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Nine body areas of interest (AOIs) were defined: face, chest, arm, abdomen, hip, thigh, shin, calf, and trunk back.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      A significant Gender \u00d7 AOI interaction was found for both fixation duration and fixation frequency (both\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      &amp;lt; .001). Males showed greater fixation on the chest and arm, whereas females fixated more on the face and hip. BIP variables showed significant gender main effects but no significant change following exposure. Negative affect (PANAS-N) decreased significantly after influencer exposure (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      &amp;lt; .05), particularly for upset, irritable, and distressed items. After false discovery rate (FDR) correction, BIP discrepancy was negatively correlated with chest fixation in males (\n                      <jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>\n                      = \u2212.563), whereas pre-exposure upset (PANAS2) positively predicted fixation on the chest and trunk back in females (\n                      <jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>\n                      = .524\u2013.535). Regression analyses confirmed these gender-specific pathways.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Discussion and Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>These exploratory findings suggest that gaze patterns toward influencer body parts differ by gender, with body image cognition more prominent in males and affective state more prominent in females. Future confirmatory research incorporating direct measures of body surveillance, social media use, and muscularity drive is needed to validate these patterns.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fpsyg.2026.1857912","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,6]],"date-time":"2026-07-06T12:21:49Z","timestamp":1783340509000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Gender differences in gaze patterns to Instagram influencer body parts: predicted by subjective body image perception and negative affect"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"17","author":[{"given":"Kyulee","family":"Shin","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Sports Sciences, Seoul National University of Science & Technology","place":["Seoul, Republic of Korea"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Youngirl","family":"Jeon","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Research Institute for Physical Fitness and Sport Science, Sungkyunkwan University","place":["Suwon-si, Republic of Korea"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,2]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"244","DOI":"10.5964\/ejop.6443","article-title":"The role of social appearance comparison in body dissatisfaction of adolescent boys and girls","volume":"19","author":"Barbierik","year":"2023","journal-title":"Eur. 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