The Media's Impact on Body Image: Implications for Prevention and Treatment

The effect of experimental presentation of thin media images on body satisfaction: A meta‐analytic review

“…Like, you never think about it until you look at it'' (p. 263). Research indicates that magazine advertisements are often used as a social comparison standard (Martin & Kennedy, 1993 5 ; Shaw & Waller, 1995). Being so caught up in images, beauty standards, and body image does not affect boys as acutely.…”

“…First, we expected an overall significant effect such that viewing slender models would increase a femaleÕs immediate sense of body dissatis- Grogan, Williams, and Conner (1996) Hamilton and Waller (1993) )0.14 faction. Second, we also expected that females with a pre-experiment history of eating disorders or high body dissatisfaction scores would be more susceptible to the negative effects of thin media images that activate their internalized slender beauty ideal (Shaw & Waller, 1995). Due to statistics placing the eating disorder prevalence rate for females ages 15À19 at 125.1 per 100,000 per year and for females ages 20À24 at 82.7 per 100,000 per year (van Hoeken, Lucas, & Hoek, 1998), we expected females younger than 19 to be significantly more susceptible to thin images than females older than 19.…”

Predictors of Media Effects on Body Dissatisfaction in European American Women

“…Past interventions have focused on interrupting the social comparison process (Posavac et al, 2001) and on reducing acceptance of media images (Shaw & Waller, 1996); our findings suggest that these interventions should be helpful to women regardless of their objectified body consciousness or body mass index.…”

De weerspiegeling van het uiterlijk in het zelf: lichaamswaardering, zelfwaardering en sociale vergelijking

“…Onderzoekers op dit terrein hebben vooral gekeken naar de invloed die sociale vergelijking met beelden uit de media heeft op het zelfbeeld (Henderson-King & Henderson-King, 1997;Henderson-King, Henderson-King & Hoffman, 2001;Shaw & Waller, 1995;Stice & Shaw, 1994). Als de vergelijkingsander een zogenaamde ideale persoon in de media is (bijv.…”