Virtually Perfect: Image Retouching and Adolescent Body Image

Harrison, Kristen; Hefner, Veronica

doi:10.1080/15213269.2013.770354

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“…Mass media are dominated by imagery of women that represent the thin ideal (e.g., Harrison & Hefner, 2014). Frequent related exposure is thought to cause long-lasting negative effects on women (Thompson & Stice, 2001).…”

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Thinspiration: Self-Improvement Versus Self-Evaluation Social Comparisons with Thin-Ideal Media Portrayals

Knobloch‐Westerwick¹

2014

Health Communication

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Much research has demonstrated negative impacts of idealized-body imagery exposure on body satisfaction. Yet, paradoxically, media with such imagery attract mass audiences. Few studies showed women's body satisfaction increased due to thin-ideal exposure. The kind of social comparison women engage in (self-evaluation vs. self-improvement) may explain these inconsistent findings and the paradoxical attraction to thin-ideal messages. Across 5 days, thin-ideal messages were presented to 51 women; self-evaluation and self-improvement social comparisons as well as body satisfaction were measured each day. A linear positive change in body satisfaction emerged. Greater self-improvement social comparisons increased this change, whereas greater self-evaluation social comparisons reduced it. Extent of both social comparison types changed during the prolonged exposure. A greater tendency to compare one's body with others' improved body satisfaction through self-improvement social comparisons and fostered weight-loss behaviors through self-evaluation social comparisons.

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Thinspiration: Self-Improvement Versus Self-Evaluation Social Comparisons with Thin-Ideal Media Portrayals

Knobloch‐Westerwick¹

2014

Health Communication

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“…With regard to Facebook, scholars suggest that comparison behaviors on this particular SNS are particularly likely to be upward (e.g., Frison & Eggermont, 2016b;Harrison & Hefner, 2014).…”

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The reciprocal and indirect relationships between passive Facebook use, comparison on Facebook, and adolescents' body dissatisfaction

Rousseau

Eggermont

Frison

2017

Computers in Human Behavior

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“…Further, there is some evidence that warning labels may especially exacerbate body dissatisfaction among women who tend to compare their appearance to others (Tiggemann et al, 2013). One possible explanation for this backfire effect is that warning labels may direct increased attention to the idealized images (Tiggemann et al, 2013), and subsequently lead to greater negative outcomes (Harrison & Hefner, 2014). These inconsistent and potentially harmful effects of warning labels raise concerns about whether this is an effective policy for ameliorating body image concerns and preventing disordered eating.…”

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Warning labels on fashion images: Short‐ and longer‐term effects on body dissatisfaction, eating disorder symptoms, and eating behavior

Kwan

Haynos

Blomquist

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Intl J Eating Disorders

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Objective: Fashion warning labels that caution readers about digitally altered images have been recommended and adopted by several countries to prevent body dissatisfaction and eating disorders. This study investigated the short- and longer-term influence of fashion warning labels on affect, body dissatisfaction, eating disorder symptoms, and snack consumption using a randomized-controlled experiment. Method: Female undergraduates (n = 118) were randomized to view and rate responses to fashion images either with or without a warning label. They then consumed snacks and completed questionnaires. 64 participants (54%) completed follow-up online surveys asking them to view and rate new fashion images with or without warning labels once per week for four weeks. Primary outcomes were affect, body dissatisfaction, eating disorder symptoms, and kilocalories consumed. Results: Overall, fashion warning labels had no short-term effects on affect, body dissatisfaction, or kilocalories consumed in the lab. However, individuals who reported engaging in restrictive eating consumed fewer kilocalories when exposed to advertisements with warning labels (M = 170.33, SD = 120.78) versus no labels (M = 286.46, SD = 166.30), p = .008. Warning labels also had no protective effects after repeated exposure over four weeks on affect or eating disorder symptoms, and significantly increased appearance orientation (p = .001). Discussion: Warning labels on media images are unlikely to be an effective policy tool to prevent negative affect, body dissatisfaction, and eating disorder symptoms, and, in some cases, may exacerbate these concerns.

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Virtually Perfect: Image Retouching and Adolescent Body Image

Cited by 60 publications

References 15 publications

Thinspiration: Self-Improvement Versus Self-Evaluation Social Comparisons with Thin-Ideal Media Portrayals

Thinspiration: Self-Improvement Versus Self-Evaluation Social Comparisons with Thin-Ideal Media Portrayals

The reciprocal and indirect relationships between passive Facebook use, comparison on Facebook, and adolescents' body dissatisfaction

Warning labels on fashion images: Short‐ and longer‐term effects on body dissatisfaction, eating disorder symptoms, and eating behavior

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