School Section: Part 11.

References and further reading.

American Academy of Pediatrics, (2016).Media and Young Minds, Council on Communications and Media, October 2016.

Children, teens, media and body image, 2015 A Common Sense Research Brief. January 21, 2015.

Cooley, E. & Toray, T. 2001.Body image and personality predictors of eating disorder symptoms during the college years.Int J Eat Disord. 2001 Jul;30(1):28-36.

Dooley, Barbara A., Fitzgerald, Amanda : My World Survey : National Study of Youth Mental Health in Ireland. Headstrong and UCD School of Psychology, 2012-05.

Grabe, S., Ward, L. M., & Hyde, J. S. (2008). The role of the media in body image concerns among women: A meta-analysis of experimental and correlational studies. Psychological Bulletin, 134(3), 460-476.

Fardouly, J, Vartanian, LR (2016) Social media and body image concerns: current research and future directions. Current Opinion in Psychology 9: 1–5.

Gonzales, A & Hancock, J. (2011) Mirror, Mirror on my Facebook Wall: Effects of Exposure to Facebook on Self-Esteem. Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking.Vol. 14. No. 1-2.

Goodings, L, Tucker, IM (2014) Social media and the co-production of bodies online: Bergson, Serres and Facebook timeline. Media, Culture & Society 36(1): 37–51.

McNicholas F, Lydon A, Lennon R, Dooley B (2009) Eating concerns and media influences in an Irish adolescent context.European Eating Disorders Review17(3):208-213

Slaughter, V and Brownell, C.A. 2013 Early Development of Body Representations (Cambridge Studies in Cognitive and Perceptual Development).

Tiggemann, M. Slater, A (2013). NetGirls: The Internet, Facebook, and body image concern in adolescent girls. International Journal of Eating Disorders. Volume 46, Issue 6. 630 – 633.

FURTHER READING:

• Body Image Influences

• A Youth Perspective. Advice from young people on challenging social media pressure

• Additional Body Image Research

• Early signs of negative body image

LINKS TO RELEVANT ARTICLES:

• https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/aug/29/teens-desert-social-media

• The Guardian: Revealed: the more time that children chat on social media, the less happy they feel – April 2017

• Irish Independent: Irish psychotherapist on the impact of social media on teens: ‘They’re presenting with clinical levels of anxiety that are having a debilitating impact on their lives’. 2016

• The Guardian.Photo-altering apps a ‘rabbit-hole’ for young girls, Teen Vogue editor says. May 2017

BOOKS:

Anne McCormack: Keeping your child safe on social media. Five Easy Steps.Orpen Press. (2017).