The role of the media in body image concerns among women: A meta-analysis of experimental and correlational studies.

2008/01/01 by Shelly Grabe, L. Monique Ward, Janet Shibley Hyde · 9 citations
Psychology · Business, Management and Accounting · Social Sciences · #Eating Disorders and Behaviors #Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification #Media, Gender, and Advertising

paper · doi:10.1037/0033-2909.134.3.460

Abstract

Research suggests that exposure to mass media depicting the thin-ideal body may be linked to body image disturbance in women. This meta-analysis examined experimental and correlational studies testing the links between media exposure to women's body dissatisfaction, internalization of the thin ideal, and eating behaviors and beliefs with a sample of 77 studies that yielded 141 effect sizes. The mean effect sizes were small to moderate (ds = -.28, -.39, and -.30, respectively). Effects for some outcome variables were moderated by publication year and study design. The findings support the notion that exposure to media images depicting the thin-ideal body is related to body image concerns for women.

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