2023
DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2023.03.004
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Fashion versus fitspo: The effect of viewing images of contemporary Barbie® dolls in passive versus active poses on college women’s body image and affect

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“…These initiatives involved the creation of dolls designed to embrace a diverse range of body images which also appear in the movie. However, studies subsequent to M2M investigated how exaggerated features, such as those seen in Barbie and Ken dolls, can influence expectations and perceptions of weight (Saccone and Chouinard, 2019) or how levels of body appreciation are influenced by Barbie play in comparison to Lego Friends play sets (Webb et al, 2023).…”
Section: Barbie's Global Relevancementioning
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“…These initiatives involved the creation of dolls designed to embrace a diverse range of body images which also appear in the movie. However, studies subsequent to M2M investigated how exaggerated features, such as those seen in Barbie and Ken dolls, can influence expectations and perceptions of weight (Saccone and Chouinard, 2019) or how levels of body appreciation are influenced by Barbie play in comparison to Lego Friends play sets (Webb et al, 2023).…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Diving deeper into Barbie’s impact on body image, her perfect figure has been criticized as a model for Thinspiration so much that in 2016, in addition to debuting Curvy Barbie®, Mattel created Made to Move® dolls designed to encourage more active play among children [ 10 , 11 ]. Instead of “Thinspiration,” the goal of these dolls was more “Fitspiration” [ 10 ].…”
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“…Diving deeper into Barbie’s impact on body image, her perfect figure has been criticized as a model for Thinspiration so much that in 2016, in addition to debuting Curvy Barbie®, Mattel created Made to Move® dolls designed to encourage more active play among children [ 10 , 11 ]. Instead of “Thinspiration,” the goal of these dolls was more “Fitspiration” [ 10 ]. In addition to social comparison theory, objectification theory and sociocultural theory (the Tripartite Influence Model) were also invoked, noting that traditional or stereotypical Barbie personified a sexualized, appearance-potent, aspirational image that promoted unrealistic body proportions while undermining girls’ and women’s body image and self-esteem [ 3 , [10] , [11] , [12] , [13] ].…”
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