Media Exposure, Current and Future Body Ideals, and Disordered Eating Among Preadolescent Girls: A Longitudinal Panel Study

By Kristen Harrison, Veronica Hefner. 2006

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Literature and Literary Theory, Sociology and Political Science

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The Effects of Gender and Family, Friend, and Media Influences on Eating Behaviors and Body Image During Adolescence (2007, methodology): “In addition, simply watching television has been associated with an increased desire among preadolescent girls to have a thin body when they mature, and also with increased disordered eating over time (Harrison and Hefner, 2006).”
You are who you watch: Identification and transportation effects on temporary self-concept (2010, methodology): “Previous research has demonstrated media effects on other aspects of the self, including body image (eg, Harrison & Hefner, 2006 ) and social identity (eg, Fryberg, Markus, Oyserman, & Stone, 2008 ).”
Body Objectification, MTV, and Psychological Outcomes Among Female Adolescents1 (2009, background): “For example, increased television viewing among grade school girls has been associated with higher disordered eating 1 year later (Harrison & Hefner, 2006).”
Pressure To Be Perfect: Influences on College Students' Body Esteem (2010, background): “To date, same-sex friends and peers have received only moderate research attention in relation to body-image concerns and dieting behavior, which is somewhat surprising given the emphasis placed by many developmental theorists on the importance of peers during adolescence (eg, Heaven, 1994 ; Muuss,”
Real Women Have Curves (2008, unknown): “Harrison and Hefner (2006) found a causal relationship between television use and disordered eating among preadolescent girls, and the remaining studies found no causal relationship between television use and body image.”
The Selfie Generation: Examining the Relationship Between Social Media Use and Early Adolescent Body Image (2019, background): “Links between conventional forms of media and negative body image are well established in the literature among both adolescent girls (Botta, 1999; Harrison & Hefner, 2006) and boys (Mulgrew, Volcevski-Kostas, & Rendell, 2014).”
Social Media Effects on Young Women’s Body Image Concerns: Theoretical Perspectives and an Agenda for Research (2014, background): “Many cross-sectional and longitudinal surveys have found that media exposure predicts body dissatisfaction, thin body ideals, and eating disorder symptomatology among preadolescent girls and young women (see Botta 1999; Harrison and Hefner 2006; and Stice et al. 1994 for studies in the U.S.).”
The role of the media in body image concerns among women: a meta-analysis of experimental and correlational studies. (2008, background): “Other findings indicate that increased television viewing among grade school girls is associated with higher disordered eating one year later (Harrison & Hefner, 2006); that frequent viewing of appearance-focused television among girls predicts lower levels of appearance satisfaction one year later…”
Influence of Mass Media on Body Image and Eating Disordered Attitudes and Behaviors in Females: A Review of Effects and Processes (2010, background): “A one-year longitudinal study with 257 preadolescent girls (Mage D 9 years) found that exposure to television, but not to magazines, predicted a significant increase in disordered eating (Harrison & Hefner, 2006).”
A Content Analysis of Female Body Imagery in Video Games (2009, unknown): “In support of this theoretical model, Harrison and Hefner (2006) found that overall television exposure predicted the choice of a thinner ideal adult body shape one year later in their longitudinal study with girls aged 7–12 living in the United States.”
Who plays, how much, and why? Debunking the stereotypical gamer profile (2008, background): “Television has well-studied connection with eating attitudes due to the presence of commercials for unhealthy foods, especially during children’s programming ( Harrison, 2006 ).”
The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful (2010, background): “…are likely to compare themselves to whom they see in the media (Bissell, 2010; Lockwood & Kunda, 2007; Myers & Biocca, 1992) and to model mediated behavior (Harrison, 2000; Harrison & Hefner, 2006), with celebrities such as Miley Cyrus having a particularly strong influence (Boden, 2006).”
Exploring the Causes and Consequences of Engaging in Fat Talk (2012, background): “…to fit the idealized body type (thin, toned, muscular) is associated with negative affect (Stice & Bearman, 2001) and body-perception problems such as eating disorder symptomatology, a drive for thinness, and body dissatisfaction (Harrison & Hefner, 2006; Tiggemann, Polivy, & Hargreaves, 2009).”
Content Analysis—A Methodological Primer for Gender Research (2011, background): “Research in the arena of sex/gender roles seems to exhibit greater commitment to theoretical grounding than does research in many other areas of content analysis, possibly due to gender research’s direct derivation from theories of feminism, Marxism, gender role effects, stereotyping, sexism, body i”
“Putting on” Sexiness: A Content Analysis of the Presence of Sexualizing Characteristics in Girls’ Clothing (2011, background): “In girls aged 6–12, various studies have found that exposure to media, particularly television, predicts appearance-related concerns, dieting awareness, and body dissatisfaction (e.g., Dohnt and Tiggemann 2006; Harrison and Hefner 2006).”