Does media literacy mitigate risk for reduced body satisfaction following exposure to thin-ideal media?

SA McLean, SJ Paxton, EH Wertheim - Journal of youth and adolescence, 2016 - Springer
Exposure to thin-ideal media can contribute to increased body dissatisfaction in adolescent
girls. Understanding the factors that may prevent or exacerbate the negative effects of media …

Sexually objectifying pop music videos, young women's self-objectification, and selective exposure: A moderated mediation model

K Karsay, J Matthes - Communication Research, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
There is intense discussion among experts about the potential negative impact of sexually
objectifying media content on young women. This article presents an experimental study in …

Muscle dysmorphia and the perception of men's peer muscularity preferences

L Lin, F DeCusati - American journal of men's health, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Research suggests that peer muscularity norms preferences are related to men's body
image, but little information is known about how perceptions of specific peer group norms …

One size doesn't fit all: new continua of figure drawings and their relation to ideal body image

J Novella, JT Gosselin, D Danowski - Journal of American College …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Objective: This study introduces a new figure drawing measure, the Presentation of Images
on a Continuum Scale (PICS), which includes continua of bodies from thin to obese and thin …

Examining the role of family, media, peers in young Caucasian men's understandings of body dissatisfaction: a thematic analysis using the tripartite influential model …

D Apopei, J Coe, S Cordoba - Gender Issues, 2024 - Springer
This study explores the factors contributing to body dissatisfaction among young Caucasian
men. It focuses on family, peers, and media influences, addressing a gap in the literature …

Why conform?: The implications of conformity to feminine norms on psychological distress among college women

DK Iwamoto, TP Le, L Clinton, M Grivel, E Lucaine - Current Psychology, 2024 - Springer
A burgeoning body of research suggests that nuanced sociocultural factors influence
college women's health. Feminine norms, or the beliefs and expectations of what it means to …

The relationship between men's peer and social media muscularity ideal discrepancies and body satisfaction

MA Flynn, E Cotchett, L Lin - Journal of Social and Personal …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Previous studies have shown that discrepancy between perceptions of one's actual body
type and the ideal bodies of their peers is an important factor for one's body satisfaction …

Análisis de los estereotipos socioculturales hacia cuerpo delgado y cuerpo musculoso: diferencias en función del sexo y discrepancia con el peso

A Granero-Gallegos, JMA Lucas, Á Sicilia… - Revista de …, 2018 - Elsevier
Este estudio tiene un doble objetivo. En primer lugar, adaptar y validar al contexto español
un modelo bifactorial del Body Change Inventory para medir la orientación hacia cuerpo …

Analysis of sociocultural stereotypes towards thin body and muscular body: differences according to gender and weight discrepancy

A Granero-Gallegos, JMA Lucas, Á Sicilia… - Revista De …, 2018 - Elsevier
The purpose of this study is twofold. First, to adapt and validate a two-factor model of Body
Change Inventory to the Spanish context, in order to measure the orientation towards thin …

The relationship between women's peer and social networking site thinness discrepancies and body dissatisfaction

MA Flynn, L Lin, L Champigny - Southern Communication Journal, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
We explored the link between adult women's peer and social networking site (SNS) thinness
discrepancies on body satisfaction. We assessed discrepancies between women's …