Body Image

Papers
(The TQCC of Body Image is 14. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)
ArticleCitations
Exposure to simulated nature promotes positive body image irrespective of the presentation modality: A comparison of images, 2-dimensional film, and 360° immersive film193
Longitudinal associations between appearance evaluation during video chat and body image concerns: A test of the “Perfect Storm” framework101
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-rel94
Bi-directional associations between depressive symptoms and eating disorder symptoms in early adolescence94
Weight gain attempts and substance use behaviors among adults across five countries86
Is body dissatisfaction related to an attentional bias towards low weight bodies in non-clinical samples of women? A systematic review and meta-analysis79
Food insecurity is associated with muscle dysmorphia symptomatology among a sample of Canadian adolescents and young adults75
Comparing the associations between body appearance and fitness self-conscious emotions across physical activity modalities: A multi-part study73
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 pan72
Muscularity bias internalization moderates the associations of muscularity dissatisfaction with muscularity-oriented disordered eating and psychosocial well-being in men but not women69
Exploring the associations between muscularity teasing and eating and body image disturbances in Chinese men and women68
Predictors of functionality appreciation: Prospective findings66
Body talk on social networking sites and restrained eating among adolescents: A test of a multiple mediation model65
The associations between photo-editing and body concerns among females: A systematic review64
The 7-day compassion diary: Evaluating a brief compassion flows training on body appreciation and cosmetic surgery interest62
Psychometric properties and factor structure of the Eating Disorder Examination-Questionnaire in omnivores, vegetarians, and vegans60
Does medium matter? Investigating the impact of viewing ideal image or short-form video content on young women’s body image, mood, and self-objectification58
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.58
Digital body image interventions for adult women: A meta-analytic review57
Translation and psychometric properties of an Italian version of the Body Acceptance by Others Scale-2 (BAOS-2)56
“We are no drawings, no clay dolls”: A qualitative exploration of adolescents’ attitudes towards cosmetic procedures55
The body positive… or the body neutral? A content analysis of body positivity and body neutrality hashtagged videos on TikTok54
Fat embodiment for resistance and healing from weight stigma53
Translation and validation of a (Colombian) Spanish version of the breast appreciation scale (BrAS)52
Satisfaction with partner’s appearance, body criticism, and relationship quality in heterosexual couples: A dyadic study52
Dissonance-based prevention of eating pathology in non-Western cultures: A randomized controlled trial of the Body Project among young Saudi adult women51
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Appearance Matters 1049
First do no harm: Measuring weight bias beliefs in preschool-age children46
Fear of negative appearance evaluation and cosmetic surgery consideration among adolescents: A test of a moderated mediation model46
Beauty and the big business: A qualitative investigation of the development and implementation of the CVS Beauty Mark45
Additive and interactive associations among body appreciation, self-compassion, and gender in understanding college students’ health behaviors45
Prospective examination of psychological risk and maintenance factors for body image distress after mastectomy with immediate breast reconstruction43
Psychometric properties of a Dutch translation of the Functionality Appreciation Scale (FAS) among adults in the Netherlands42
Demographic and sociocultural predictors of sexuality-related body image and sexual frequency: The U.S. Body Project I41
Functionality appreciation in young children41
TikTok on the clock but the #fitspo don’t stop: The impact of TikTok fitspiration videos on women’s body image concerns40
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Body Image and sex among postpartum women37
A comparison of functionality, rumination, and distraction tasks on women’s state body image and mood after idealised media exposure37
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 UK36
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
Look me in the eyes! A pre-registered eye-tracking study investigating visual attention and affective reactions to faces with a visible difference36
Promoting body positivity through stories: How protagonist body size and esteem influence readers’ self-concepts35
Body appreciation at work: Examining indirect effects in the relationship between job demands, job resources, and workplace well-being35
A cognitive dissonance body image intervention ‘Free Being Me’ delivered by guide leaders to adolescent girl guides in India: A pilot and acceptability trial35
Corrigendum to “On liking how you look and feeling sexy: Quantifying the overlap between sexual desirability and body satisfaction in a sample of Australian Grindr users” [Body Image 48 (2024) 101676]35
“My critical filter buffers your app filter”: Social media literacy as a protective factor for body image34
The effect of viewing #whatieatinaday TikTok videos with and without calories on body-related shame, guilt, envy, and intentions to diet in young women34
Editorial Board34
Translation and validation of a Chinese version of the Appearance Schemas Inventory-Revised in Chinese adults34
Body appreciation and its psychological correlates: A systematic review and meta-analysis34
Factor structure and psychometric properties of a Korean translation of the Body Appreciation Scale-233
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Gender differences in the relation between interpersonal stress and momentary shape and weight concerns in youth with overweight/obesity33
Congenital melanocytic naevus (CMN) through the lens: Using photo-elicitation interviews to explore adjustment in adolescents with a rare birthmark condition32
Muscularity teasing and its relations with muscularity bias internalization, muscularity-oriented body dissatisfaction, and muscularity-oriented disordered eating in Chinese adult men31
Weight self-stigma, but not body dissatisfaction, predicts binge eating across one academic year31
The U.S. Body Project I: Inspirations and Lessons Learned31
Racial identity differences in pathways from sociocultural and objectification constructs to body satisfaction: The U.S. Body Project I31
A negative body image contextualization of the self-compassion scale30
Measurement invariance of the Broad Conceptualization of Beauty Scale (BCBS) across Black, Hispanic, and White women in the United States30
The weight of words: Discursive constructions of health in weight-neutral peer-reviewed journal articles30
Attentional engagement with and disengagement from appearance ideals: Differential associations with body dissatisfaction frequency and duration?29
“It helps me to be more aware and connected to my body when I spent so many years trying to disconnect”: A qualitative pilot study on the impact of time spent in nature on eating disorder recovery29
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
The impact of fashion clothing involvement and self-objectification on women’s mental health: A cross-sectional study among Brazilian women28
Effects of online self-compassionate writing on stigmatizing and affirming self-perceptions: Potential boundary conditions in undergraduate women28
The body mass index: What’s the use?28
Unjust treatment, unfamiliar body, and unrealistic body standards: A qualitative investigation of body image, racism, and eating during pregnancy and postpartum among Black, African American, and Afro28
The importance of hair satisfaction in appearance evaluation among black adolescent girls27
An experimental investigation of whether body-positive messaging on fitspiration and diverse images can improve state body image in women27
Experiences of embodiment during pregnancy and the postpartum period: A qualitative study27
Clinical characteristics among sexual minority and heterosexual women with body dysmorphic disorder26
The body positivity movement is not all that positive on TikTok: A content analysis of body positive TikTok videos26
Personal ideal, cultural ideal and optimal attractiveness: Are these constructs for body size and shape the same or different?26
Follow, filter, filler? Social media usage and cosmetic procedure intention, acceptance, and normalization among young adults26
Measuring state functionality appreciation: A psychometric evaluation of an adapted version of the functionality appreciation scale (S-FAS)25
Body dissatisfaction frequency and duration: Dissociable dimensions of trait body dissatisfaction25
Factor structure and psychometric properties of the Muscle Dysmorphic Disorder Inventory (MDDI) among transgender women24
South Asian women in the United Kingdom: The role of skin colour dissatisfaction in acculturation experiences and body dissatisfaction24
Perceived legitimacy of weight-based discrimination: Consequences for group identity, collective action, body satisfaction, and self-esteem24
Words are heavy: Weight-related terminology preferences are associated with larger-bodied people’s health behaviors and beliefs23
“Look beyond the weight and accept me”: Adolescent perspectives on parental weight communication23
Self-concept clarity and appearance-based social comparison to idealized bodies23
Measurement invariance and differential item functioning of the functionality appreciation scale (FAS) in Colombia and Spain23
Are diverse models really non-idealized? Investigating body positivity public feed posts of fashion and beauty brands on instagram23
Body image facets as predictors of muscularity-oriented disordered eating in women: Findings from a prospective study23
“Trapped in an echo chamber of whiteness”: Exploring real-world barriers in understanding and challenging white supremacy in body image research in the global north23
Tackling bisexual erasure: An explorative comparison of bisexual, gay and straight cisgender men’s body image22
Love your body! An exploration of new empowerment discourse as related to body capital, and body image and eating concerns among women21
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Adverse childhood experiences and body dysmorphic symptoms: A meta-analysis20
A qualitative analysis of the usefulness, risks, and challenges of incorporating functionality and body compassion into the prevention and treatment of eating disorders20
Digital modification and body image on social media: Disclaimer labels, captions, hashtags, and comments20
Supporting individuals with a visible difference: A UK survey of needs and preferences20
Imagery versus captions: The effect of body positive Instagram content on young women’s mood and body image20
Body functionality through an indigenous lens: Learning from indigenous knowledge systems to facilitate appreciation19
Meta-analytic and narrative systematic reviews of body image concerns and eating disorders in transgender and gender diverse people: Methodology19
Women’s refusal to be weighed during healthcare visits: Links to body image19
Body comparisons are bidirectionally linked with body dissatisfaction but not disordered eating urges19
Psychometric properties of the Portuguese version of the Positive Body Image among Adolescents Scale19
Prospective associations between self-compassion, emotional dysregulation, and negative body image components in an international sample of adult women19
Examining the effects of implicit and internalized weight bias on physical activity cognitions for women in larger bodies19
Digital social evaluation: Relationships between receiving likes, comments, and follows on social media and adolescents’ body image concerns18
Developing a model linking self-reported nature exposure and positive body image: A study protocol for the body image in nature survey (BINS)18
Testing body-related components of objectification theory: A meta-analysis of the relations between body shame, self-objectification, and body dissatisfaction18
“Make sure that everybody feels there is a space for them”: Understanding and promoting appearance inclusivity at university.18
Demedicalizing baldness: An experimental, mixed methods study18
Development and validation of a measure of curvy ideals internalization18
Testing for longitudinal bidirectional associations between self-compassion, self-criticism, and positive body image components18
How prepartum appearance-related attitudes influence body image and weight-control behaviors of pregnant Japanese women across pregnancy: Latent growth curve modeling analyses18
The role of social context in own body size estimations: An investigation of the body schema18
Body image and Black African women: A comparative study of Kenya and Nigeria18
How can we help you? A global investigation into girls’ body image experiences in sport and intervention preferences18
A guide to exploratory structural equation modeling (ESEM) and bifactor-ESEM in body image research17
Psychometric validation of the Japanese version of the Functionality Appreciation Scale (FAS)17
Body image and quality of life in women with breast cancer: Appreciating the body and its functionality17
The association between problematic pornography use and eating disorder symptoms among heterosexual and sexual minority men17
Body image as a multidimensional concept: A systematic review of body image facets in eating disorders and muscle dysmorphia17
Body appreciation mediates the association between satisfaction with autistic identity and flourishing in autistic adults17
Disclosing the obvious: Psychosocial implications of (not) explaining facial differences17
The impact of yoga on body image in adults: A systematic review of quantitative studies16
“Eat clean, train mean, get lean”: Body image and health behaviours of women who engage with fitspiration and clean eating imagery on Instagram16
Validation of the Appearance-Related Social Media Consciousness Scale with Chinese adolescents and young adults16
Psychometric validation of the Muscle Dysmorphic Disorder Inventory (MDDI) among U.S. transgender men16
“Intermission!” A short-term social media fast reduces self-objectification among pre-teen and teen dancers16
A prospective examination of relationships between social media use and body dissatisfaction in a representative sample of adults16
Unraveling the meaning of weight misperception in a sample of college students: Unaware or body satisfied?16
Early appearance concerns after burns: Investigating the roles of psychological flexibility and self-compassion16
Self-objectification in Chinese pregnant women: The mixed role of functionality appreciation16
The impact of body image on social cognition: Fear of negative evaluation mediates the relationship between body surveillance and interpersonal distance in women15
#WhatIEatInADay: The effects of viewing food diary TikTok videos on young adults’ body image and intent to diet15
Body image in women diagnosed with breast cancer: A grounded theory study15
A systematic review of interventions aiming to promote positive body image in children and adolescents15
Do appearance comparisons mediate the effects of thinspiration and fitspiration on body dissatisfaction, happiness, and disordered eating urges in women’s daily lives?15
Testing the tripartite influence model on body image among pregnant women15
A systematic review of weight stigma and disordered eating cognitions and behaviors15
The effect of physical appearance perfectionism and social comparison to thin-, slim-thick-, and fit-ideal Instagram imagery on young women’s body image15
Gendered racial microaggressions, self-silencing, and disordered eating in Black women15
Understanding what drives adolescent social media behaviours: Informing approaches for interventions15
“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 industry15
Towards a better understanding of the social stigma of facial difference15
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
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Does seeking the brawns impact the brain?: An investigation of muscularity-oriented disordered behaviors and cognitive function14
Love me Tinder: The effects of women’s lifetime dating app use on daily body dissatisfaction, disordered eating urges, and negative mood14
Does every body matter? The relationship between engagement with body-positive and appearance-ideal content on instagram and aspects of positive and negative body image14
A systematic review of social and interpersonal factors associated with perinatal body image and eating concerns14
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“Mind your figure! Watch, but don’t eat”: A content analysis of eating and appearance-related messages in eating videos on social media14
Assessment and adaptation of the model of gratitude, body appreciation, and intuitive eating among Brazilian women14
Muscularity stigma: An overlooked but important form of appearance stigma14
A comic-based body image intervention for adolescents in semi-rural Indian schools: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial14
#Skin-Lightening: A content analysis of the most popular videos promoting skin-lightening products on TikTok14
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