Table 3.
Main features assessed in each article included in the present review (k = 36).
| Author (Year) | Features |
|---|---|
| Affleck et al. (2000) | Downward comparisons of pain intensity only |
| Arigo et al. (2019b) | Target type |
| Dimension | |
| Direction | |
| Bogart et al. (2004) | Target type |
| Dimension | |
| Direction | |
| Mode | |
| Drutschinin et al. (2018) | Appearance comparisons only |
| Direction | |
| Fardouly et al. (2017) | Appearance comparisons only |
| Direction | |
| Mode | |
| Fitzsimmons-Craft (2017) | Target type |
| Dimension | |
| Direction | |
| Fitzsimmons-Craft et al. (2015) | Dimension (separate items for body, exercise, and eating) |
| Fitzsimmons-Craft et al. (2016a) | Dimension (separate items for body, exercise, and eating) |
| Fitzsimmons-Craft et al. (2016b) | Dimension (separate items for body, exercise, and eating) |
| Fuller-Tyszkiewicz et al. (2019) | Body comparisons only |
| Direction | |
| Kashdan et al. (2014) | Direction |
| Koch and Metcalfe (2011), Study 1 | Self-used as upward target only |
| Target type | |
| Target gender | |
| Dimension | |
| Leach and Smith (2006) | Dimension |
| Leahey and Crowther (2008) | Body shape/weight comparisons only |
| Target type | |
| Direction | |
| Leahey et al. (2011a) | Body shape/weight comparisons only |
| Direction | |
| Leahey et al. (2007) | Body shape/weight comparisons only |
| Direction | |
| Lennarz et al. (2017) | Direction |
| Locke and Nekich (2000) | Target type |
| Dimension | |
| Mode (1) | |
| Direction | |
| Similarity | |
| Locke (2003), Study 1 | Target type |
| Dimension | |
| Direction | |
| Similarity | |
| Locke (2003), Study 2 | Target type |
| Dimension | |
| Direction | |
| Mode | |
| Similarity | |
| Locke (2003), Study 3 | Target type |
| Direction | |
| Mode | |
| Similarity | |
| Locke (2005) | Target type |
| Direction | |
| Similarity | |
| Locke (2007), Study 1 | Target type |
| Direction | |
| Mode (1) | |
| Locke (2007), Study 2 | Target type |
| Direction | |
| Similarity | |
| Mills and Fuller-Tyszkiewicz (2018) | Appearance comparisons only |
| Direction | |
| Myers et al. (2012) | Appearance comparisons only |
| Direction | |
| Patrick et al. (2004), Study 2 | Target type |
| Dimension | |
| Direction | |
| Mode | |
| Pila et al. (2016) | Upward comparisons only |
| Dimension (body vs. other) | |
| Pinkus et al. (2008), Study 1 | Comparisons to significant other only |
| Target gender | |
| Dimension | |
| Direction | |
| Rancourt et al. (2015) | Body weight/shape comparisons only |
| Target type | |
| Direction | |
| Ridolfi et al. (2011) | Body weight/shape comparisons only |
| Target type | |
| Direction | |
| Rogers et al. (2017) | Body comparisons only |
| Direction | |
| Spence et al. (2011) | Dimension (work-related only) |
| Direction | |
| Steers et al. (2014), Study 2 | Dimension |
| Direction | |
| Summerville and Roese (2008) | Direction |
| Thøgersen-Ntoumani et al. (2017) | Appearance comparisons only |
| Direction | |
| Thøgersen-Ntoumani et al. (2018) | Appearance comparisons only |
| Direction | |
| Wheeler and Miyake (1992) | Target type |
| Target gender | |
| Dimension | |
| Direction | |
| Mode | |
| Zuckerman and O'Loughlin (2006) | Comparison to the average college student of same age and gender only |
| Dimension | |
| Direction |