Frontier mental health research: psychedelics & drug studies

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2 papers

Social media and body dissatisfaction in young adults: An experimental investigation of the effects of different image content and influencing constructs

Castellanos Silva, Raquel, Steins, Gisela
www.frontiersin.org Summary & key facts 2023 34 citations

This is a teaching manual (December 2020) about how to do mediation and moderation analyses with SPSS and the free PROCESS macro. It explains the basic models, the regression equations used to estimate effects, the assumptions needed for causal claims, and common tests for indirect effects (like Sobel and bootstrap).…

Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification Eating Disorders and Behaviors

Images of bodies in mass and social media and body dissatisfaction: The role of internalization and self-discrepancy

Möri, Michelle, Mongillo, Federica, Fahr, Andreas
www.frontiersin.org Summary & key facts 2022 24 citations

The study asked people which body images they see in their own mix of mass media (TV, magazines) and social media (Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, Snapchat) using a new picture scale for women (thinness) and men (muscularity). It found that Facebook and YouTube were linked to stronger perceptions of media body…

Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification Eating Disorders and Behaviors Media Influence and Health
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