title: Facebook and body image concern in adolescent girls: A prospective study.
abstract: The primary aim of the study was to examine the relationship across time between Facebook use and body image concern in adolescent girls.
  
  
  
  A sample of 438 girls in the first two years (Years 8 and 9) of high school (aged 13-15 years) at Time 1 completed questionnaire measures of Facebook consumption and body image concerns, and again two years later (Time 2).
  
  
  
  Facebook involvement increased substantially over the two year time period. Body image concerns also increased. Number of Facebook friends was found to prospectively predict the observed increase in drive for thinness. On the other hand, internalization and body surveillance prospectively predicted the observed increase in number of Facebook friends.
  
  
  
  It was concluded that Facebook "friendships" represent a potent sociocultural force in the body image of adolescent girls. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. (Int J Eat Disord 2017; 50:80-83).
authors.affiliation: School of Psychology, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia.
authors.forename: Marika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tiggemann
authors.affiliation: Centre for Appearance Research, University of the West of England, Bristol, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Amy
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Slater
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001828:Body Image; D005260:Female; D033062:Friends; D006801:Humans; D011446:Prospective Studies; D061108:Social Media / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013851:Thinness
keywords: adolescents; body image; drive for thinness; facebook; social networking