Articles
1. Maes, C., Schreurs, L., van Oosten, J. M., & Vandenbosch, L. (2019). #(Me)too much? The role of sexualizing online media in adolescents’ resistance towards the metoo-movement and acceptance of rape myths. Journal of Adolescence, 77, 59-69. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2019.10.005
3. Maes, C., & Vandenbosch, L. (2021). “Consent Is Sexy”: exploring the portrayal of prosocial sexuality messages in youth-oriented series. Journal of Children and Media, 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1080/17482798.2021.1982741
5. Maes, C., Vandenbosch, L. Adolescents’ Use of Sexually Explicit Internet Material Over the Course of 2019–2020 in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Three-wave Panel Study. Arch Sex Behav, 51, 105–121 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-021-02122-5
7. Maes, C., & Vandenbosch, L. (2022). “I love my body; I love it all”: Body Positivity Messages in Youth-Oriented Television Series. Mass Communication and Society, 1-25. https://doi.org/10.1080/15205436.2022.2030756
9. Maes, C., & Vandenbosch, L. (2022). Adolescent girls’ Instagram and TikTok use: Examining relations with body image-related constructs over time using random intercept cross-lagged panel models. Body Image, 41, 453-459. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2022.04.015
11. Noon, E. J., Maes, C., Karsay, K., & Vandenbosch, L. (2023). Making the Good Better? Investigating the Long-Term Associations Between Capitalization on Social Media and Adolescents’ Life Satisfaction. Media Psychology, 1-25. https://doi.org/10.1080/15213269.2023.2227941
13. Maes, C., Schwertberger, U., Rieger, D., & Vandenbosch, L. (2023). Adolescents’ Remembering of Sexual Television Narratives and Their Relations with Positive Sexuality Components: A Biographic Resonance Perspective. Mass Communication and Society. https://doi.org/10.1080/15205436.2023.2256316
15. Kvardova, N., Maes, C., (joint first author) & Vandenbosch, L. (2024). BoPo Online, BoPo Offline? Engagement with Body Positivity Posts, Positive Appearance Comments on Social Media, and Adolescents’ Appearance-Related Prosocial Tendencies. Computers in Human Behavior, 108471. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2024.108471
17. Noon, E., Maes, C., Karsay, K., Yang, C., Pesout, O, & Stefańczyk, M. (2025). From Stigma to Strength? The Interrelations Between Sexual Identity Stigma, Well-Being, and Accepting Communities on Instagram Amongst Sexual Minority Youth. Journal of adolescence. https://doi.org/10.1002/jad.12465
19. Kvardova, N., Maes, C., Vandenbosch, L., & Macháčková, H. (2025). Navigating Beauty Standards on Social Media: Impact of Appearance Activity on Adolescents’ Body Dissatisfaction. Journal of Youth and Adolescence. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-025-02159-y
21. Maes, C., Vanherle, R., Fardouly, J., & Vandenbosch, L. (2025). #BoPo, #Ideal, or #Mixed? Exploring Adolescents’ Daily Exposure to Appearance Content on Social Media and Its Relations with Body Image Components. Communication Research. https://doi.org/10.1177/00936502251338901
23. Dedecker, L., Schreurs, L., Vandenbosch, L., Pellemans, E., Van Hul, L., & Maes, C. (2025). #Visible difference: A multi-method study investigating content of and responses to influencers with visible differences. Body Image, 54. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2025.101921
25. Vranken, I., Maes, C. (shared first author), de Lenne, O., & Vandenbosch, L. (2025). “No one wants to see curvy women”. The absence of diverse models in magazine advertisements: A 10-year perspective. Body Image, 54, 101944. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2025.101944
27. Medina, C. M., Maes, C., Maheux, A. J., Roberts, S. R., & Choukas-Bradley, S. (2026). From the screen to the bed: Appearance-related social media consciousness and sexual well-being among emerging adult women and men. Body Image, 56, 102018. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2025.102018
29. Maes, C., Alleva, J., & Vandenbosch, L. (2025). Exploring the Impact of Heterogeneous Body Image Themes in Entertainment Fiction Narratives among Youth: Attention to Interpretation. Mass Communication And Society. https://doi.org/10.1080/15205436.2026.2630368
31. Maes, C., Kotiuga, J. & Maheux, A.J. Sexual Communication: Assessing the Validity of Three Scales that Reflect In-Person, Text-Based, and Voice Chat-Based Frequency of Communication Among U.S. Young Adults. Arch Sex Behav (2026). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-026-03444-y
33. Maes, C., B. A. Ladd, and A. J. Maheux. (2026). How Appearance-Related Avoidance Relates to Anxiety in Early Adolescence: Evidence from Longitudinal Analyses. Social Development, 35. https://doi.org/10.1111/sode.70077
35. Dedecker, L., Vandenbosch, L., Maes, C., Meirte, J., & Schreurs, L. (2026). Seeing and being seen: A latent class analysis of social media use among young individuals with visible differences and its links to sociodemographic characteristics, norms, and body image. Psychology of Popular Media. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/ppm0000693
2. Maes, C., Trekels, J., Tylka, T., & Vandenbosch, L. (2021). The Positive Body Image among Adolescents Scale (PBIAS): Conceptualization, Development, and Psychometric Evaluation among Adolescents from Belgium. Body Image, 38, 270-288. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2021.05.004
4. Maes, C., & Vandenbosch, L. (2021). Physically Distant, Virtually Close: Adolescents’ Sexting Behaviors during a Strict Lockdown Period of the COVID-19 crisis. Computers in Human Behavior, 126. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2021.107033
6. Maes, C., Trekels, J., Impett, E., & Vandenbosch, L. (2023). The Development of the Positive Sexuality in Adolescence Scale (PSAS). The Journal of Sex Research, 60(1), 45-61. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2021.2011826
8. Maes, C., & de Lenne, O. (2022). Filters and fillers: Belgian adolescents’ filter use on social media and the acceptance of cosmetic surgery. Journal of Children and Media, 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1080/17482798.2022.2079696
10. Maes, C., Van Ouytsel, J., & Vandenbosch, L. (2023). Victim blaming and non-consensual forwarding of sexts among late adolescents and young adults. Archives of sexual behavior, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-023-02537-2
12. Maes, C., & Vandenbosch, L. (2023). Longitudinal Relations Between Heterosexual Adolescents’ Perceived Exposure to Sex-Positive Television Messages and Their Supportive Attitudes and Behaviors Toward the LGBTQ+ Community. Communication Research, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-023-02537-2
14. Maes, C., Wright, P.J., & Vandenbosch, L. (2024). Adolescents’ Viewing of Mainstream and Paraphilic Pornography and Sexual Health Components: Attention to Within-and Between-Person Dynamics Over Time. Health Communication.https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2024.2335691
16. Maes, C., Van Ouytsel, J., & Vandenboch, L. (2024). Active Bystanders in the Forwarding of Sexting Messages: Applying a Theory of Planned Behavior in Youth. New Media & Society. https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448241287729
18. Maheux, A., Maes, C., Burnell, K., Bauer, D., Prinstein, M., Telzer, E. (2025). Social media are many things: Addressing the Components and Patterns of Adolescent Social Media Use. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences.https://doi.org/10.1111/nyas.15326
20. Uyar, A., Vankerkhoven, L., Maes, C., Claes, L., & Luyckx, K. (2025). Positive Body Image in Adolescence: Longitudinal associations with identity and eating disorder symptoms. Journal of Youth and Adolescence.https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-024-02121-4
22. Vandenbosch, L., Konings, F., Fitzgerald, K., Fardouly, J., Beelen, E., Tabruyn, T., Karsay, K., & Maes, C. (2025). Adolescents’ sexualized self-presentations on social media: A cross-national data donation study. Media Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1080/15213269.2025.2509500
24. Maes, C., Fardouly, J., & Vandenbosch, L. (2025). A Qualitative Exploration of Belgian Adolescents’ and Young Adults’ Views on Idealized and Body Positive Content on Social Media. Body Image. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2025.101938
26. Kotiuga, J., Maes, C. & Maheux, A.J. Exploring Knowledge and Comfort with Genital Anatomical Terminology Among Young Adults. Arch Sex Behav (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-025-03360-7
28. Gonzalez, A., Maes, C. (joint first author), & Rousseau, A. (2026). Investigating the role of social media and news media in pro-environmental behaviors over time: An application of the general learning model among Belgian adolescents. Journal of Children and Media, 1–21. https://doi.org/10.1080/17482798.2026.2624805
30. Maes, C., &Vandenbosch, L. (2026). The good, the bad, and the mixed? Theorizing the Processing of Heterogeneous Content (PHC) model, Annals of the International Communication Association. https://doi.org/10.1093/anncom/wlag016
32. Maheux, A., Maes, C., & Buck, B. (2026). GenAI in the lives of young adults: Exploring motivations and mental health. Journal of Adolescent Health. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2026.03.014
34. Willems, T., Dedecker, L., Vanhoffelen, G., Maes, C., & Vandenbosch, L. (2026). Belgian, French, and Slovenian Adolescents’ Visual Sexting Practices and Its Links with Body Image and Sexuality. Sexuality Research and Social Policy. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13178-026-01402-w
36. Maheux, A. J., & Maes, C. (2026). Coming of Age With Generative Artificial Intelligence: The High Stakes of Automating Adolescent Development. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/1745691626146077
Book Chapters
1. Maes, C., Van Oosten, J.M F., Vandenbosch, L. (2019). Media Use and Development of Sexual Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviors. In: J. Van den Bulck (Eds.) The International Encyclopedia of Media Psychology. Wiley-Blackwell. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781119011071
3. Maes, C., Van Oosten, J.M F., Vandenbosch, L. (2022). Media and Sexual Development. In: D. Lemish (Eds.) The Routledge International Handbook of Children, Adolescents, and Media. https://www.routledge.com/The-Routledge-International-Handbook-of-Children-Adolescents-and-Media/Lemish/p/book/9780367633387?srsltid=AfmBOopzQ25xRBDNju9edpuKSBxYj1qdXd0_MeUccH1MTBmo7hJUmnOn
5. Van Ouytsel, J., Maes, C., & Vandenbosch, L. (submitted). Youth’s engagement in sexting and their sexuality development. In Hust, S., Willoughby, J., & Ortiz, R. (Eds.) Investigating Sexual Media and Adolescent Sexuality. https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781032648880-14/image-based-sexting-sexual-abuse-experiences-among-early-adolescents-joris-van-ouytsel-chelly-maes-laura-vandenbosch
7. Maes, C., Karsay, K., & Noon, E. (2025). Digital Media and Sexually and Gender Diverse Adolescents. In Baams, L., & Kaufman, T. (Eds.) Sexually and Gender Diverse Adolescents. Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/Sexually-and-Gender-Diverse-Adolescents-Critical-Perspectives-on-Risk-and-Resilience/Baams-Kaufman/p/book/9781032736532
9. Dedecker, L., Maes, C., Schreurs, L., & Vandenbosch, L. (accepted). The Portrayal and Impact of Diverse Appearance Traits in Digital Advertisements: Recent Trends and Future Directions. In Fernandez, B.F., Moralez, M.J., & Sadaba, C. (Eds.) Digital Influencers and Children and Youth Well-Being. Springer Nature. https://link.springer.com/book/9783032230560
2. Maes, C., & Vandenbosch, L. (2022). Adolescents’ Digital Media Interactions within the Context of Sexuality Development. In: Nesi, J., Telzer, E., & Prinstein, M. (Eds.) Handbook of Adolescent Digital Media use and Mental Health. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108976237
4. Maes, C., Arimoro, F., & Charmaraman, L. (2024). Sexuality and Media: Exploration and Exploitation. In: Harrisson, V., Collier, A., & Adelsheim, S. (Eds.) Social Media and Youth Mental Health. https://www.appi.org/Products/Child-and-Adolescent-Psychiatry/Social-Media-and-Youth-Mental-Health
6. Maes, C., Vandenbosch, L., & Wright, P. (2024). The Impact of Online Pornography Consumption. In Rich, G.J., Kumar, V.K., & Farley, F. (Eds.) Handbook of Media Psychology – The Science and The Practice. Springer Nature.https://www.academia.edu/119197220/Handbook_of_Media_Psychology_The_Science_and_the_Practice
8. Maes, C., Trekels, J., Tylka, T., & Vandenbosch, L. (2025). The Positive Body Image among Adolescents Scale. In Ramseyer Winter, G., Landor, A., & Tylka, T. (Eds.) The Handbook of Body Image-Related Measures. https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/handbook-of-body-imagerelated-measures/9038D72F8C1BB1C41577C7A8A3974949
10. Dedecker, L., Vankerckhoven, L., Vandenbosch, L., Schreurs, L., Maes, C. (2025). Developmental Considerations. In: M. Fuller-Tyszkiewicz, T. Tylka, J. Webb, R. Rodgers (Eds.), Handbook of Body Image, Chapt. 33. Guilford.
