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Increased Body Satisfaction After Exposure to Thin Ideal Children's Television in Young Girls Showing Thin Ideal Internalisation

open access: yesPsychology and Health, 2012
This study tested the direct effect of watching thin ideal children's television on body satisfaction in preadolescent girls (6-8 years old). A within-subject design was used in which girls (N = 51) were tested three times. They watched television clips in random order containing either (1) thin ideal animated characters or (2) animated characters with
Rutger C. M. E. Engels   +2 more
exaly   +7 more sources

The Direct Effect of Thin Ideal Focused Adult Television on Young Girls’ Ideal Body Figure

open access: yesBody Image, 2011
The present study tested the direct effect of watching thin-ideal focused television aimed at (young) adults on body dissatisfaction in preadolescent girls (9-12 years old). A within-subject design was used in which the girls (N=60) were tested three times.
Donna Spruijt-Metz   +2 more
exaly   +9 more sources

Mediators of the Relationship Between Thin-Ideal Internalization and Body Dissatisfaction in the Natural Environment [PDF]

open access: yesBody Image, 2016
Social comparisons (i.e., body, eating, exercise) and body surveillance were tested as mediators of the thin-ideal internalization-body dissatisfaction relationship using ecological momentary assessment (EMA).
Ellen E Fitzsimmons-Craft   +2 more
exaly   +4 more sources

The implicit “Thin Ideal” in eating disorders

open access: yesEuropean Psychiatry, 2011
IntroductionGreenwald and co-workers developed The implicit Association Test (IAT) to measure implicit automatic concept-attribute associations. Evidences have suggested that Anorexia Nervosa (AN) and Bulimia Nervosa (BN) were characterized by “Ideal Thin” construct.ObjectivesThe aim of this study was the evaluation, at an implicit level, of Ideal Thin
E. Fadda   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

The Relationship between Social Networking Site Use and the Internalization of a Thin Ideal in Females: A Meta-Analytic Review [PDF]

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2017
Previous research has indicated that exposure to traditional media (i.e., television, film, and print) predicts the likelihood of internalization of a thin ideal; however, the relationship between exposure to internet-based social media on ...
John Mingoia   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources

A quarter of young Japanese women are underweight: thin-ideal internalization and self-esteem mediate exercise habits and body satisfaction, but different mechanisms with normal-range weight [PDF]

open access: yesBMC Public Health
Background In Japan, approximately 20–25% of young women are underweight, highlighting a significant social issue with considerable future health risks.
Yuka Murofushi   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Susceptibility for thin ideal media and eating styles

open access: yesBody Image, 2008
This study examined the relations between susceptibility for thin ideal media and restrained, emotional and external eating, directly and indirectly through body dissatisfaction. Thin ideal media susceptibility, body dissatisfaction and eating styles were measured in a sample of 163 female students.
Anschutz, D.J.   +3 more
openaire   +6 more sources

The Impact of the Ideal Thin Body Image on Women [PDF]

open access: yes, 1999
Researchers and clinicians have postulated that the thin-ideal image portrayed in the media leads to body dissatisfaction and negative self-appraisals among women; however, there is little research that has directly examined the effects of these images on women.
Hawkins, Nicole
openaire   +3 more sources

Repeated visual adaptation induces persistent behavioral and neural biases in body size perception [PDF]

open access: yesiScience
Summary: Body size and shape misperception, notably body size overestimation, is prevalent among young people. It has been proposed that such a bias may stem from adaptation aftereffects caused by exposures to distorted bodies, yet whether adaptation can
Xiaohui Sang, Xue Dong, Min Bao
doaj   +2 more sources

‘Large Is Beautiful!’ Associative Retraining Changes Implicit Beliefs About Thinness and Beauty and Decreases Women’s Appearance Anxiety

open access: yesInternational Review of Social Psychology, 2021
The present research aimed to investigate whether retraining thin-beautiful associations could modify implicit beliefs relating thinness to beauty, increase me-beauty associations, and decrease explicit body anxiety in young women.
Leila Selimbegovic   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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