identities, and age	29
TikTok on the clock but the #fitspo don’t stop: The impact of TikTok fitspiration videos on women’s body image concerns	28
Integrating social media variables as predictors, mediators, and moderators within body image frameworks: Potential mechanisms of action to consider in future research	27
Assessing positive body image, body satisfaction, weight bias, and appearance comparison in emerging adults: A cross-validation study across eight countries	27
Beauty ideals, social media, and body positivity: A qualitative investigation of influences on body image among young women in Japan	26
The effects of body-positive Instagram posts on body image in adult women	26
The Norwegian healthy body image intervention promotes positive embodiment through improved self-esteem	26
A prospective examination of relationships between social media use and body dissatisfaction in a representative sample of adults	26
A systematic review of interventions aiming to promote positive body image in children and adolescents	26
Objectifying the body positive movement: The effects of sexualizing and digitally modifying body-positive images on Instagram	26
Body image across the adult lifespan: A longitudinal investigation of developmental and cohort effects	25
TikTok use and body dissatisfaction: Examining direct, indirect, and moderated relations	25
Adolescents’ selfie-activities and idealized online self-presentation: An application of the sociocultural model	25
Instagram Sexualization: When posts make you feel dissatisfied and wanting to change your body	24
Testing a self-compassion micro-intervention before appearance-based social media use: Implications for body image	23
Psychometric properties of an Italian translation of the Functionality Appreciation Scale (FAS)	23
Functionality appreciation and its correlates: Systematic review and meta-analysis	23
The Romanian version of the Intuitive Eating Scale-2: Assessment of its psychometric properties and gender invariance in Romanian adults	22
Body acceptance by others: Refinement of the construct, and development and psychometric evaluation of a revised measure – The Body Acceptance by Others Scale-2	22
Adverse childhood experiences and body dysmorphic symptoms: A meta-analysis	22
Demographic and sociocultural predictors of sexuality-related body image and sexual frequency: The U.S. Body Project I	22
Breastfeeding, body image, and weight control behavior among postpartum women	22
The effectiveness of brief animated films as a scalable micro-intervention to improve children’s body image: A randomised controlled trial	22
Demographic and sociocultural predictors of face image satisfaction: The U.S. Body Project I	21
Associations between adolescents’ pornography consumption and self-objectification, body comparison, and body shame	21
Adolescent girls’ Instagram and TikTok use: Examining relations with body image-related constructs over time using random intercept cross-lagged panel models	21
Weight stigma, policy initiatives, and harnessing social media to elevate activism	20

Genital Self-Image in Adolescent Girls: The Effectiveness of a Brief Educational Video	20
Body image and quality of life in women with breast cancer: Appreciating the body and its functionality	20
Body image and associated factors among sexual minority men: A systematic review	20
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	20
Translation and validation of an Italian version of the Body Appreciation Scale-2	20
Psychometric evaluation of the Muscle Dysmorphic Disorder Inventory (MDDI) among cisgender gay men and cisgender lesbian women	20
Integrating the tripartite influence, minority stress, and social comparison theories to explain body image and disordered eating in Chinese sexual minority men and women	20
Psychometric properties of a Romanian translation of the Functionality Appreciation Scale (FAS)	20
Mothers’ experiences of the relationship between body image and exercise, 0–5 years postpartum: A qualitative study	19
Body image as a multidimensional concept: A systematic review of body image facets in eating disorders and muscle dysmorphia	19
The effects of fitspiration images on body attributes, mood and eating behaviors: An experimental Ecological Momentary Assessment study in females	19
The effects of self-disclaimer Instagram captions on young women's mood and body image: The moderating effect of participants’ own photo manipulation practices	19
Examining appearance pressures, thinness and muscularity internalizations, and social comparisons as correlates of drive for muscularity and thinness-oriented disordered eating in Chinese heterosexual	19
Bidirectional relationships between intuitive eating and shape and weight overvaluation, dissatisfaction, preoccupation, and fear of weight gain: A prospective study	19
A Randomised Controlled Trial Examining the Effects of Self-Compassion Meditations on Women’s Body Image	19
The Positive Body Image among Adolescents Scale (PBIAS): Conceptualization, development, and psychometric evaluation among adolescents from Belgium	19
Body appreciation predicts better mental health and wellbeing. A short-term prospective study	18
Do you see what I see? The influence of self-objectification on appearance anxiety, intrinsic motivation, interoceptive awareness, and physical performance	18
“Pretty hurts”: Acceptance of hegemonic feminine beauty ideals and reduced sexual well-being among Black women	18
A cross-country examination of emotional eating, restrained eating and intuitive eating: Measurement Invariance across eight countries	18
Self-concept clarity and appearance-based social comparison to idealized bodies	18
Family members and peers’ negative and positive body talk: How they relate to adolescent girls’ body talk and eating disorder attitudes	18
Embodiment: Cultural and gender differences and associations with life satisfaction	18
“I’ll never sacrifice my well-being again:” The journey from negative to positive body image among women who perceive their body to deviate from societal norms	18
Racial identity differences in pathways from sociocultural and objectification constructs to body satisfaction: The U.S. Body Project I	18
Dissonance-based eating disorder prevention among Brazilian young women: A randomized efficacy trial of the Body Project	17
Developing a definition of body neutrality and strategies for an intervention	17
Evaluating the impact of a brief Health at Every Size®-informed health promotion activity on body positivity and internalized weight-based oppression	17
Self-compassion explains substantially more variance in eating disorder psychopathology and associated impairment than mindfulness	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
Does body appreciation predict decreases in eating pathology via intuitive eating? A longitudinal mediation analysis	17
Sexual orientation differences in pathways from sociocultural and objectification constructs to body satisfaction: The U.S. Body Project I	17
Psychometric validation of the Muscle Dysmorphic Disorder Inventory (MDDI) among U.S. transgender men	17
Weight stigma and psychological distress: A moderated mediation model of social identification and internalised bias	17
Appearance Comparisons and Eating Pathology: A Moderated Serial Mediation Analysis Exploring Body Image Flexibility and Body Appreciation as Mediators and Self-Compassion as Moderator	16
“You Don’t Look Anorexic”: Atypical anorexia patient experiences of weight stigma in medical care	16
Critical measurement issues in the assessment of social media influence on body image	16
Acceptability and preliminary efficacy of a school-based body image intervention in urban India: A pilot randomised controlled trial	16
Cultural adaptation and validation of the Body Esteem Scale for Adults and Adolescents for use in English among adolescents in urban India	16
A randomized control trial of Expand Your Horizon: An intervention for women with weight bias internalization	16
No likes, no problem? Users’ reactions to the removal of Instagram number of likes on other people’s posts and links to body image	16
Photo manipulation as a predictor of facial dissatisfaction and cosmetic procedure attitudes	16
Can following body positive or appearance neutral Facebook pages improve young women’s body image and mood? Testing novel social media micro-interventions	15
Determining the potential links of self-compassion with eating pathology and body image among women and men: A cross-sectional mediational study	15
Body-related self-conscious emotions and reasons for exercise: A latent class analysis	15
Body dissatisfaction in midlife women: The applicability of the tripartite influence model	15
Goodform: A cluster randomised controlled trial of a school-based program to prevent body dissatisfaction and muscle building supplement use among adolescent boys	15
Evaluating a body image school-based intervention in India: A randomized controlled trial	15
Problematic muscularity-oriented behaviors: Overview, key gaps, and ideas for future research	15
Muscle dysmorphia symptomatology among a national sample of Canadian adolescents and young adults	15
Psychometric validation of the Japanese version of the Functionality Appreciation Scale (FAS)	15
Hourglass Body Shape Ideal Scale and disordered eating	15
Short forms of the Body Appreciation Scale-2 (BAS-2SF): Item selection and psychometric evaluation	15
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 Instagram	15
Developing a model linking self-reported nature exposure and positive body image: A study protocol for the body image in nature survey (BINS)	15
Intuitive eating in light of other eating styles and motives: Experiences with construct validity and the Hungarian adaptation of the Intuitive Eating Scale-2	14
Normative body image development: A longitudinal meta-analysis of mean-level change	14
Inconsistencies in the conceptualisation and operationalisation of internalized weight stigma: A potential way forward	14
Fat is feminine: A qualitative study of how weight stigma is constructed among sexual minority men who use Grindr	14
Framing real beauty: A framing approach to the effects of beauty advertisements on body image and advertising effectiveness	14
How exposure to body neutrality content on TikTok affects young women’s body image and mood	14
Body shape concerns across racial and ethnic groups among adults in the United States: More similarities than differences	14
Does #beauty have a dark side? Testing mediating pathways between engagement with beauty content on social media and cosmetic surgery consideration	14
Measurement invariance of body image measures by age, gender, sexual orientation, race, weight status, and age: The U.S. Body Project I	14
When body positivity falls flat: Divergent effects of body acceptance messages that support vs. undermine basic psychological needs	13
Psychometric properties of a Farsi translation of the Functionality Appreciation Scale (FAS) in Iranian adolescents	13
Measurement invariance and psychometric properties of three positive body image measures among cisgender sexual minority and heterosexual women	13
The associations between photo-editing and body concerns among females: A systematic review	13
The ever-changing ideal: The body you want depends on who else you’re looking at	13
Follow, filter, filler? Social media usage and cosmetic procedure intention, acceptance, and normalization among young adults	13
Associations between husbands’ weight bias and related concerns and husbands’ and wives’ psychological and relationship outcomes	13
Black women’s experiences of gendered racial sexual objectification, body image, and depressive symptoms	13
Targets of comparison and body image in women’s everyday lives: The role of perceived attainability	13
The body positivity movement is not all that positive on TikTok: A content analysis of body positive TikTok videos	13
Body Positivity, but not for everyone: The role of model size in exposure effects on women’s mood, body satisfaction, and food choice	13