| I “like” the way you look: How appearance-focused and overall Facebook use contribute to adolescents' self-sexualization J Trekels, LM Ward, S Eggermont Computers in Human Behavior 81, 198-208, 2018 | 75 | 2018 |
| Picture-perfect lives on social media: A cross-national study on the role of media ideals in adolescent well-being O de Lenne, L Vandenbosch, S Eggermont, K Karsay, J Trekels Media psychology 23 (1), 52-78, 2020 | 70 | 2020 |
| Beauty is good: The appearance culture, the internalization of appearance ideals, and dysfunctional appearance beliefs among tweens J Trekels, S Eggermont Human Communication Research 43 (2), 173-192, 2017 | 59 | 2017 |
| How social and mass media relate to youth’s self-sexualization: Taking a cross-national perspective on rewarded appearance ideals J Trekels, K Karsay, S Eggermont, L Vandenbosch Journal of Youth and Adolescence 47, 1440-1455, 2018 | 56 | 2018 |
| Sexualized video game avatars and self-objectification in adolescents: The role of gender congruency and activation frequency L Vandenbosch, K Driesmans, J Trekels, S Eggermont Media Psychology 20 (2), 221-239, 2017 | 53 | 2017 |
| Linking magazine exposure to social appearance anxiety: The role of appearance norms in early adolescence J Trekels, S Eggermont Journal of Research on Adolescence 27 (4), 736-751, 2017 | 52 | 2017 |
| “I (Don’t) Respect My Body”: Investigating the role of mass media use and self-objectification on adolescents’ positive body image in a cross-national study K Karsay, J Trekels, S Eggermont, L Vandenbosch Mass Communication and Society 24 (1), 57-84, 2021 | 35 | 2021 |
| “I can/should look like a media figure”: The association between direct and indirect media exposure and teens’ sexualizing appearance behaviors J Trekels, S Eggermont The Journal of Sex Research 55 (3), 320-333, 2018 | 27 | 2018 |
| The Positive Body Image among Adolescents Scale (PBIAS): Conceptualization, development, and psychometric evaluation among adolescents from Belgium C Maes, J Trekels, TL Tylka, L Vandenbosch Body Image 38, 270-288, 2021 | 25 | 2021 |
| Preadolescents’ reliance on and internalization of media appearance ideals: Triggers and consequences A Rousseau, J Trekels, S Eggermont The Journal of Early Adolescence 38 (8), 1074-1099, 2018 | 25 | 2018 |
| Reciprocal relationships between music television exposure and adolescents’ sexual behaviors: The role of perceived peer norms E Frison, L Vandenbosch, J Trekels, S Eggermont Sex Roles 72, 183-197, 2015 | 21 | 2015 |
| Expanding models testing media contributions to self-sexualization P Grower, LM Ward, J Trekels Sage open 9 (2), 2158244019848905, 2019 | 18 | 2019 |
| Beauty ideals from reality television and young women’s tanning behavior: An internalization and self-objectification perspective J Trekels, S Eggermont, E Koppen, L Vandenbosch Communication Quarterly 66 (3), 325-343, 2018 | 16 | 2018 |
| Me, myself, and my favorite media figure: An objectification perspective on the role of media and peers in early adolescents’ self-sexualization J Trekels, S Eggermont Mass Communication and Society 24 (1), 31-56, 2021 | 12 | 2021 |
| Aspiring to have the looks of a celebrity: Young girls’ engagement in appearance management behaviors J Trekels, S Eggermont European Journal of Pediatrics 176, 857-863, 2017 | 12 | 2017 |
| Television, news media, social media and adolescents’ and young adults’ violations of the COVID-19 lockdown measures: A prototype willingness model I Vranken, N Brimmel, L Vandenbosch, J Trekels Telematics and informatics 70, 101817, 2022 | 9 | 2022 |
| The development of the positive sexuality in adolescence scale (PSAS) C Maes, J Trekels, E Impett, L Vandenbosch The Journal of Sex Research 60 (1), 45-61, 2023 | 8 | 2023 |
| The ubiquity of beauty-is-good in media: Understanding the importance of appearance in adolescents’ lives J Trekels | 5 | 2018 |
| Media ideals and other-sex peer norms among Belgian early adolescents: equating self-worth with attractiveness J Trekels, L Vangeel, S Eggermont Journal of Children and Media 11 (4), 466-484, 2017 | 4 | 2017 |
| Adolescents’ Multi-Layered Media Processing: A Panel Study on Positive and Negative Perceptions Toward Ideals and Adolescents’ Appearance Anxiety J Trekels, S Eggermont Communication Research, 00936502231151471, 2023 | 2 | 2023 |
