Effects of Exposure to Thin Media Images: Evidence of Self-Enhancement among Restrained Eaters

By Jennifer S. Mills, P. Pliner, P. Lockwood, T. McFarlane, Randi E. McCabe, Deborah A. Roth, Dana Kahan. 2002

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Literature and Literary Theory, Marketing

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Social comparison as a predictor of body dissatisfaction: A meta-analytic review. (2009, methodology): “…0.033 Meceda (1996) Study 1 83 Female NR Student Experimental Inferred Images 0.086 Study 2 84 Female NR Student Experimental Inferred Images 0.525 Mills et al. (2002) Study 1 98 Female 19.72 Student Experimental Inferred Images 0.023 Study 2 61 Female 19.72 Student Experimental Inferred Images…”
Social Comparison Theory and Deception in the Interpersonal Exchange of Consumption Information (2006, background): “Researchers have found that upward social comparisons with relevant targets are less threatening when the superior performance is perceived to be attainable (Lockwood and Kunda 1997; Mills et al. 2002).”
DOES SIZE MATTER? THE IMPACT OF MODEL'S BODY SIZE ON WOMEN'S BODY-FOCUSED ANXIETY AND ADVERTISING EFFECTIVENESS (2004, background): “However, Mills et al. (2002) argue that to eliminate demand characteristics, the images and the body image measures should, ideally, be assessed in different studies.”
The role of the media in body image concerns among women: a meta-analysis of experimental and correlational studies. (2008, background): “Table 1 (continued) Study d N Mean age (yrs) Study design Media type Type of control MeasureE C S Harrison (2000) .12 178 14.6 Correlational Magazines BDS-EDI .35 178 14.6 Correlational Magazines DT-EDI .37 178 14.6 Correlational Magazines chEAT Harrison & Cantor (1997) .63 232 20 Correlational Maga”
Thin-ideal internalization and social comparison tendency as moderators of media models' impact on women's body-focused anxiety (2004, background): “First, demand characteristics are an important issue, and it has been argued that participants’ suspecting the true purpose of these studies may make identification of adverse effects more likely because of the popular belief that thin models in advertising are “bad for you” (Mills et al., 2002).”
Beauty as a Tool: The Effect of Model Attractiveness, Product Relevance, and Elaboration Likelihood on Advertising Effectiveness (2010, background): “, Trampe, Stapel, & Siero, 2007; for a review, see Groesz, Levine, & Murnen, 2002), although positive effects have been documented as well (Mills et al., 2002; Smeesters & Mandel, 2006).”
The Effects of Thin and Heavy Media Images on Overweight and Underweight Consumers: Social Comparison Processes and Behavioral Implications (2010, background): “Effects of media exposure on eating have been reported before, but mainly demonstrating that exposure to thin models can lead to disinhibited eating (Mills et al. 2002; Seddon and Berry 1996).”
Images of Success and the Preference for Luxury Brands (2006, result): “Although some prior research has established assimilation effects of social comparisons (e.g., Mills et al., 2002), these researchers did not establish the cognitive processes underlying their effects.”
When media become the mirror: a meta-analysis on media and body image (2020, methodology): “After the computation, we removed 16 effect sizes from 6 studies (i.e., Dittmar, Halliwell, & Stirling, 2009 Study 1; Hargreaves & Tiggemann, 2003; Mills et al., 2002 Study 1 and 3; Skorek & Dunham, 2012; Tiggemann & McGill, 2004) that were above (Mean + 2*SD) or below (Mean – 2*SD) regular scale…”
Upward and Downward: Social Comparison Processing of Thin Idealized Media Images (2010, methodology): “They then viewed and rated (via the Consumer Response Questionnaire) the 15 advertisements in the same set order, so that the three experimental (instructional set) groups were exposed to exactly the same stimulus materials.”