Recent research showed that body image concerns (i.e., drive for thinness and dissatisfaction) may be associated with exposure to images on social networking sites. We analysed this relationship by taking into account the possible mediating role of both appearance-related comparisons comparison others a specific dimension) internalization beauty standards acceptance predominant physical-attract...

Two studies examined the relationship between social comparison orientation (SCO) and two types of closeness (dimensional closeness and psychological closeness) in the context of appearance-related comparisons among women. A pilot study showed that these two types were relatively independent constructs, and provided evidence for the differential validity of the constructs. Consistent with our e...

This study integrated social comparison theory and self-esteem into the objectification theory framework to broaden our understanding of sexual objectification as it relates to body shame and disordered eating. Women (N= 274) from a Midwestern U.S. college completed measures of sexual objectification via appearance feedback, body surveillance, body shame, body comparison, self-esteem, and disor...

A total of 1,760 females and males were assessed for cognitive social comparison processes regarding physical appearance. Participants ranged in age from middle school (7th and 8th graders) to college juniors and seniors. Multidimensional scaling techniques were used as the analytical strategy. The results revealed the existence of two primary comparison dimensions: weight/non-weight and muscle...

The present study investigated the association between body talk on social networking sites (SNS) and dissatisfaction as well mediating effects of appearance ideals internalization comparison in this relationship. Participants were 476 Chinese college students who completed questionnaires regarding SNS talk, thin-ideal internalization, muscular-ideal general attractiveness comparison, dissatisf...

Concern with body image and medical interventions related to physical beauty has greatly increased in the past few years. The purpose of this study is to investigate how medicine is dealing with the theme of beauty. The 2003/2004 editions of the periodicals Aesthetic Surgery Journal and Aesthetic Plastic Surgery were analyzed, in order to investigate the rationality buttressing their discourse....

The aim of this study was to explore 15-year-old adolescents' experiences of appearance-related cyberbullying. Twenty-seven adolescents participated in four focus groups. The adolescents in this study perceived that it is common to be targeted in appearance-related cyberbullying, especially for girls, and that appearance-related cyberbullying is considered to be a potent strategy when attemptin...

Amaç: Günümüzde fotoğraf tabanlı sosyal medya araçlarının kullanımı yaşamın merkezi bir parçası haline gelmeye başlamıştır. Gençler, fiziksel görünümü ön plana çıkaran sitelerini, fotoğraflarını herhangi zamanda akranlarından oluşan izleyici kitlesine yayınlamak amacıyla kullanabilmekte ve medyadaki çekiciliklerini en üst düzeye çıkarmayı amaçlayan davranışlarda bulunabilmektedirler. Görünümle ...

objectives the purpose of this study was to determine the need for orthodontic treatment on the basis of the dental aesthetic index (dai) in the iranian students of ahvaz city. material and methods this cross sectional study was performed on 900 students aged between 11 - 14 years (450 boys, 450 girls). schools were selected based on random cluster sampling from different parts of the city. stu...

Social smiling is universally regarded as being an infant's first facial expression of pleasure. Underlying co-constructivist emotion theories are the assumptions that the emergence of social smiling is bound to experiences of face-to-face interactions with caregivers and the impact of two developmental mechanisms--maternal and infant imitation. We analyzed mother-infant interactions from two d...