Body Size Stereotyping and Internalization of the Thin Ideal in Preschool Girls

By Jennifer A. Harriger, Rachel M. Calogero, David C. Witherington, J. Smith. 2010

153 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Pharmacy, Social Psychology

View Paper: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/9e57941ba9991bc29054d75945f9315f897dc539

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In Clinical Psychology

1. R. Perloff
2. S. Grogan

In Pharmacy

1. R. Perloff
2. S. Grogan

In Social Psychology

1. R. Perloff
2. S. Grogan

Citations in the corpus

• Social Media Effects on Young Women’s Body Image Concerns: Theoretical Perspectives and an Agenda for Research (2014, background): “…their adoption of these beliefs, and more untoward effects on some young women than others, they occupy a prominent part of sex-typed socialization in contemporary Western societies, with girls as young as 3–5 years old ascribing positive characteristics to thinner targets (Harriger et al. 2010).”
• Promoting Positive Body Image in Males and Females: Contemporary Issues and Future Directions (2010, methodology): “Harriger et al. (2010) , using an ingenious game-piece choice methodology, found that 3-year-old girls display a preference for a ‘thin’ over a ‘fat’ game piece.”