Body Size Stereotyping and Internalization of the Thin Ideal in Preschool Girls

Harriger, Jennifer A.; Calogero, Rachel M.; Witherington, David C.; Smith, Jane Ellen

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“…The growing desire for thinness may be related to increased media exposure and the subsequent interiorisation of western society's concepts of beauty, which are focused on thinness and slenderness in women and on muscularity in men (Harriger et al, 2010;Ra et al, 2016;Raich, 2001).…”

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Percepción del Tamaño Corporal e Insatisfacción en Niños de 3 a 6 Años: Una Revisión Sistemática

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Título: Percepción del tamaño corporal e insatisfacción en Niños de 3 a 6 años: una revisión sistemática. Resumen: La imagen corporal es un constructo ampliamente estudiado, sobre todo en lo que se refiere a la percepción e insatisfacción con la propia imagen. La mayoría de las investigaciones se centran en la adolescencia y adultez, aunque los problemas de insatisfacción aparecen cada vez a edades más tempranas. Por tanto, el propósito de este estudio fue analizar los hallazgos más transcendentes sobre insatisfacción corporal y percepción del propio tamaño corporal en niños de 3 a 6 años (segundo ciclo de Educación Infantil). A tal fin, se usaron las bases de datos de Medline, SportDiscus, Scopus, ScienceDirect, Dialnet, ProQuest y EBSCO, de las cuales se seleccionaron 22 estudios, en base a criterios de exclusión como el idioma, la revisión por pares y la medición objetiva del Índice de Masa Corporal (IMC) de los niños. Los resultados son diversos en cuanto a los niveles de insatisfacción, lo cual hace imposible establecer conclusiones acertadas sobre las características y prevalencia de dicha variable a estas edades. Entre las principales razones de esta dificultad destaca el tipo de instrumento empleado y las dificultades de los niños para percibir su cuerpo con exactitud. Palabras clave: Imagen corporal; Educación Infantil; insatisfacción corporal; percepción corporal; niños.Abstract: Body image is a construct that has been widely studied, particularly with regard to image perception and dissatisfaction. Though most research studies focus on adolescence and adulthood, dissatisfaction problems are manifesting themselves at increasingly early ages. The aim of this study was, therefore, to analyse the most significant findings on body dissatisfaction and body-size perception among children aged 3 to 6 (second cycle of pre-school education). To this end the Medline, SportDiscus, Scopus, ScienceDirect, Dialnet, ProQuest and EBSCO databases were used, and from which a total of 22 studies were selected in accordance with exclusion criteria such as language, peer review and the objective measurement of the body mass index (BMI) of children. In terms of levels of dissatisfaction, results vary widely, making it impossible to draw sound conclusions on the nature and prevalence of this variable at these ages. The main reasons for this include the type of instrument used and the difficulties children had in perceiving their bodies correctly.

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Percepción del Tamaño Corporal e Insatisfacción en Niños de 3 a 6 Años: Una Revisión Sistemática

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“…Any individual could therefore theoretically fall into the COBWEBS cycle if the psychological conditions are conducive. Weight stigma is highly prevalent (Puhl & Heuer, 2010) and ideal body size standards are very thin and internalized at ages as young as 3 (Harriger, Calogero, Witherington, & Smith, 2010). Therefore, the model does not assert that an individual must physically be overweight to fall prey to the cycle.…”

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Weight stigma is stressful. A review of evidence for the Cyclic Obesity/Weight-Based Stigma model

2014

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A B S T R A C TWeight stigma is highly pervasive, but its consequences are understudied. This review draws from theory in social psychology, health psychology, and neuroendocrinology to construct an original, generative model called the cyclic obesity/weight-based stigma (COBWEBS) model. This model characterizes weight stigma as a "vicious cycle" -a positive feedback loop wherein weight stigma begets weight gain. This happens through increased eating behavior and increased cortisol secretion governed by behavioral, emotional, and physiological mechanisms, which are theorized to ultimately result in weight gain and difficulty of weight loss. The purpose of this review is to evaluate the existing literature for evidence supporting such a model, propose ways in which individuals enter, fight against, and exit the cycle, and conclude by outlining fruitful future directions in this nascent yet important area of research.

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“…While negative attitudes towards overweight have been observed in both Australian (Spiel, Paxton, & Yager, 2012) and American (Harriger, Calogero, Witherington, & Smith, 2010) pre-school children, to date only one empirical study has attempted to determine whether young girls have similarly internalized cultural messages about sexualization. Starr and Ferguson (2012) showed 60 American 6-9 year-old girls a pair of paper dolls, one dressed in sexualized clothing (short jean shorts and a low cut top revealing midriff) and the other in non-sexualized clothing (cargo pants and a sweater).…”

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Little girls in a grown up world: Exposure to sexualized media, internalization of sexualization messages, and body image in 6–9 year-old girls

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Tiggemann

2016

Body Image

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Little girls in a grown up world: Exposure to sexualized media, internalization of sexualization messages, and body image in 6-9 year-old girls. Body Image, 18. pp. 19-22. ISSN 1740-1445 Disclaimer UWE has obtained warranties from all depositors as to their title in the material deposited and as to their right to deposit such material. UWE makes no representation or warranties of commercial utility, title, or fitness for a particular purpose or any other warranty, express or implied in respect of any material deposited.UWE makes no representation that the use of the materials will not infringe any patent, copyright, trademark or other property or proprietary rights. UWE accepts no liability for any infringement of intellectual property rights in any material deposited but will remove such material from public view pending investigation in the event of an allegation of any such infringement. PLEASE SCROLL DOWN FOR TEXT.Internalization of Sexualization in 6-9 Year-Old Girls AbstractDespite widespread public concern about the early sexualization of young girls, as yet there has been little empirical examination of potential negative effects. In the present study a sample of 300 6-9 year-old girls completed individual interviews assessing exposure to sexualized media, internalization of sexualized messages (measured via preference for sexualized clothing), and body image attitudes (body esteem, body dissatisfaction). Exposure to sexualized media was found to be correlated with internalization of sexualization messages, itself correlated with negative body image. The findings provide preliminary evidence that sexualized messages appear to be internalized by very young girls which, in turn, has negative implications for how they feel about their bodies.

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Body Size Stereotyping and Internalization of the Thin Ideal in Preschool Girls

Cited by 105 publications

References 84 publications

Percepción del Tamaño Corporal e Insatisfacción en Niños de 3 a 6 Años: Una Revisión Sistemática

Percepción del Tamaño Corporal e Insatisfacción en Niños de 3 a 6 Años: Una Revisión Sistemática

Weight stigma is stressful. A review of evidence for the Cyclic Obesity/Weight-Based Stigma model

Little girls in a grown up world: Exposure to sexualized media, internalization of sexualization messages, and body image in 6–9 year-old girls

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