Social media, body image, and the question of causation: Meta-analyses of experimental and longitudinal evidence

de Valle, Madelaine K.; Gallego-García, María; Williamson, Paul; Wade, Tracey D.

doi:10.1016/j.bodyim.2021.10.001

Social media, body image, and the question of causation: Meta-analyses of experimental and longitudinal evidence

This article presents four meta-analyses that can inform causality in the relationship between social media and body image; 24 experimental samples comparing the effect of appearance-ideal social media images to non-appearance-related conditions (n = 3816); 21 experimental samples examining the e…