Jasmine Fardouly

TL;DR: Initial longitudinal evidence for the decline of adolescent’s mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic is provided, suggesting that adolescents are more concerned about the government restrictions designed to contain the spread of the virus, than the virus itself, and that those concerns are associated with increased anxiety and depressive symptoms, and decreased life satisfaction.

TL;DR: Women high in appearance comparison tendency reported more facial, hair, and skin-related discrepancies after Facebook exposure than exposure to the control website.

TL;DR: Results showed a positive relationship between Facebook usage and body image concerns, which was mediated by appearance comparisons in general, frequency of comparisons to close friends and distant peers, and by upward comparisons to distant peers and celebrities.

TL;DR: For instance, this paper found that Facebook usage is associated with body image concerns among young women and men, and longitudinal studies suggest that this association may strengthen over time, and appearance comparisons play a role in the relationship between social media and body image.

TL;DR: Upward appearance comparisons through social media were associated with more negative outcomes on all measures than comparisons made in person, and with morenegative mood than comparisons in any other context, highlighting the importance of the appearance comparison context.