Celebrity influence on body image and eating disorders: A review

Brown, Zoe; Tiggemann, Marika

doi:10.1177/1359105320988312

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“…Of note, girls and women may experience more internalizing symptoms than boys and men when acne is perceived as low to moderate 74,132 . This may be related to high levels of general and appearance anxiety reported by women and girls and exceptionally high beauty standards 3,89,92–94 . As acne severity increases, boys and men seem to accrue more risk especially for symptoms related to MDD such as suicidal ideation 20 .…”

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“…91 With a massive platform and notable consumer market, the cosmetic and fashion industries along with social media influencers, celebrities, and Hollywood productions have largely broadcast the narrative that a youthful, blemish-free face belongs to the happiest, most successful, and popular person (e.g., celebrity endorsements of Proactiv, Rihanna of Fenty Beauty, Jennifer Anniston promotion of Aveeno), which distinctly tie skin appearance to valued psychosocial rewards. [92][93][94] In a qualitative study of 26 Australian people ranging from 10 to 52 years old, Magin et al 95 found that participants were aware of the discrepancy between themselves and the media's portrayal of clear skin. Moreover, these participants acknowledged that this awareness led them to draw social comparisons that negatively impacted their self-perceptions.…”

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Acne and its association with internalizing problems

Hammill

Vaillancourt

2023

Dermatological Reviews

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Acne vulgaris or “acne” is a prevalent and burdensome cutaneous condition that has been linked with unique mental health implications. Clinical (i.e., general and social anxiety, and major depression) and subclinical indicators (e.g., excessive worry, social self‐consciousness, and low self‐esteem) of internalizing disorders have been associated with acne across demographics (e.g., age groups and cultures). Considering the persistent burden of disease associated with these mental health outcomes, our primary aim was to concretely synthesize the relation between acne and internalizing symptoms. A secondary aim was to address the role that combined oral contraceptives and isotretinoin (e.g., Accutane), widely prescribed medical treatments for acne, may play in this relation as both have been linked to depression and anxiety. We discuss practical implications that may strengthen the effective biopsychosocial management of acne for suffering individuals. This review actively upholds and amplifies the call for longitudinal research that integrates the developmental psychology and dermatology literature to effectively treat acne in its entirety, including mental health.

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Acne and its association with internalizing problems

Hammill

Vaillancourt

2023

Dermatological Reviews

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“…Importantly, stigmatizing messages may be particularly influential when communicated on social media, due to the combination of referents who are both culturally (e.g., widely recognized celebrities) and personally (e.g., admired peers in one’s interpersonal network) salient. Indeed, popular celebrities play a critical role in shaping norms on social media, especially in the domains of eating and weight (Brown & Tiggemann, 2022; Turnwald, Anderson, et al, 2022; Turnwald, Perry, et al, 2022). Moreover, celebrities with a greater number of social media followers can be more impactful in shifting perceptions of social norms (Y.-J.…”

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Variability across time in implicit weight-related bias: Random noise or meaningful fluctuations?

Ravary¹,

Bartz²,

Baldwin³

2023

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

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Social psychologists have struggled with the vexing problem of variability over time in implicit bias. While many treat such variability as unexplainable error, we posit that some temporal variability, whether within persons or across society at large, reflects meaningful and predictable fluctuation based on shifts in the social–cultural context. We first examined fluctuations at the group-level in a Project Implicit data set of female participants who completed the Weight Implicit Association Test between 2004 and 2018 (N = 259,613). Extending our prior work showing that mass media celebrity fat-shaming increased women’s implicit antifat bias, we show that celebrity body positivity events reduced such bias (Study 1a). We then focused on a specific form of body positivity—that is, celebrity “push-back” in response to fat-shaming. Whereas fat-shaming without antibias push-back was associated with spikes in negative weight attitudes, fat-shaming with push-back showed no change in such bias (Study 1b). Critically, however, closer analysis revealed that this apparent stability was due to the canceling out of opposing negative (fat-shaming) and subsequent positive (body positivity) influences—an effect that was obscured when the window of observation was expanded. Finally, in Study 2, we examined parallel effects at the individual level in a daily diary study. Consistent with the group-level, between-subjects data, women’s intraindividual fluctuations in implicit attitudes were reliably predicted based on prior-day exposure to fat-shaming and/or body positivity influences. Taken together, our work highlights how both group- and individual-level variability across time can be meaningfully explained rather than treated as unexplainable or left as unexplained.

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“…In developing countries, both in Europe and Asia, e.g., Poland and Vietnam, the pursuit of thinness is especially significant [17,18,33,[45][46][47][48]. A literature review has confirmed the importance of socio-cultural influences in terms of body image standards promoted by the media on the development of restrictive and/or bulimic eating behaviors [32,[49][50][51][52][53][54]. Dissatisfaction with one's body appearance is particularly common for young women [21,55,56].…”

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Psychological Risk Factors for the Development of Restrictive and Bulimic Eating Behaviors: A Polish and Vietnamese Comparison

Izydorczyk

Lipowska

et al. 2021

Nutrients

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The aim of this paper is to identify psychological factors which are culture specific or common predictors for restrictive and bulimic behaviors towards eating for young women raised in different cultures. The study included 661 young women from Poland (n = 233) and Vietnam (n = 428). Subjects filled-in the Eating Disorders Inventory (EDI-3) and the Multidimensional Body-Self Relations Questionnaire-Appearance Scales (MBSRQ-AS), and body measurements were collected to calculate anthropometric indices. Women form Vietnam were less satisfied with their appearance than were their Polish peers, but Vietnamese showed a lower level of preoccupation with being overweight and fear of obesity. Intercultural differences indicate that Vietnamese women show greater intensities for psychological variables, connected with restrictive and bulimic eating behaviors, verified in the research model: low self-esteem, personal alienation, interpersonal insecurity, interpersonal alienation, emotional dysregulation, interoceptive deficits, perfectionism and asceticism, and anxiety.

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Celebrity influence on body image and eating disorders: A review

Cited by 32 publications

References 103 publications

Acne and its association with internalizing problems

Acne and its association with internalizing problems

Variability across time in implicit weight-related bias: Random noise or meaningful fluctuations?

Psychological Risk Factors for the Development of Restrictive and Bulimic Eating Behaviors: A Polish and Vietnamese Comparison

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