ArticleJournal of youth and adolescence2020
A Biopsychosocial Model of Social Media Use and Body Image Concerns, Disordered Eating, and Muscle-Building Behaviors among Adolescent Girls and Boys.
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105 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 272 citations in OpenAlex.
- A systematic review of social media use among rural US adolescents and associated health outcomes.BMC public health · 2026Pooled it
- Body image and mental health in university students: a scoping review of global evidence and research gaps.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Pooled it
- I tweet, therefore I am: a systematic review on social media use and disorders of the social brain.BMC psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
- A systematic review on the eating behaviors of youth exceeding electronic device recommendations.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Pooled it
- The impact of advertising on women's self-perception: a systematic review.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Pooled it
- [Impact of social network use on anorexia and bulimia in female adolescents: a systematic review].Anales del sistema sanitario de Navarra · 2022Pooled it
- The Relationship Between SNS Usage and Disordered Eating Behaviors: A Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Pooled it
- The influence of disordered eating and social media's portrayals of pregnancy on young women's attitudes toward pregnancy.BMC women's health · 2023Trial
- Adolescents' Lived Experiences of Social Media on Perceived Body Image: A Qualitative Synthesis of Evidence.International journal of mental health nursing · 2026Review
- Social Support and Locus of Control in Subclinical Eating-Disorder Tendencies in a Romania-Based Convenience Sample.Diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Bodies on Display: A Scoping Review of Appearance-Focused Social Media, Body Image, Self-Esteem, and Psychological Wellbeing in Adolescent Girls and Young Women.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2026Review
- High-risk influencing factors associated with physical inactivity and gender differences among Chinese university students in 2024.BMC public health · 2026Article
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- How thin is too thin? Evidence from visual aftereffects in body size estimation.Psychological research · 2026Article
- From Scroll to Soul: Spirituality as a Moderator Between Social Media Addiction, Emotional Eating, and Quality of Life Among Young Adults in Poland.Journal of religion and health · 2026Article
- Patterns of Cognitive-Emotional Responses to Online Body Shaming and Pathological Behavior Odds Among Adolescents (11-17).Scandinavian journal of psychology · 2026Article
- Body image and social media as predictors of pregnancy health behaviors.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Impact of artificial intelligence-generated self-images on children's body image development: a cross-sectional study in Mexico.Psicologia, reflexao e critica : revista semestral do Departamento de Psicologia da UFRGS · 2026Article
- Eating behaviors in the digital age: the role of social media and healthy diet literacy.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2026Article
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Abstract
Social media use is associated with body image concerns, disordered eating and body change behaviors in adolescents. This study aimed to examine these relationships within a biopsychosocial framework and test an integrated model. A sample of 681 adolescents (49% female), mean age = 12.76 years (SD = 0.74), completed a questionnaire assessing social media use, depression, self-esteem, body mass index, social media and muscular ideal internalization, appearance comparison, body dissatisfaction, disordered eating, and muscle-building behaviors. Path analysis was used to test the hypothetical model, which after modification revealed good fit to the data, although gender differences emerged. The findings suggest that biopsychosocial frameworks are useful for conceptualizing relationships between social media use and body image, eating, and muscle building outcomes.
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