How Women’s Perceptions of Peer Weight Preferences Are Related to Drive for Thinness

Lin, Linda; McCormack, Hannah; Kruczkowski, Lauren; Berg, Michael B.

doi:10.1007/s11199-015-0446-4

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“…K. Schaefer & Salafia, 2014), it was expected that close peer preferences have a stronger impact on body image as than distant peer preferences. However, previous research on women's body-related distress suggests that women's close samegender peers have a stronger influence on drive for thinness than their close cross-gender peers (Lin et al, 2015), which was not identified in this study. This suggests that different peer groups may have different impacts on men and women's body-related distress; women may be more strongly influenced by close same-gender peers.…”

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confidence: 92%

“…Based on these findings, men are more likely to view their male peers as having higher standards for muscularity than female peers and, therefore, may be more likely to feel inadequate when comparing their bodies with the muscularity preferences of their male peers. This finding is consistent with research on women's body image that suggested women perceive their same-gender peers as preferring thinness more than their cross-gender peers (Lin et al, 2015). It may be that people are more likely to perceive their same-gender peers as having stronger preferences for idealized gender-specific appearance characteristics (i.e., muscularity in men, thinness in women).…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 87%

“…Social identity theory suggests that people are more influenced by the groups with which they most strongly identify (Ellemers & Haslam, 2012). Consistent with this, Lin et al (2015) reported that women's drive for thinness was most closely related to their perceptions of their close, same-gender peers' appearance preferences. As such, it was hypothesized that men's steroid use and levels of muscle dysmorphia would be more strongly related to the perceived muscularity preferences of their samegender close peers than their cross-gender distant peers.…”

Section: Musculoskeletal Healthmentioning

confidence: 71%

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Muscle Dysmorphia and the Perception of Men’s Peer Muscularity Preferences

Lin

DeCusati

2016

Am J Mens Health

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Research suggests that peer muscularity norms preferences are related to men's body image, but little information is known about how perceptions of specific peer group norms preferences are related to men's body image disturbances and specific health behaviors. This study investigated how men perceived the muscularity preferences of male, female, close, and distant peers and whether the perceptions of specific peer preferences were related to muscle dysmorphia and steroid use. Data on muscle dysmorphia and the perceptions of peer muscularity norms were collected from 117 male college students. Results indicated that men perceived distant and male peers as having the most exaggerated preferences for muscularity and that those perceptions were not an accurate reflection of their distant male peers' reported preferences. Results also indicated that perceptions of close female peer muscularity preferences were predictive of symptoms of muscle dysmorphia, but this relationship did not exist for other peer groups, suggesting that the perceptions of close female peer preferences may play a role in the development of muscle dysmorphia. No relationship was found between perceptions of peer muscularity preferences and steroid use.

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confidence: 87%

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confidence: 71%

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Muscle Dysmorphia and the Perception of Men’s Peer Muscularity Preferences

Lin

DeCusati

2016

Am J Mens Health

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“…Regarding perceptions of ideal body weight, an indicator of appearance norms, college-age women believe that their peers' ideal body weight perceptions are influenced by media exposure to a greater extent than their own perceptions (Chia 2007;David et al 2002). It is perhaps this third person effect, the tendency to believe that others are more affected by media than oneself (Davison 1983;Perloff 2009), coupled with the negative effect that perceived peer appearance norms have on body satisfaction (Bair et al 2014;Krcmar et al 2008;Lin et al 2015), that contributes to findings of interactions between perceptions of peers' appearance norms and media influence. Specifically, it has been found that the beliefs of women that others were influenced by media to prefer a thinner body size were associated with participants' own desire to be thin DOES MEDIA LITERACY MITIGATE RISK 7 (Park 2005).…”

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Does Media Literacy Mitigate Risk for Reduced Body Satisfaction Following Exposure to Thin-Ideal Media?

McLean

Paxton

Wertheim

2016

J Youth Adolescence

135

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Exposure to thin-ideal media can contribute to increased body dissatisfaction in adolescent girls. Understanding the factors that may prevent or exacerbate the negative effects of media exposure on body satisfaction is important to facilitate prevention of these problems. This study evaluated the effects of exposure to thin-ideal media images on body image in three instructional set experimental conditions: appearance comparison, peer norms, and control. An important aim was to examine baseline levels of media literacy as a protective factor and trait thin-ideal internalization and trait upward appearance comparison as risk factors. Early adolescent girls (N = 246) completed baseline measures and one week later viewed thin-ideal media images, before and after which they rated their state body satisfaction. Participants in the appearance comparison instruction but not peer norms instruction condition had significantly reduced body satisfaction. Media literacy, particularly high levels of critical thinking, mitigated the negative effects of trait thin-ideal internalization and trait upward appearance comparison on body satisfaction outcomes. These findings provide evidence for the role of media literacy as a protective factor against the negative effects on body satisfaction of exposure to thin-ideal media images, and also provide evidence to support the development and implementation of media literacy-based body image interventions.

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“…Aunque la discrepancia con el peso actual es una variable habitualmente utilizada en estudios con mujeres (p. ej., Castonguay, Brunet, Ferguson, y Sabiston, 2012;Lin, McCormack, Kruczkowski, y Berg, 2015), también se incluye en algunas investigaciones con ambos sexos (Ambwani y Chmielewski, 2013;McKinley, 1998). En general, los estudios hallan que las personas que reflejan mayor discrepancia con su peso muestran más consecuencias psicológicas, afectivas y conductuales negativas para la salud (trastornos de la conducta alimentaria, baja autoestima, insatisfacción corporal, etc.)…”

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Análisis de los estereotipos socioculturales hacia cuerpo delgado y cuerpo musculoso: diferencias en función del sexo y discrepancia con el peso

Gallegos

Martín‐Albo

Casaubón

et al. 2018

Revista de Psicodidáctica

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OriginalAnálisis de los estereotipos socioculturales hacia cuerpo delgado y cuerpo musculoso: diferencias en función del sexo y discrepancia con el peso información del artículo Historia del artículo: Recibido el 10 de octubre de 2016 Aceptado el 9 de febrero de 2017 On-line el 2 de junio de 2017Palabras clave: Imagen corporal Validación Cuerpo ideal r e s u m e n Este estudio tiene un doble objetivo. En primer lugar, adaptar y validar al contexto español un modelo bifactorial del Body Change Inventory para medir la orientación hacia cuerpo delgado y orientación hacia cuerpo musculoso. Un segundo objetivo es analizar los estereotipos socioculturales hacia la delgadez y el cuerpo musculoso según la variable sexo combinada con la discrepancia con el peso. La muestra está compuesta por 1022 estudiantes (488 chicas y 534 chicos) de entre 9 y 12 años (mujeres: M = 10.41, DT = .66; varones: M = 10.47, DT = .68). Se analizan las propiedades psicométricas de la escala mediante diferentes análisis que permiten considerarla instrumento válido y fiable. Los resultados del análisis de varianza indican que tanto chicas como chicos pretenden perder peso en la búsqueda del ideal de cuerpo delgado, mientras que son más los varones quienes persiguen un cuerpo musculoso, independientemente de si pretenden perder, ganar o mantener peso. a b s t r a c tThe purpose of this study is twofold. First, to adapt and validate a two-factor model of Body Change Inventory to the Spanish context, in order to measure the orientation towards thin body and orientation towards muscular body. The second aim is to analyse the sociocultural stereotypes towards thinness and muscular body according to the sex variable combined with the discrepancy with the current weight. The sample consisted of 1,022 students (488 girls and 534 boys) between 9 and 12 years old (female: M = 10.41, SD = .66, males: M= 10.47, SD = .68). An analysis was performed on the psychometric properties of the scale using different tests that enabled it to be considered as a valid and reliable tool. The results of variance analysis showed that both girls and boys intend to lose weight in the search for the thin body ideal, while more boys are pursuing a muscular body, regardless of whether they intend to lose, gain, or maintain weight.

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How Women’s Perceptions of Peer Weight Preferences Are Related to Drive for Thinness

Cited by 10 publications

References 49 publications

Muscle Dysmorphia and the Perception of Men’s Peer Muscularity Preferences

Muscle Dysmorphia and the Perception of Men’s Peer Muscularity Preferences

Does Media Literacy Mitigate Risk for Reduced Body Satisfaction Following Exposure to Thin-Ideal Media?

Análisis de los estereotipos socioculturales hacia cuerpo delgado y cuerpo musculoso: diferencias en función del sexo y discrepancia con el peso

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