Social media and body image: Modulating effects of social identities and user characteristics

RF Rodgers, A Rousseau - Body Image, 2022 - Elsevier
Social media use and exposure, in particular to highly visual and appearance-focused
content, has shown a relationship with poorer body image with small to moderate effect …

When is masculinity “fragile”? An expectancy-discrepancy-threat model of masculine identity

A Stanaland, S Gaither… - Personality and social …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Academic Abstract Manhood is a precarious social status. Under perceived gender identity
threat, men are disproportionately likely to enact certain stereotype-consistent responses …

The role of sexual orientation in the relationships between body perception, body weight dissatisfaction, physical comparison, and eating psychopathology in the …

P Meneguzzo, E Collantoni, E Bonello… - Eating and Weight …, 2021 - Springer
Purpose Body weight dissatisfaction (BWD) and visual body perception are specific aspects
that can influence the own body image, and that can concur with the development or the …

“White, tall, top, masculine, muscular”: Narratives of intracommunity stigma in young sexual minority men's experience on mobile apps

PL Hammack, B Grecco, BDM Wilson… - Archives of sexual …, 2022 - Springer
What forms of intracommunity stigma do young sexual minority men narrate as they
participate in communities through mobile apps? In a content analysis of 32 interviews with …

Navigating a muscular and sexualized Instagram feed: An experimental study examining how Instagram affects both heterosexual and nonheterosexual men's body …

SR Sumter, D Cingel, L Hollander - Psychology of Popular Media, 2022 - psycnet.apa.org
Despite nearly equal Instagram use rates between men and women, research on the effects
of Instagram use on body image has mainly focused on women, and continued research on …

Twinks, Jocks, and Bears, Oh My! Differing subcultural appearance identifications among gay men and their associated eating disorder psychopathology

SM Fogarty, DC Walker - Body Image, 2022 - Elsevier
Gay men have increased risk of body dissatisfaction and disordered eating compared to
heterosexual men, and it is unclear what differentiates their risk for thinness-and muscularity …

The effectiveness of an instagram intervention targeted at men to reduce body dissatisfaction

C Stiff, M Cutts - Current Psychology, 2024 - Springer
Instagram is a hugely popular social media website; however, research has suggested that
continued use of the site may lead to increased body dissatisfaction and lower body esteem …

Embodied, situated, and co-constructed: young sexual minority men's experiences of intersectional identity and minority stress

EA McConnell, P Tull, M Birkett - Sex Roles, 2021 - Springer
Intersectionality, minority stress, and social ecological theories have all been important
frameworks for understanding mechanisms that create and maintain sexual and gender …

Understanding eating disorder symptoms in same-gender couples: social environmental factors

DL Rosenbaum, KJ August, MM Gillen… - Journal of Eating …, 2023 - Springer
Background Sexual minority individuals are at disproportionately greater risk for eating
disorders, yet little is known about the ways in which factors in the social environment relate …

[PDF][PDF] Social media uses amongst adolescents: motives, minority stress and eudaimonic well-being

MÁ López-Sáez, V Pérez-Torres, Y Pastor… - 2024 - revistas.um.es
Introduction: The scientific evidence regarding the effects of online social media use on the
well-being of adolescents is mixed. In general, passive uses (receiving, viewing content …