Media exposure, body dissatisfaction and disordered eating: television and magazines are not the same!

By M. Tiggemann. 2003

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Marketing, Sociology and Political Science

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Body Image Concerns in Young Girls: The Role of Peers and Media Prior to Adolescence (2006, background): “A number of studies of women and adolescent girls have reported positive relationships between television viewing and magazine exposure with weight concerns and eating disorder symptomatology (e.g., Field et al., 1999 ;L evineet al., 1994; Taylor et al., 1998; Tiggemann, 2003 ).”
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…”
Exposure to Sexually Objectifying Media and Body Self-Perceptions among College Women: An Examination of the Selective Exposure Hypothesis and the Role of Moderating Variables (2006, background): “Indeed, the adverse effects of the media could be more powerful to those with low selfesteem because the tendency to compare the self with others is greater in those with lower self esteem (David & Johnson, 1998; Tiggemann, 2003 ).”
Real Women Have Curves (2008, unknown): “Robinson, & Killen, 2000; Tiggemann & Pickering, 1996), and frequent reading of magazines (Jones, Vigfusdottir, & Lee, 2004; Stice, SchupakNeuberg, Shaw, & Stein, 1994; Tiggemann, 2003; Tiggemann & McGill, 2004).”
The Relationship Between Body Image Concerns, Eating Disorders and Internet Use, Part I: A Review of Empirical Support (2016, background): “First, they represent a new formofmass-media,which, similarly to traditional forms of media (Tiggemann 2003), may therefore contain a high level of thin-ideal content associated with body image and eating concerns.”
The Internet and Adolescent Girls’ Weight Satisfaction and Drive for Thinness (2010, background): “…correlational research has demonstrated links between fashion magazine or television consumption and body dissatisfaction (Jones et al. 2004; Tiggemann 2003), perceptions of overweight (McCreary and Sadava 1999), and eating disorder symptomatology (Harrison 2000; Stice et al. 1994; Thomsen…”
Investigating the impact of pro‐anorexia websites: a pilot study (2006, background): “It is also important to begin to identify the impact that different medium may have (Tiggemann, 2003).”
Body Objectification and Depression in Adolescents: The Role of Gender, Shame, and Rumination (2007, background): “Indeed, it has been demonstrated that body mass moderates the relationship between pressures to be thin and related psychological consequences (Tiggemann, 2003).”
Does Media Type Matter? The Role of Identification in Adolescent Girls’ Media Consumption and the Impact of Different Thin-Ideal Media on Body Image (2011, background): “For example, magazines typically show still images of the thin ideal, embedded in articles about celebrities, diet, fitness, beauty and fashion (Tiggeman 2003).”
Cosmetic Surgery Makeover Programs and Intentions to Undergo Cosmetic Enhancements: A Consideration of Three Models of Media Effects. (2009, background): “Although some evidence links overall TV viewing with body dissatisfaction (e.g., Harrison & Cantor, 1997; Tiggemann, 2003) and overall magazine consumption with disordered eating symptomology (e.g., Harrison & Cantor, 1997), other studies have found null effects (e.g., Botta, 1999; Tiggemann, 2005).”
The role of media exposure in adolescent girls' body dissatisfaction and drive for thinness: prospective results (2006, background): “Total television time was not related, but the watching of soap operas emerged as a correlate of internalization and appearance schemas, replicating some previous results (Hofschire & Greenburg, 2002; Tiggemann, 2003; Tiggemann & Pickering, 1996).”
When the Body Defines the Self: Self-Concept Clarity, Internalization, and Body Image (2009, background): “Internalization has also been shown to mediate the relation between parental, peer, and media influence and body dissatisfaction (e.g., Keery, van den Berg, & Thompson, 2004; Stice, SchupakNeuberg, Shaw, & Stein, 1994; Tiggemann, 2003).”
Television and adolescent body image: the role of program content and viewing motivation (2005, methodology): “Although there is a small amount of empirical evidence for a mediating role for internalization (Stice et al., 1994; Tiggemann, 2003), the role of appearance schemas has not yet been investigated.”
Influence of Mass Media on Body Image and Eating Disordered Attitudes and Behaviors in Females: A Review of Effects and Processes (2010, background): “To address this concern, Hargreaves and Tiggemann (2003) examined the long-term effects of exposing a group of 17-year-old Australian girls to 20 television commercials (30 seconds each) that showed actresses representative of current thinness and beauty ideals.”
The Relationship Between Body Image Concerns, Eating Disorders and Internet Use, Part II: An Integrated Theoretical Model (2016, background): “According to this theory, individuals are motivated to selectively expose themselves to cultural messages as a source of information on appearance standards (Tiggemann 2003).”
Attitudes Toward Cosmetic Surgery in Middle-Aged Women: Body Image, Aging Anxiety, and the Media (2010, background): “Among this group, high levels of body dissatisfaction are associated with a number of adverse psychosocial consequences, including poor self-esteem (Webster & Tiggemann, 2003), depression (Simon et al., 2008), and disordered eating (Lewis & Cachelin, 2001).”