The effect of experimental presentation of thin media images on body satisfaction: a meta-analytic review.

By Lisa M. Groesz, Michael Levine, Sarah K. Murnen. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 2002

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

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Athlete or Sex Symbol: What Boys Think of Media Representations of Female Athletes (2011, background): “A large body of research with primarily Western samples has examined how these images affect girls and women (e.g., Field et al. 1999; Grabe et al. 2008; Groesz et al. 2002; Levine et al. 1994; Ward and Harrison 2005), yet only a small body of research has examined how they affect males (e.”
The role of the media in body image concerns among women: a meta-analysis of experimental and correlational studies. (2008, result): “For example, Groesz et al. (2002) included only experimental research, and of the 34 studies included in the Holmstrom review, only 9 overlapped with those in the Groesz et al. review.”
In the eye of the beholder: Thin-ideal media affects some, but not most, viewers in a meta-analytic review of body dissatisfaction in women and men. (2013, background): “…little attention in meta-analyses has focused on the potential for the influence of media on body dissatisfaction to be limited to specific groups, such as individuals with preexisting body dissatisfaction issues or other vulnerabilities (although see Groesz et al., 2002 for previous discussion).”
The Effect of “Thin Ideal” Television Commercials on Body Dissatisfaction and Schema Activation During Early Adolescence (2003, background): “Many of these studies, which have predominantly used adult samples, are summarized in a recent meta-analysis (Groesz et al., 2002).”
Objectification Theory and Psychology of Women: A Decade of Advances and Future Directions (2008, neutral): “…and subtle and covert sexual objectification (e.g., Connor-Greene, Striegel-Moore, & Cronan, 1994; Field, Camargo, Taylor, Berkey, & Colditz, 1999; Groesz, Levine, & Murnen, 2002; Jacobi, Hayward, de Zwann, Kraemer, & Agras, 2004; Larkin, Rice, & Russell, 1996; Murnen & Smolak, 2000; Piran, 1998;…”
“Everybody Knows That Mass Media Are/Are Not [pick one] a Cause of Eating Disorders”: A Critical Review of Evidence for a Causal Link Between Media, Negative Body Image, and Disordered Eating in Females (2009, background): “Stronger evidence (criterion 5) for a causal relationship between mass media, negative body image, and disordered eating comes from the extensive experimental literature (Grabe et al., 2008; Groesz et al., 2002).”
The Impact of Sexually Objectifying Media Exposure on Negative Body Emotions and Sexual Self-Perceptions: Investigating the Mediating Role of Body Self-Consciousness (2007, background): “Again, this result lends some insight into previous research that has found that media exposure is predictive of body dissatisfaction (e.g., Groesz et al., 2002; Holmstrom, 2004).”
SELF-ESTEEM AS A MODERATOR OF THE EFFECT OF SOCIAL COMPARISON ON WOMEN'S BODY IMAGE (2005, background): “Most studies of the effects of social comparison on body image have confounded the thinness of the comparison target with her physical attractiveness (Groesz et al., 2002; Halliwell & Dittmar, 2004).”
Understanding the Impact of Thin Media Models on Women's Body-Focused Affect: The Roles of Thin-Ideal Internalization and Weight-Related Self-Discrepancy Activation in Experimental Exposure Effects (2009, background): “Meta-analyses confirm that—on average— women feel worse after exposure to thin media models than other types of images (Grabe et al., 2008; Groesz et al., 2002).”
Do Appearance Focused Cognitive Distortions Moderate the Relationship between Social Comparisons to Peers and Media Images and Body Image Disturbance? (2011, background): “Media images typically depict unrealistically thin models that differ significantly in appearance from the average woman (Groesz et al. 2002; Strahan et al. 2006); in contrast, peers are more likely to be perceived as more similar or relevant in the domain of physical attractiveness (Strahan et al.”
Social comparison as a predictor of body dissatisfaction: A meta-analytic review. (2009, background): “Although considerable research has focused on the impact of comparisons with media images (e.g., Groesz et al., 2002), individuals also may compare themselves to other people in their environment (e.g., Karazsia & Crowther, 2008; Krones, Stice, Batres, & Orjada, 2005).”
Body Image and Self-Esteem Among Adolescent Girls: Testing the Influence of Sociocultural Factors (2005, background): “The only exception was a single study which found no reliable difference between participants exposed to ultra-thin and ‘‘average’’ models (Martin & Gentry, cited by Groesz et al., 2002).1”