Tween Television and Peers: Reinforcing Social Agents in Early Adolescents' Body Surveillance and Self‐Objectification

Rousseau, Ann; Eggermont, Steven

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“…Our findings suggest that preventing the development of self-objectification may potentially assist in addressing poor body image among children. Fredrickson and Roberts (1997) suggested that cultural practices of sexual objectification socialize individuals to engage in self-objectification and many social influences, including the mass media, parents, and peers reinforce self-objectification (Fredrickson & Roberts, 1997; Rousseau & Eggermont, 2018; Webb et al, 2017). Development of effective prevention programs requires research to identify which sources of sexual objectification are more likely to result in self-objectification among children and to identify other potential antecedents of self-objectification.…”

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Body Image and Eating Disturbances in Children: The Role of Self-Objectification

Jongenelis

Pettigrew

2020

Psychology of Women Quarterly

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Self-objectification has been implicated in the development of body image disturbances and disordered eating among adults and adolescents. Empirical research exploring these associations among children is limited. Given body image and eating disturbances have been observed in a significant proportion of children, elucidating the factors associated with these disturbances among members of this population segment is important to informing prevention and intervention efforts. Accordingly, we cross-sectionally examined the association between self-objectification and body image and eating disturbances in 219 Australian 6- to 11-year-olds (57% classified as female children; average age = 8.37 years, SD = 1.42). Significant associations were observed between measures of self-objectification and body surveillance; body surveillance and both body shame and weight/shape concern; and weight/shape concern and dietary restraint. Results suggest early interventions targeting poor body image may need to address self-objectification, although further research is needed to firmly establish self-objectification as a risk factor for poor body image in children. Practitioners could utilize resources specifically developed for children, which encourage positive body esteem, build body confidence, support healthy relationships with food and exercise, and promote activities encouraging individuals to be attuned to how their bodies feel rather than how they look.

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Body Image and Eating Disturbances in Children: The Role of Self-Objectification

Jongenelis

Pettigrew

2020

Psychology of Women Quarterly

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“…), ou seja, a pesquisa ocorre em um único momento, de forma observacional e com uma população específica para o estudo. O desenho de pesquisa longitudinal, por sua vez, foi menos empregado (ESPINOZA;PENELO;RAICH, 2013;GOLAN;HAGAY;TAMIR, 2014;GORDON et al, 2021;REGEHR et al, 2020;ROUSSEAU;EGGERMONT, 2018;SUNDGOT-BORGEN et al, 2019;WADE et al, 2017) e consiste em acompanhar a população do estudo ao longo do tempo, observando as possíveis mudanças que ocorrem (HOCHMAN et al, 2005).…”

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Media Literacy e Imagem Corporal: uma Revisão Integrativa

Silva

Morgado

2023

Rev. Ens. Educ. Cienc. Hum.

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A mídia, em conjunto com os pais e amigos, envolve aspectos socioculturais que configuram a principal tríade influenciadora da imagem corporal. Quando associado de modo acrítico, as mensagens midiáticas podem influenciar a imagem corporal de forma negativa. Desse modo, a media literacy surge como uma estratégia para o uso crítico da mídia, por meio da definição da competência de acesso, análise e entendimento das mensagens, principalmente, quando voltadas ao corpo. Assim, o objetivo deste estudo é analisar a produção científica referente à media literacy e imagem corporal de adolescentes e jovens adultos por meio de uma revisão integrativa da literatura. A seleção dos estudos ocorreu em três bases de dados, sendo essas: Scopus, Psyinfo e Web of Science. A seleção dos estudos aconteceu em fevereiro de 2022. Foi utilizado o cruzamento dos seguintes descritores: “media literacy” AND “body image”. Foram identificados 880 estudos. Destes, 22 artigos compuseram a presente revisão. Observou-se que adotar estratégias baseadas nos princípios da media literacy, ou seja, no realismo, semelhança e pensamento crítico em relação à mídia podem desencadear a promoção de uma imagem corporal positiva em adolescentes e jovens adultos, sendo fundamental que programas educacionais e/ou socioeducativos direcionados à referida população considerem a adoção da media literacy. Palavras-chave: Mídia. Educação Física Escolar. Alfabetização Midiática. Letramento Midiático. Abstract The media, together with parents and friends, are sociocultural aspects that configure the main influencer triad of body image. When uncritically associated, media messages can influence body image negatively. From a way, the Literacy Media emerges as a strategy for the critical use of the media by defining the competence of access, analysis and understanding of messages, especially when focused on the body. Thus, the objective of this study is to analyze the scientific production regarding the literacy and body image of adolescents and young adults through an integrative literature review. The selection of studies took place in three databases, namely, Scopus, Psycho and Web of Science. The studies selection took place in February 2022. The crossing of the following descriptors was used: “Media Literacy” and “Body Image”. 880 studies were identified. Of these, 22 articles composed the present review. It has been observed that adopting strategies based on the principles of the literacy media, that is, the realism, similarity and critical thinking about the media, can trigger the promotion of a positive body image in adolescents and young adults, and it is essential that educational programs and/ or socio -educational directed to that population consider the adoption of media literacy. Keywords: Media. School Physical Education. Media Literacy

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“…With respect to norm emergence and awareness , there is ample evidence that peers and media are powerful agents in transmitting and promoting norms of attractiveness among adolescents (e.g. Rousseau and Eggermont, 2018; Webb et al, 2017). Both sociocultural agents have been found to promote thinness and muscularity as central aspects of attractiveness, shaping, and reinforcing the thin/athletic-ideal (Rodgers et al, 2019).…”

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The role of task relevance and information credibility in adolescents’ internalization of and reliance on social media ideals

Rousseau

2022

New Media & Society

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Expanding on theory of norm internalization and literature on credibility heuristics, this study examined whether (a) peers can increase the perceived task relevance and credibility of social media ideals (i.e. appearance-related norms promoted on social media) and (b) increased perceptions of task relevance (i.e. usefulness of social media ideals for body image improvement) and credibility facilitate reliance on social media for appearance information and thin/athletic-ideal internalization. To examine these relationships, we used two-wave panel data ( Nw1 & w2 = 657) gathered among Belgian adolescents (14–18 years). Structural equation analyses indicated that peer appearance conversations were associated with increased perceived task relevance and credibility of social media ideals. In turn, task relevance and credibility were positively related to thin/athletic-ideal internalization and informational reliance on social, respectively. These findings suggest that peer conversations contribute to a positive evaluation of social media ideals and in doing so indirectly contribute to thin/athletic-ideal internalization.

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Tween Television and Peers: Reinforcing Social Agents in Early Adolescents' Body Surveillance and Self‐Objectification

Cited by 15 publications

References 72 publications

Body Image and Eating Disturbances in Children: The Role of Self-Objectification

Body Image and Eating Disturbances in Children: The Role of Self-Objectification

Media Literacy e Imagem Corporal: uma Revisão Integrativa

The role of task relevance and information credibility in adolescents’ internalization of and reliance on social media ideals

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