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Appearance Comparison

Appearance Comparison is a form of social comparison in which individuals evaluate their own physical appearance relative to that of others, distinguishing itself from other domains of comparison by focusing specifically on perceived attractiveness, body image, or physical attributes.

384

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30.4K

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1K

Authors

473

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2017–2026

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384

"Their ideas of beauty are, on the whole, the same as ours": Consistency and variability in the cross-cultural perception of female physical attractiveness.

Michael R. Cunningham, Alan Roberts, Anita P. Barbee et al. · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 1995 · 797 citations

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Person re-identification by probabilistic relative distance comparison

Wei‐Shi Zheng, Shaogang Gong, Tao Xiang · 2011 · 682 citations

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The Role of Social Comparison in the Effect of Magazine Advertisements on Women's Mood and Body Dissatisfaction

Marika Tiggemann, Belinda McGill · Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology · 2004 · 650 citations

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Facebook Photo Activity Associated with Body Image Disturbance in Adolescent Girls

Evelyn P. Meier, James Gray · Cyberpsychology Behavior and Social Networking · 2013 · 596 citations

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Body Image Among Adolescent Girls and Boys: A Longitudinal Study.

Diane Carlson Jones · Developmental Psychology · 2004 · 533 citations

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Authors

1K

  1. MT
    Marika Tiggemann

    Flinders University, Australia

    13 publications · 2.9K citations

    13

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  2. JF
    Jasmine Fardouly

    Macquarie University, Australia

    11 publications · 2K citations

    11

    h-index

  3. LR
    Lenny R. Vartanian

    UNSW Sydney, Australia

    9 publications · 1.9K citations

    9

    h-index

  4. SJ
    Susan J. Paxton

    La Trobe University, Australia

    6 publications · 1.2K citations

    6

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  5. VS
    Viren Swami

    University of Westminster, United Kingdom

    5 publications · 265 citations

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Institutions

473

  1. UNSW Sydney

    Sydney, Australia

    13 h-index

    25 publications

    4.7K citations

  2. Flinders University

    Adelaide, Australia

    13 h-index

    31 publications

    6.6K citations

  3. University of South Florida

    Tampa, United States

    12 h-index

    28 publications

    3.9K citations

  4. Macquarie University

    Sydney, Australia

    10 h-index

    18 publications

    1.7K citations

  5. La Trobe University

    Melbourne, Australia

    7 h-index

    17 publications

    2.7K citations

  6. The University of Melbourne

    Melbourne, Australia

    7 h-index

    9 publications

    911 citations

  7. Southwest University

    Chongqing, China

    6 h-index

    15 publications

    465 citations

  8. University of the West of England

    Bristol, United Kingdom

    6 h-index

    10 publications

    767 citations

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Venues

  1. Body Image

    50 publications · 6.3K citations

    37

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  2. International Journal of Eating Disorders

    16 publications · 1.7K citations

    16

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  3. Psychology of Women Quarterly

    11 publications · 1K citations

    11

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  4. Sex Roles

    9 publications · 493 citations

    9

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  5. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology

    8 publications · 1.8K citations

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