Social comparison as a predictor of body dissatisfaction: A meta-analytic review.

By Taryn A. Myers, J. Crowther. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 2009

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A systematic review: the influence of social media on depression, anxiety and psychological distress in adolescents (2019, background): “Interestingly, such behaviour is more common in adolescents than in younger children and adults (Krayer, Ingledew, & Iphofen, 2008; Myers & Crowther, 2009).”
Facebook is Linked to Body Dissatisfaction: Comparing Users and Non-Users (2015, background): “Meta-analyses show that body dissatisfaction has long been an issue that disproportionately affects women (e.g., Feingold and Mazzella 1998; Myers and Crowther 2009), and mediates”
A Social Comparison Theory Meta-Analysis 60+ Years On (2017, methodology): “Some body-image social comparison scales have been meta-analyzed by Myers and Crowther (2009).”
Social Media and Body Image Concerns: Current Research and Future Directions (2016, background): “, magazines [28]).”
Social Media Effects on Young Women’s Body Image Concerns: Theoretical Perspectives and an Agenda for Research (2014, background): “They suggest that the aforementioned individual vulnerability factors should instigate social comparisons made on social media, which in turn should have affective impacts, such as producing dissatisfaction with one’s own body (see Myers and Crowther 2009).”
Instagram use and young women’s body image concerns and self-objectification: Testing mediational pathways (2018, background): “unattainable for most women, often resulting in upward appearance comparisons and greater body dissatisfaction (Myers and Crowther, 2009).”
The relationship between Instagram use and indicators of mental health: A systematic review (2021, background): “Importantly, both social comparison processes and self-/body evaluative processes are important predictors of mental health problems (Ghaderi & Scott; 2001; Myers & Crowther, 2009; Orth et al., 2009, 2012; Sowislo & Orth, 2013; Verduyn et al., 2017).”
Picture Perfect: The Direct Effect of Manipulated Instagram Photos on Body Image in Adolescent Girls (2018, background): “Furthermore, the comparison with peers might affect their body image in a comparable manner as media images do (Myers & Crowther, 2009).”
The Mediating Role of Appearance Comparisons in the Relationship Between Media Usage and Self-Objectification in Young Women (2015, background): “…that women regularly evaluate their appearance by comparing themselves to others (Leahey et al., 2007) and that a greater tendency to make appearance comparisons is associated with greater body dissatisfaction (Myers & Crowther, 2009) and disordered eating (Keery, van den Berg, & Thompson, 2004).”
Appearance-Related Social Networking Sites and Body Image in Young Women: Testing an Objectification-Social Comparison Model (2020, background): “Although social comparison theory suggests that individuals are most likely to compare themselves to similar others, Myers and Crowther (2009) argue that women compare themselves to unrealistic, thin media images of women just as frequently as they compare themselves to similar peers (Engeln-…”
Passive social networking site use and well-being: The mediating roles of social comparison and the fear of missing out (2019, result): “This is in line with previous research that suggests that social comparison is more strongly linked to body dissatisfaction for women compared to men (Myers & Crowther, 2009).”
Weight status and body image perceptions in adolescents: current perspectives (2015, neutral): “Myers and Crowther, 37 in a meta-analytic review of 156 studies, found that the effect of social comparison on body dissatisfaction was negatively related to age, which supported the contention that comparing one’s body to others is particularly problematic during adolescence.”
Body Dysmorphic Disorder among Diverse Racial/Ethnic and Sexual Orientation Groups: Prevalence Estimates and Associated Factors (2010, background): “The validity of this scale has been widely evaluated and supported with many diverse samples including women, men, those with eating disorder diagnoses, and those without any psychiatric diagnosis (see Myers and Crowther 2009 ).”