Predictors of Media Effects on Body Dissatisfaction in European American Women

Hamilton, Emily; Mintz, Laurie B.; Kashubeck‐West, Susan

doi:10.1007/s11199-006-9178-9

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“…56 Heavier women may be less likely to react to media images of thin models if they feel that they cannot achieve the thin ideal. After exposure to low-BMI fashion models' photographs, body dissatisfaction in overweight women not at risk for eating disorders differed from similar women who viewed high-BMI models' photographs.…”

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Effects of Photographs of Lower– and Higher–Body Mass Index Fashion Models on Body Dissatisfaction of Young Women

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Byrd‐Bredbenner

2011

Topics in Clinical Nutrition

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Social comparisons with the "ultra-slender ideal" female body types may be contributing to the rising incidence of eating disorders. Research regarding the effect of slender models in media on body dissatisfaction of women is contradictory. This study examined the effect of viewing recent, professional-quality photographs of either low-or high-body mass index (BMI) models on body dissatisfaction of young adult women (n = 415) of differing races, BMIs, and disordered eating risk. Viewing low-BMI fashion models' photographs reduced body dissatisfaction among women overall, healthy weight women not at risk for eating disorders, and white women at risk for eating disorders. Viewing high-BMI models' images reduced body dissatisfaction among women overall, especially among healthy weight white, black, and Asian women and healthy weight women in the upper-BMI median.

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Effects of Photographs of Lower– and Higher–Body Mass Index Fashion Models on Body Dissatisfaction of Young Women

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Byrd‐Bredbenner

2011

Topics in Clinical Nutrition

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“…There has been extensive research on the effects of television and magazine advertisements on the body image and self-esteem of women, and many note the negative effect it has on women of all ages (e.g., Engeln-Maddox, 2005; Hamilton, Mintz, & Kashubeck-West, 2007; Harper & Tiggemann, 2008; Lavine, Sweeney, & Wagner, 1999). Exposure to these images has an adverse effect on girls and women, often resulting in body dissatisfaction and a skewed self-image of one’s body (Hamilton et al, 2007; Harper & Tiggemann, 2008). The feminine look is characterized by a thin frame, one that is not devoid of curves but is devoid of fat.…”

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Depicting Femininity

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2016

Youth & Society

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Femininity is learned from a myriad of social agents and institutions. An avid consumer of media, today's pre-adolescent girl, or "tween," is inundated with messages about how to be a socially acceptable female. What is the nature of these messages tweens are receiving about femininity? Are tween girls in today's society encouraged to adhere to traditional notions of femininity or are they encouraged to resist these norms? To answer these questions, I performed a content analysis of all advertisements found in Girls' Life, a magazine whose target audience is the tween girl. Textual and pictorial coding took place for all advertisements in all issues for the years 2007 and 2008. Results revealed the presence of conflicting messages about femininity through the emergence of four themes: female togetherness, focus on appearance, independence, and control. The magazine presents a contradictory version of femininity, one that encourages the adherence to normative prescriptions of femininity while simultaneously encouraging resistance to these norms.

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“…Overall, research has documented links between media exposure and unrealistic, largely exaggerated, perceptions of one's body (Hamilton, Mintz, & Kashubeck-West, 2007). Although small in size, associations have been found between television and magazine exposure and a host of concerning body image-related outcomes, including a heightened estimation of the importance of physical appearance, lowered body satisfaction, symptoms of eating disorders, and preference for the thin ideal (Holmstrom, 2004).…”

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“…In the context of body image, studies have largely focused on comparisons to unfamiliar mediated models or on general self-comparison tendencies (e.g., Hamilton et al, 2007). Within the landscape of mediated personalities, special emphasis should be placed on the characters with whom audiences more strongly relate and who are common targets for social comparison on physical attributes (e.g., Harrison, 2000;Jones, 2001).…”

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Liking Them Thin: Adolescents’ Favorite Television Characters and Body Image

Te'eni-Harari

Eyal

2015

Journal of Health Communication

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Considering the alarming worldwide increases in eating disorders among adolescents, thought to be linked with body image, this study uses social cognitive theory as a framework to combine the examination of adolescent body image with the topic of mediated characters. The study places a new focus in this realm on favorite television characters, extending past research on general social comparison tendencies or comparisons with unfamiliar mediated models. A survey of 756 students in Grades 7-8 and 10-11 identified their favorite same-gender television characters as well as the adolescents' body image and social comparison with the characters. The survey was accompanied by a content analysis of the favorite characters and their body sizes. Adolescents' favorite television characters were mostly identified as thin or average in body size. The thinner the characters, the more adolescents self-compared with them. The discrepancy between the adolescents' body size and that of their favorite characters significantly and negatively predicted adolescents' body image both directly and indirectly through its relationship with social comparison with the character. The study finds that television characters are important references for adolescents and may serve as targets for social comparison in the context of body image.

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Predictors of Media Effects on Body Dissatisfaction in European American Women

Cited by 24 publications

References 18 publications

Effects of Photographs of Lower– and Higher–Body Mass Index Fashion Models on Body Dissatisfaction of Young Women

Effects of Photographs of Lower– and Higher–Body Mass Index Fashion Models on Body Dissatisfaction of Young Women

Depicting Femininity

Liking Them Thin: Adolescents’ Favorite Television Characters and Body Image

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