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The longitudinal and reciprocal relationships between selfie-related behaviors and self-objectification and appearance concerns among adolescents:

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Results indicated that selfie-editing, but not selfie-posting, predicted increases in adolescents’ self-objectification and appearance concerns (both body and face) over time, whereas body dissatisfaction had no influence on subsequent selfie-related behaviors among adolescents.
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A few cross-sectional studies have found that selfie-related behaviors have positive associations with self-objectification or appearance concerns, but little is known about whether bidirectional r...

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Do selfie-expectancies and social appearance anxiety predict adolescents’ problematic social media use?

TL;DR: It was showed that boys' anxiety concerning self-appearance and the expectancy that selfies could improve their self-confidence were both predictors of their problematic social media use, while despite a higher level of social appearance anxiety among girls, it did not influence theirsocial media use.
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Social media and body image: Recent trends and future directions

TL;DR: A review of recent trends in social media and body image research is presented in this paper , with a particular focus on different social media platforms, features unique to social media, and potentially positive content for body image.
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Adolescents’ Body Shame and Social Networking Sites: The Mediating Effect of Body Image Control in Photos

TL;DR: In this article, the mediating effect of body image control in photos on problematic social networking site (SNS) use was evaluated, showing that body shame strongly predicted body image controlling in SNS photos, leading indirectly to both male and female adolescents' problematic social media use.
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Selfie-engagement on social media: Pathological narcissism, positive expectation, and body objectification - Which is more influential?

TL;DR: Men’s and women’'s body-objectification played a pivotal role on selfie-engagement, and positive selfie-expectancies predicted selfie-Engagement, especially among women.
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The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life

TL;DR: For instance, in the case of an individual in the presence of others, it can be seen as a form of involuntary expressive behavior as discussed by the authors, where the individual will have to act so that he intentionally or unintentionally expresses himself, and the others will in turn have to be impressed in some way by him.
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A Theory of Social Comparison Processes

Leon Festinger
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The Benefits of Facebook “Friends:” Social Capital and College Students’ Use of Online Social Network Sites

TL;DR: Facebook usage was found to interact with measures of psychological well-being, suggesting that it might provide greater benefits for users experiencing low self-esteem and low life satisfaction.
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Objectification Theory: Toward Understanding Women's Lived Experiences and Mental Health Risks:

TL;DR: In this article, the authors offer objectification theory as a framework for understanding the experiential consequences of being female in a culture that sexually objectifies the female body, and propose a framework to understand the effects of objectification on women.
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