Body Image and Self-Esteem Among Adolescent Girls: Testing the Influence of Sociocultural Factors

By D. Clay, Vivian L. Vignoles, H. Dittmar. 2005

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Marketing

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In Clinical Psychology

1. P. Heaven
2. Joseph Ciarrochi
3. Elizabeth Behm-Morawitz
4. Pavica Sheldon
5. Rachel Florence Rodgers
6. Dana E. Mastro
7. K. V. Petrides
8. D. Chan

In Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

1. Elizabeth Behm-Morawitz
2. Pavica Sheldon
3. P. Heaven
4. Joseph Ciarrochi
5. Dana E. Mastro

In Marketing

1. Elizabeth Behm-Morawitz
2. Pavica Sheldon
3. Rachel Florence Rodgers
4. Dana E. Mastro

Citations in the corpus

• The Effects of the Sexualization of Female Video Game Characters on Gender Stereotyping and Female Self-Concept (2009, background): “Specifically, exposure to idealized images of the female body affects self-esteem and selfefficacy (Bessenoff 2006; Clay et al. 2005; Hawkins, et al. 2004).”
• Parental styles, gender and the development of hope and self‐esteem (2008, background): “Clay et al. (2005) also found significant declines in girls’ self-esteem with gender differences being greatest in middle adolescence.”
• Consuming Image: How Mass Media Impact the Identity of People with Disabilities (2013, background): “For example, Clay, Vignoles, and Dittmar (2005) found that unrealistic media portrayals of female body images and frequent exposure lowered younger girls’ self-esteem and affected their self-perception negatively.”
• Pressure To Be Perfect: Influences on College Students' Body Esteem (2010, background): “A more recent study on 136 British girls aged 11 to 16 found that their exposure to images of magazine models drastically lowered the girls' self-esteem (Clay, Vignoles, & Dittmar, 2005 ).”
• The Relationship Between Body Image Concerns, Eating Disorders and Internet Use, Part II: An Integrated Theoretical Model (2016, background): “The sociocultural theory of body image and eating concerns’ focus on media, peers, and parents as socializing agents has made it developmentally very relevant to adolescents and youth (Borzekowski and Bayer 2005; Clay et al. 2005; Rodgers et al. 2009; Webb and Zimmer-Gembeck 2014).”