Media Images and Women’s Self-Evaluations: Social Context and Importance of Attractiveness as Moderators

Henderson-King, Donna; Henderson-King, Eaaron; Hoffmann, Lisa

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“…Women who show resilience to social pressures are able to identify and distinguish cultural dictates for women and are able to use their own voices in defining themselves (Petersen, 2000). There is evidence that women who have conscious awareness of sociocultural messages regarding weight and shape are more likely to be buffered from their potentially negative effects Choate (Henderson-King, Henderson-King, & Hoffman, 2001). After gaining awareness of these pressures, girls and women must use critical thinking skills in order to deconstruct social influences that define the thin ideal (Striegel-Moore & Cachelin, 1999).…”

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Toward a Theoretical Model of Women's Body Image Resilience

Choate

2005

Journal of Counseling &Amp; Development

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Despite the call for an increased emphasis on mental health and resilience, there is a dearth of research that examines the protective factors that can buffer women from the development of body image concerns. This article reviews literature related to the development of body image in girls and women, explores a proposed theoretical model of body image resilience based on factors that protect women from body image dissatisfaction, and discusses the model's implications for counseling practice.

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Section: Protective Factor 4: Effective Coping Strategiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Toward a Theoretical Model of Women's Body Image Resilience

Choate

2005

Journal of Counseling &Amp; Development

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“…In terms of the cause, researchers now have reached to a consensus that mass media are at least partially responsible for the chronic states of bodily discontent and unhealthy attitudes toward eating widespread among women in most Westernized societies (Levine and Harrison 2004). And the underlying mechanisms of the psychological process have been explored by employing various theories that include social comparison theory (e.g., Botta 1999;Wilcox and Laird 2000), cultivation (e.g., Henderson-King et al 2001), social cognitive theory (e.g. Harrison 2000;Harrison and Cantor 1997), and self-discrepancy theory (e.g., Harrison et al 2006).…”

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Do Third-Person Perceptions of Media Influence Contribute to Pluralistic Ignorance on the Norm of Ideal Female Thinness?

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This study investigated the pluralistic ignorance on the norm of ideal female thinness and also the presumed influence of thin idealized media images as the cause of the misperception. A survey of 111 female and 109 male US undergraduate students revealed that both women and men overestimated the thinness of body type preferred by others. In addition, men reported that others would be more affected by the media than self while women considered themselves to be as vulnerable as others. Subsequent regression analyses demonstrated that the difference in the perceived media influence on self and others was a significant predictor of the norm of ideal female thinness. Similar misperceptions were also found between men and women in dating relationships.

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“…So me stu di es fo und that ex posu re to thin me di a ima ges may ha ve a det ri men tal ef fect on adult and ado les cent fe ma les' body ima ge sa tis fac ti on and re la ted af fec ti ve sta tes and be ha vio ral dis po si ti ons. 13,[15][16][17][18][19][20] Ot her stu di es, ho we ver, have fo und litt le or no ef fect of thin me di a ima ges on fe ma les' body ima ge sa tis fac ti on. 21,22 Ac cor ding to Dal ley et al 23 the im pact of ex posu re to thin me di a ima ges ap pe ars to vary as a re sult of in di vi du al dif fe ren ces.…”

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The Effect of Female Media Body Images on Body Image Dissatisfaction in Female Athletes and Nonathletes

Tok¹,

Güneş²,

Koyuncu³

et al. 2011

Turkiye Klinikleri J Med Sci

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A AB BS S T TR RA AC CT T O Ob bj je ec ct ti iv ve e: : This study tes ted whet her ex po su re to ide al thin fe ma le body ima ges ha ve an ef fect on ath le te and no nath le te fe ma les' body ima ge (dis)sa tis fac ti on (BID) and so ci al physi qu e an xi ety (SPA). M Ma a t te e r ri i a al l a an nd d M Me et t h ho od ds s: : The par ti ci pants we re 143 he althy fe ma le ath le tes (n= 67) and no nath le tes (n= 76) ranging in age from 17 to 28. In ad di ti on to ath le tic sta tus, gro ups we re furt her di vi ded in to ex pe ri men tal and con trol gro ups (2 x 2 Fac to ri al de sign). In di vi du als in ex pe ri men tal gro ups vi e wed a sli de show which conta i ned 37 thin fe ma le body ima ges from va ri o us swim su its ad ver ti se ments which we re se lec ted by thre e refe re es. Af ter the ex pe ri ment, par ti ci pants comp le ted the Fi ve Fac tor Per so na lity In ven tory, SPA Sca le and BID Qu es ti on na i re. Body fat ra ti o was al so me a su red. In di vi du als in con trol gro ups comp le ted only me a sure ment de vi ces and the ir body fat ra ti o was me a su red. R Re e s su ul lt ts s: : Re sults sho wed that the re was a sig ni fi cant body ima ge sa tis fac ti on dif fe ren ce in fa vor of ath le tes' ex pe ri men tal gro up (t (65)= -2. 23, p = 0.029). Ho wever, the re was no sig ni fi cant dif fe ren ce bet we en no nath le tes' con trol and ex pe ri men tal gro ups in terms of body ima ge sa tis fac ti on. Re sults re ve a led that fe ma le ath le tes (M :24.82, SD: 7.41) had sig ni fi cantly lo wer SPA than no nath le tes (M: 33.30, SD:7.50), [t (141): -6.78, p< 0.001]. Re sults al so de mons tra ted that fe ma le ath letes had hig her body ima ge sa tis fac ti on (M: 109.10, SD: 9.96) com pa red to no nath le tes (M: 91.75, SD: 10.23), [t(141): 10.24, p< 0.001]. A reg res si on mo del con ta i ning the Big Fi ve per so na lity tra its co uld exp la in sig ni ficant amo unt of va ri an ce in ath le tes' and no nath le tes' body ima ge sa tis fac ti on. Showing body fat ra ti o in crea sed pre dic ti ve abi lity of the reg res si on mo del only in the ath le te gro up. C Co on nc c l lu u s si i o on n: : Thin fe ma le body ima ges ide a li sed by me di a may le ad ne ga ti ve body ima ge per cep ti on es pe ci ally in fe ma le ath le tes.K Ke ey y W Wo or rd ds s: : Body image; personality; exercise Ö ÖZ ZE ET T A Am ma aç ç: : Bu ça lış ma da, med ya da yer alan in ce ka dın be de ni im ge le ri ne ma ruz kal ma nın spor cu ve sporcu ol ma yan ka dın la rın Be den İmge si Mem nu ni ye ti (BİM) ve Sos yal Fi zik Kay gı (SFK) dü zey le ri üze rin de etki li olup ol ma dı ğı test edil miş tir. G Ge er re eç ç v ve e Y Yö ön nt te em ml le er r: : Araş tır ma ör nek le mi yaş la rı 17 ile 28 ara sın da de ği şen 143 sağ lık lı spor cu (n= 67) ve spor cu ol ma yan (n= 76) ka dın dan oluş muş tur. Ör nek lem, spor cu ve spor cu olma yan grup la rın ya nı sı ra ken di iç le rin de de seç ki siz ola rak de ney ve kon trol gru bu şek lin de iki ye ay rıl mış -tır (2 x 2 fak tö...

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Media Images and Women’s Self-Evaluations: Social Context and Importance of Attractiveness as Moderators

Cited by 68 publications

References 38 publications

Toward a Theoretical Model of Women's Body Image Resilience

Toward a Theoretical Model of Women's Body Image Resilience

Do Third-Person Perceptions of Media Influence Contribute to Pluralistic Ignorance on the Norm of Ideal Female Thinness?

The Effect of Female Media Body Images on Body Image Dissatisfaction in Female Athletes and Nonathletes

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