Meta-Analyses of the Effects of Media Images on Men's Body-image Concerns

By Christopher P. Barlett, Christopher L. Vowels, Donald A. Saucier. 2008

430 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Gender Studies, Marketing

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In Clinical Psychology

1. D. Sánchez-Carracedo
2. Gemma López-Guimerà
3. J. Fauquet
4. Lenny R. Vartanian
5. Jasmine Fardouly
6. Soyeon Ahn
7. Qian Huang
8. Wei Peng

In Gender Studies

1. D. Sánchez-Carracedo
2. Gemma López-Guimerà
3. J. Fauquet
4. Soyeon Ahn
5. Qian Huang
6. Wei Peng
7. Hong Chen
8. Todd Jackson

In Marketing

1. D. Sánchez-Carracedo
2. Gemma López-Guimerà
3. Soyeon Ahn
4. Qian Huang
5. Wei Peng
6. Hong Chen
7. Todd Jackson
8. Michael Levine

Citations in the corpus

• Social Media and Body Image Concerns: Current Research and Future Directions (2016, background): “that traditional media (such as magazines and television) has on people’s body image concerns [1–3].”
• Influence of Mass Media on Body Image and Eating Disordered Attitudes and Behaviors in Females: A Review of Effects and Processes (2010, background): “To further summarize and organize the principal findings from both cross-sectional and experimental studies, Table 1 presents the findings of the four published meta-analysis to date that have reviewed the effects of media exposure on body image and disordered eating in females (see Barlett et al”
• When media become the mirror: a meta-analysis on media and body image (2020, methodology): “However, males are still underrepresented amongst studies examining body image relevant issues (Barlett et al., 2008).”
• Gender and Age Group Differences in Mass Media and Interpersonal Influences on Body Dissatisfaction Among Chinese Adolescents (2012, background): “General reviews have also concluded that pressure communicated through exposure to mass media portrayals of physical attractiveness contributes to body dissatisfaction for Western females (Grabe et al. 2008) and males ( Barlett et al. 2008 ).”
• Investigating Hegemonic Masculinity: Portrayals of Masculinity in Men’s Lifestyle Magazines (2010, background): “In addition, media representations of the male body have been found to decrease men’s body satisfaction (Barlett et al. 2008; Spitzer et al. 1999).”