Social comparisons on social media: The impact of Facebook on young women's body image concerns and mood

Fardouly, Jasmine; Diedrichs, Phillippa C; Vartanian, Lenny R.; Halliwell, Emma

doi:10.1016/j.bodyim.2014.12.002

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Designing and evaluating the acceptability of Realshare: An online support community for teenagers and young adults with cancer (2015)
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The Commonwealth Caribbean and Europe: The End of the Affair? (2015)
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© 2015 The Round Table Ltd. Abstract: The institutional relationship between the Commonwealth Caribbean and the European Union (EU) dates back to the mid-1970s, when the Lomé Convention was signed. The agreement was seen as a high water mark in First... Read More about The Commonwealth Caribbean and Europe: The End of the Affair?.

Book review: Kristin A Riekert, Judith K Okene and Lori Pbert (eds), The Handbook of Health Behavior Change (2015)
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The role of the fear-of-loss-of-control marker within the accounts of people affected by dementia about their illness: Implications for psychotherapy (2015)
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One way research can explore the psychological and social factors underlying the awareness of people affected by dementia about their illness is by intensive examination of the process of psychological change as it occurs both within psychotherapy an... Read More about The role of the fear-of-loss-of-control marker within the accounts of people affected by dementia about their illness: Implications for psychotherapy.

Social comparisons on social media: The impact of Facebook on young women's body image concerns and mood (2015)
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© 2014 Elsevier Ltd. The present study experimentally investigated the effect of Facebook usage on women's mood and body image, whether these effects differ from an online fashion magazine, and whether appearance comparison tendency moderates any of... Read More about Social comparisons on social media: The impact of Facebook on young women's body image concerns and mood.