OOIR: Observatory of International Research

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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Food insecurity is associated with muscle dysmorphia symptomatology among a sample of Canadian adolescents and young adults	123
Exposure to simulated nature promotes positive body image irrespective of the presentation modality: A comparison of images, 2-dimensional film, and 360° immersive film	105
Instagram Sexualization: When posts make you feel dissatisfied and wanting to change your body	75
Digital body image interventions for adult women: A meta-analytic review	69
Longitudinal associations between appearance evaluation during video chat and body image concerns: A test of the “Perfect Storm” framework	65
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 review	64
Body talk on social networking sites and restrained eating among adolescents: A test of a multiple mediation model	63
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
Exploring the associations between muscularity teasing and eating and body image disturbances in Chinese men and women	60
Gender compatibility and drive for muscularity among adolescent boys: Examining the indirect effect of emotion regulation difficulties	57
Muscularity bias internalization moderates the associations of muscularity dissatisfaction with muscularity-oriented disordered eating and psychosocial well-being in men but not women	56
Psychometric properties and factor structure of the Eating Disorder Examination-Questionnaire in omnivores, vegetarians, and vegans	55
Weight gain attempts and substance use behaviors among adults across five countries	54
Is body dissatisfaction related to an attentional bias towards low weight bodies in non-clinical samples of women? A systematic review and meta-analysis	54
Bi-directional associations between depressive symptoms and eating disorder symptoms in early adolescence	54
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	53
#Take idealized bodies out of the picture: A scoping review of social media content aiming to protect and promote positive body image	50
Psychometric properties of a Dutch translation of the Functionality Appreciation Scale (FAS) among adults in the Netherlands	50
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	50
Demographic and sociocultural predictors of sexuality-related body image and sexual frequency: The U.S. Body Project I	49
Fat embodiment for resistance and healing from weight stigma	47
TikTok on the clock but the #fitspo don’t stop: The impact of TikTok fitspiration videos on women’s body image concerns	47
Associations between body image, social physique anxiety, and dating anxiety in heterosexual emerging adults	46
The effects of self-disclaimer Instagram captions on young women's mood and body image: The moderating effect of participants’ own photo manipulation practices	45

Appearance Matters 10	44
First do no harm: Measuring weight bias beliefs in preschool-age children	44
Prospective examination of psychological risk and maintenance factors for body image distress after mastectomy with immediate breast reconstruction	44
“We are no drawings, no clay dolls”: A qualitative exploration of adolescents’ attitudes towards cosmetic procedures	43
Editorial Board	43
Functionality appreciation in young children	43
Beauty and the big business: A qualitative investigation of the development and implementation of the CVS Beauty Mark	42
Translation and psychometric properties of an Italian version of the Body Acceptance by Others Scale-2 (BAOS-2)	42
Dissonance-based prevention of eating pathology in non-Western cultures: A randomized controlled trial of the Body Project among young Saudi adult women	40
The body positive… or the body neutral? A content analysis of body positivity and body neutrality hashtagged videos on TikTok	38
Additive and interactive associations among body appreciation, self-compassion, and gender in understanding college students’ health behaviors	38
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	37
A cognitive dissonance body image intervention ‘Free Being Me’ delivered by guide leaders to adolescent girl guides in India: A pilot and acceptability trial	36
“My critical filter buffers your app filter”: Social media literacy as a protective factor for body image	36
The impact of different responses to negative body talk on body satisfaction, shame, and future negative body talk likelihood: A UK sample	36
Body appreciation and its psychological correlates: A systematic review and meta-analysis	35
Look me in the eyes! A pre-registered eye-tracking study investigating visual attention and affective reactions to faces with a visible difference	35
Editorial Board	34
Promoting body positivity through stories: How protagonist body size and esteem influence readers’ self-concepts	34
A comparison of functionality, rumination, and distraction tasks on women’s state body image and mood after idealised media exposure	33
Body Image and sex among postpartum women	32
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	31
Editorial Board	30
A negative body image contextualization of the self-compassion scale	30
Translation and validation of a Chinese version of the Appearance Schemas Inventory-Revised in Chinese adults	30
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	29
Measurement invariance of the Broad Conceptualization of Beauty Scale (BCBS) across Black, Hispanic, and White women in the United States	29
The U.S. Body Project I: Inspirations and Lessons Learned	29
Editorial Board	29
Hourglass Body Shape Ideal Scale and disordered eating	28
Gender differences in the relation between interpersonal stress and momentary shape and weight concerns in youth with overweight/obesity	28
The importance of hair satisfaction in appearance evaluation among black adolescent girls	28
Factor structure and psychometric properties of a Korean translation of the Body Appreciation Scale-2	28
Experiences of embodiment during pregnancy and the postpartum period: A qualitative study	27
An experimental investigation of whether body-positive messaging on fitspiration and diverse images can improve state body image in women	27
Follow, filter, filler? Social media usage and cosmetic procedure intention, acceptance, and normalization among young adults	26
Racial identity differences in pathways from sociocultural and objectification constructs to body satisfaction: The U.S. Body Project I	26
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 articles	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
Congenital melanocytic naevus (CMN) through the lens: Using photo-elicitation interviews to explore adjustment in adolescents with a rare birthmark condition	26
Muscularity teasing and its relations with muscularity bias internalization, muscularity-oriented body dissatisfaction, and muscularity-oriented disordered eating in Chinese adult men	26
Effects of online self-compassionate writing on stigmatizing and affirming self-perceptions: Potential boundary conditions in undergraduate women	25
Are diverse models really non-idealized? Investigating body positivity public feed posts of fashion and beauty brands on instagram	25
The body positivity movement is not all that positive on TikTok: A content analysis of body positive TikTok videos	25
Factor structure and psychometric properties of the Muscle Dysmorphic Disorder Inventory (MDDI) among transgender women	25
Imagery versus captions: The effect of body positive Instagram content on young women’s mood and body image	25
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 men	24
Perceived legitimacy of weight-based discrimination: Consequences for group identity, collective action, body satisfaction, and self-esteem	24

Measurement invariance and differential item functioning of the functionality appreciation scale (FAS) in Colombia and Spain	24
Intuitive eating in light of other eating styles and motives: Experiences with construct validity and the Hungarian adaptation of the Intuitive Eating Scale-2	24
Tackling bisexual erasure: An explorative comparison of bisexual, gay and straight cisgender men’s body image	24
Clinical characteristics among sexual minority and heterosexual women with body dysmorphic disorder	24
“Look beyond the weight and accept me”: Adolescent perspectives on parental weight communication	23
Self-concept clarity and appearance-based social comparison to idealized bodies	23
South Asian women in the United Kingdom: The role of skin colour dissatisfaction in acculturation experiences and body dissatisfaction	23
Body image facets as predictors of muscularity-oriented disordered eating in women: Findings from a prospective study	23
Adverse childhood experiences and body dysmorphic symptoms: A meta-analysis	22
Digital modification and body image on social media: Disclaimer labels, captions, hashtags, and comments	22
Body dissatisfaction frequency and duration: Dissociable dimensions of trait body dissatisfaction	22
Targets of comparison and body image in women’s everyday lives: The role of perceived attainability	22
Emotion profiles among adolescent female athletes: Associations with flourishing	21
Supporting individuals with a visible difference: A UK survey of needs and preferences	21
Editorial Board	21
Testing for longitudinal bidirectional associations between self-compassion, self-criticism, and positive body image components	20
“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 Nigeria	20
A qualitative analysis of the usefulness, risks, and challenges of incorporating functionality and body compassion into the prevention and treatment of eating disorders	20
How can we help you? A global investigation into girls’ body image experiences in sport and intervention preferences	20
Confirmatory factor analysis and measurement invariance of the Cognitive Fusion Questionnaire-Body Image in a clinical eating disorder sample	20
How prepartum appearance-related attitudes influence body image and weight-control behaviors of pregnant Japanese women across pregnancy: Latent growth curve modeling analyses	20
The need to belong: Subjective experiences of living with craniofacial conditions and undergoing appearance-altering surgery	19
Digital social evaluation: Relationships between receiving likes, comments, and follows on social media and adolescents’ body image concerns	19
Testing body-related components of objectification theory: A meta-analysis of the relations between body shame, self-objectification, and body dissatisfaction	19
Practice or performance? A content analysis of yoga-related videos on Instagram	19
Women’s refusal to be weighed during healthcare visits: Links to body image	19
Validation of the Appearance-Related Social Media Consciousness Scale with Chinese adolescents and young adults	18
Self-objectification in Chinese pregnant women: The mixed role of functionality appreciation	18
Development and validation of a measure of curvy ideals internalization	18
“Pretty hurts”: Acceptance of hegemonic feminine beauty ideals and reduced sexual well-being among Black women	18
Weight-related teasing is associated with body concerns, disordered eating, and health diagnoses in racially and ethnically diverse young men	18
Disclosing the obvious: Psychosocial implications of (not) explaining facial differences	18
The association between problematic pornography use and eating disorder symptoms among heterosexual and sexual minority men	18
A prospective examination of relationships between social media use and body dissatisfaction in a representative sample of adults	17
The role of social context in own body size estimations: An investigation of the body schema	17
Early appearance concerns after burns: Investigating the roles of psychological flexibility and self-compassion	17
Body image and quality of life in women with breast cancer: Appreciating the body and its functionality	17
Associations between adolescents’ pornography consumption and self-objectification, body comparison, and body shame	17
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 dysmorphia	17
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-19	17
An exploratory examination of internalized weight stigma in a sample living with food insecurity	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
A guide to exploratory structural equation modeling (ESEM) and bifactor-ESEM in body image research	17
Psychometric validation of the Muscle Dysmorphic Disorder Inventory (MDDI) among U.S. transgender men	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
The impact of body image on social cognition: Fear of negative evaluation mediates the relationship between body surveillance and interpersonal distance in women	16
“Intermission!” A short-term social media fast reduces self-objectification among pre-teen and teen dancers	16
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 choice	16
The impact of yoga on body image in adults: A systematic review of quantitative studies	16
Understanding what drives adolescent social media behaviours: Informing approaches for interventions	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
Towards a better understanding of the social stigma of facial difference	15
Evaluation of an 8-week telehealth cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) program for adults with muscle dysmorphia: A pilot and feasibility study	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
Body image in women diagnosed with breast cancer: A grounded theory study	15
#Skin-Lightening: A content analysis of the most popular videos promoting skin-lightening products on TikTok	15
#WhatIEatInADay: The effects of viewing food diary TikTok videos on young adults’ body image and intent to diet	15
The effects of engaging in digital photo modifications and receiving favorable comments on women’s selfies shared on social media	15
A systematic review of weight stigma and disordered eating cognitions and behaviors	15
Editorial Board	15
A systematic review of interventions aiming to promote positive body image in children and adolescents	15
Editorial Board	14
Feminist embodiment, body talk, and body image among mothers and daughters	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
Does seeking the brawns impact the brain?: An investigation of muscularity-oriented disordered behaviors and cognitive function	14
The Sociostructural-Intersectional Body Image (SIBI) framework: Understanding the impact of white supremacy in body image research and practice	14
Editorial Board and Aims & Scopes	14
Fat talk is predicted by body dissatisfaction and social comparison with no interaction effect: Evidence from two replication studies	14
Love me Tinder: The effects of women’s lifetime dating app use on daily body dissatisfaction, disordered eating urges, and negative mood	14