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...

The present study investigated the association between body talk on social networking sites (SNS) and dissatisfaction as well mediating effects of appearance ideals internalization comparison in this relationship. Participants were 476 Chinese college students who completed questionnaires regarding SNS talk, thin-ideal internalization, muscular-ideal general attractiveness comparison, dissatisf...

Body dissatisfaction is a common problem among adolescent girls that is linked to serious outcomes, including the development of eating disorders. This study tested to what degree five theorized risk factors (weight-related teasing, thin-ideal internalization, body mass index [BMI], self-esteem, and perfectionism) predicted prospective changes in body dissatisfaction. At baseline, 393 10th and ...

Across many cultures, women are evaluated based on their appearance, with narrow societal beauty ideals as the standard against which they judged and, eventually, judge themselves. Women who internalize ideal more likely to consider cosmetic surgery. Dissonance-based interventions targeting thin-ideal internalization effective at preventing eating disorders and associated risk factors. In this ...

Current literature is inconsistent about the effects of idealized (i.e., thin) vs. non-idealized average or plus-size) models on young women’s well-being. This inconsistency may be explained by different frames passive body, active and subject) surrounding beauty ad models. The current experimental study among 568 women aged 18–30 years (M = 21.45, SD 1.84) tested differently framed ads featuri...

OBJECTIVE The goal of this investigation was to develop and validate a revision of a widely used measure of societal influences on body image and eating disturbances-the Sociocultural Attitudes Towards Appearance Questionnaire (SATAQ). METHOD Two independent samples of college females completed a revision and extension of the SATAQ and factor analyses were conducted to determine the underlyin...