Thin-ideal internalization and social comparison tendency as moderators of media models' impact on women's body-focused anxiety

By H. Dittmar, Sarah Howard. 2004

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Marketing

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Social Norms: A Review (2016, positive): “Similarly, research has demonstrated that individuals who have a tendency toward appearance-related social comparisons are more likely to be affected by the abundance of thin-ideal images propagated by media models (Dittmar & Howard, 2004).”
Influence of Mass Media on Body Image and Eating Disordered Attitudes and Behaviors in Females: A Review of Effects and Processes (2010, methodology): “Experiments conducted in Great Britain by Dittmar and Howard (2004) and by Halliwell and Dittmar (2004) demonstrated that it is the thinness of fashion models, not their attractiveness, that accounts for thin-ideal media’s immediate negative effects on body image in girls.”
Think 'thin' and feel bad: the role of appearance schema activation, attention level, and thin-ideal internalization for young women's responses to ultra-thin media ideals (2005, methodology): “In addition to thin–ideal internalization, shown to moderate this impact (Dittmar & Howard, 2004; Halliwell & Dittmar, 2004a), it investigates two further factors not previously explored together: first, the level of attention at which women process thin images and, second, appearance schema…”
The role of the media in body image concerns among women: a meta-analysis of experimental and correlational studies. (2008, background): “Interestingly, Dittmar and Howard (2004) found that women reported less body-focused anxiety after exposure to attractive, average-size models than after exposure to no models; the lowered anxiety, in a sense, demonstrates a relief effect due to exposure to “average” models.”
When media become the mirror: a meta-analysis on media and body image (2020, background): “Likewise, Dittmar and Howard (2004) found that viewers rated higher on the item “attractive models are used to enhance purchasing behavior” after they were told the stimulus materials were from an advertisement.”
Picture Perfect: The Direct Effect of Manipulated Instagram Photos on Body Image in Adolescent Girls (2018, background): “More precisely, women who more frequently engage in comparisons with others are also more negatively affected by exposure to idealized images of others, compared to women who engage in these comparisons less frequently (Dittmar & Howard, 2004).”
Media Exposure, Current and Future Body Ideals, and Disordered Eating Among Preadolescent Girls: A Longitudinal Panel Study (2006, background): “A growing collection of literature demonstrates a consistently positive correlation between young women’s mass media consumption and body-related cognitions and behaviors, in particular eating disorder symptomatology and poor body image (Dittmar and Howard, 2004; Hargreaves and Tiggemann, 2003; Harr”
Consumer Reactions to Attractive Service Providers: Approach or Avoid? (2015, background): “Women often compare their appearance to that of attractive female peers (Jones & Buckingham, 2005) and models (Dittmar & Howard, 2004) and these comparisons can elicit negative affect.”
Body Image and Self-Esteem Among Adolescent Girls: Testing the Influence of Sociocultural Factors (2005, background): “This contrasts with recent studies on adult women, who sometimes show a relief effect after seeing average-size models (Dittmar & Howard, 2004b; Halliwell & Dittmar, 2004).”