Mass media influences on body image and body esteem in female adolescents: the mediating role of hopeful future expectations

Musetti, Alessandro; Schimmenti, Adriano; Corsano, Paola

doi:10.1080/15456870.2020.1742716

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“…During adolescence, one acquires a greater awareness of his or her identity, taking up and creating his or her own memories of the past. At the same time, greater importance is put on the future, including the realization of one’s aspirations and projects [ 34 , 35 , 36 ]. This developmental self-vision, which is linked to one’s entire past, present and future axes, is extremely influenced by relationships with one’s caregivers.…”

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The Link between Attachment and Gambling in Adolescence: A Multiple Mediation Analysis with Developmental Perspective, Theory of Mind (Friend) and Adaptive Response

Terrone

Gori

Topino

et al. 2021

JPM

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Introduction: Several studies have supported the evidence that attachment styles are a central factor in adolescent gambling problems. On this theoretical basis, the aim of the present study is to analyze a hypothesized mediation model exploring both the direct and indirect effects of insecure attachment on gambling disorder by investigating the role of the developmental perspective, theory of mind (friend) and adaptive response in that relationship. Method: The sample consists of 178 adolescents who underwent the Measures: South Oaks Gambling Screen—Revised for Adolescents and Friends and Family Interview. Result: The mediation analysis was conducted following Hayes’ (2018) procedure, using Model 6. The results showed a significant association between insecure attachment and gambling disorder (β = 0.669; p < 0.001). The findings also highlighted a significant chained mediation model in which insecure attachment negatively influenced the developmental perspective (β = −0.742; p < 0.001), which affected the theory of mind toward one’s own best friend (β = 0.352; p < 0.001). Conclusions: The results highlighted a significant role of insecure attachment in predicting the symptomatic expression of gambling among adolescents, specifically impacting the development perspective, theory of mind toward one’s best friend and adaptive response to stress, which were linked to each other by a sequential influence. Therefore, our results showed that a poor developmental self-vision predicted a dysfunctional theory of mind toward the best friend. This could hinder the formation of positive peer relationships, which are crucial for the development of one’s identity.

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The Link between Attachment and Gambling in Adolescence: A Multiple Mediation Analysis with Developmental Perspective, Theory of Mind (Friend) and Adaptive Response

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Topino

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“…Furthermore, the present study supports a gender-specific pathway from childhood emotional maltreatment to DE whereby females adopt attachment avoidance’s deactivating strategy to divert attention from attachment cues and distressing childhood memories to outward appearance (Cole-Detke & Kobak, 1996). This externally oriented attentional set could operate via maladaptive defense mechanisms, such as splitting and repression (see Prunas et al, 2019), resulting in a further risk for DE among females, given the sociocultural prescriptions of thinness to which they are exposed (Musetti, Schimmenti, et al, 2021).…”

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From childhood emotional maltreatment to disordered eating: A path analysis.

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Gagliardini²,

Lenzo³

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Psychoanalytic Psychology

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Childhood emotional maltreatment (i.e., emotional abuse and emotional neglect), attachment, reflective functioning (RF), defense styles, and disordered eating (DE) are associated with each other. However, no study has yet investigated all these variables simultaneously. The present study aimed to test the mediating role of attachment, RF, and defense styles in the relationship between childhood emotional abuse and neglect and DE. Self-report questionnaires were completed by 769 Italian adults (48.1% females; mean age = 28.89; SD = 7.28). DE, childhood emotional abuse and neglect, attachment (anxiety and avoidance), RF, and defense styles were assessed. Bivariate correlations and path analysis were run separately for males and females. We found significant indirect effects between emotional abuse and neglect and DE via attachment insecurities (anxiety and avoidance), low RF, and neurotic and immature defense styles in females. In addition, neurotic and immature defense styles and RF mediated the relationship between emotional neglect, attachment anxiety, and DE, in males. The findings supported the hypothesized model of risk factors for DE and provided additional insight into mechanisms underlying the relationship between childhood emotional maltreatment and DE. Prevention and intervention programs should be targeted at improving attachment security, defensive functioning maturity, and RF in people with a history of childhood emotional maltreatment.

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“…Faulty decoding of internal states, in self and others, inadvertently makes affect regulation and interpersonal functioning difficult. Inter and intra-personal deficiencies are associated with SPIU and GPIU (Laier et al, 2018;Musetti, Corsano, et al, 2020). A unique qualitative exploration of IA/PIU, using a focus group approach, reported negative affective states (including sadness, depression, boredom, and stress) as triggers, and physical (including disturbed sleep and reduced exercise) and interpersonal problems as outcomes of PIU (Li et al, 2015).…”

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Behind the screens: Proposing a mentalization-based theoretical model of problematic Internet use

Chatterjee,

Rai

2023

Cyberpsychology

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Problematic Internet Use (PIU), with its adverse health outcomes, is a clinically established phenomenon that is not formally diagnosable yet. The latest PIU research reveals differential psychological mechanisms underlying two types of Internet usage: social use (like using social media, chatrooms, and others) and non-social use (like live streaming, short-form video viewing, and others). Social forms of PIU often signal underlying interpersonal issues, including loneliness, attachment problems, and social skill deficits. In comparison, non-social usage might indicate emotion regulation problems, including emotion recognition deficits, poor cognitive empathy, and emotion suppression. A common developmental concomitant of these functions is the ability to mentalize, operationalized as Reflective Functioning (RF). While studies supporting the role of impaired RF in problematic social uses of the Internet abound, only a few studies relating RF deficits to non-social PIU are identifiable. Also, mentalizing is multidimensional, with cognitive and affective poles influencing emotion regulation and interpersonal functioning. Deficits in both poles of mentalizing have been differentially implicated in non-social and social PIU. Based on the latest empirical evidence in Internet-use problems, the multifaceted role of mentalizing could be meaningfully assimilated into a novel social-cognitive model of PIU. To that end, the current paper attempts to theoretically integrate affective and cognitive mentalizing, with its roles in emotion regulation and interpersonal functioning, into Bandura’s Social-Cognitive Theory of PIU. The theoretical model might have implications in developing a mentalization-based treatment modality for PIU that could train individuals in efficiently regulating emotions and navigating real-life social situations without resorting to an over-involvement with the virtual world.

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Mass media influences on body image and body esteem in female adolescents: the mediating role of hopeful future expectations

Cited by 11 publications

References 70 publications

The Link between Attachment and Gambling in Adolescence: A Multiple Mediation Analysis with Developmental Perspective, Theory of Mind (Friend) and Adaptive Response

The Link between Attachment and Gambling in Adolescence: A Multiple Mediation Analysis with Developmental Perspective, Theory of Mind (Friend) and Adaptive Response

From childhood emotional maltreatment to disordered eating: A path analysis.

Behind the screens: Proposing a mentalization-based theoretical model of problematic Internet use

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