The Peer Appearance Culture During Adolescence: Gender and Body Mass Variations

287 citations recorded by the source corpus.

How researchers see this paper

The researchers whose trusted networks rank it highest, strongest advocate first. Every researcher gets a different order.

Gender and Age Group Differences in Mass Media and Interpersonal Influences on Body Dissatisfaction Among Chinese Adolescents (2012, background): “2004; Lawler and Nixon 2011), but boys may discuss muscle-building with friends more often than girls discuss dieting (Jones and Crawford 2006).”
Fat Talk and Body Image Disturbance (2017, background): “Another form of indirect influence on body image, ‘‘appearance conversations,’’ centers on broad appearance-related issues, which tacitly or explicitly promote the importance of one’s appearance, and encourage the construction and reliance upon appearance ideals (D. C. Jones & Crawford, 2006).”
The Effects of Gender and Family, Friend, and Media Influences on Eating Behaviors and Body Image During Adolescence (2007, background): “Male adolescents perceive appearance-related pressure and teasing at levels that are similar to or higher than females (Jones and Crawford, 2006), and appearance-related criticism by peers is significantly positively correlated with body dissatisfaction among males (Jones et al.”