The Impact of Media Images of Super-Slender Women on Women's Self-Esteem: Identification, Social Comparison, and Self-Perception

By K. Wilcox, J. Laird. 2000

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Marketing, Museology

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Can the Media Affect Us? Social Comparison, Self-Discrepancy, and the Thin Ideal (2006, background): “…self-enhancement effects have been demonstrated in other studies (e.g., Henderson-King & Henderson-King, 1997; Myers & Biocca, 1992; Wilcox & Laird, 2000) and may be due to assimilation processes (Mussweiler & Strack, 2000), perhaps caused by identification with the model (Wilcox & Laird, 2000).”
The deliberate control of emotional experience through control of expressions (2001, background): “People identified as more responsive to situational cues are also more likely to identify with media depictions of other people (Wilcox & Laird, 2000).”
Effects of Exposure to Thin Media Images: Evidence of Self-Enhancement among Restrained Eaters (2002, background): “While seemingly counterintuitive, media-induced self-enhancement has been reported previously (Henderson-King & Henderson-King, 1997; Myers & Biocca, 1992; Wilcox & Laird, 2000) but has been ignored by other researchers in this field.”
Picture Perfect: The Direct Effect of Manipulated Instagram Photos on Body Image in Adolescent Girls (2018, background): “Previous research also revealed that the effects of exposure to the thin ideal in traditional media depend on individual susceptibility factors (e.g., Henderson-King & Henderson-King, 1997; Joshi et al., 2004; Myers & Biocca, 1992; Wilcox & Laird, 2000).”
The Role of Social Comparison in the Effect of Magazine Advertisements on Women's Mood and Body Dissatisfaction (2004, background): “…negative effects have been limited to particular groups of women, specifically women who are heavier (Henderson-King & Henderson-King, 1997), more responsive to personal cues (Wilcox & Laird, 2000) and who have higher levels of trait body dissatisfaction (Posavac, Posavac, & Posavac, 1998).”
Shaken and Stirred: A Content Analysis of Women’s Portrayals in James Bond Films (2010, background): “…exposure to such idealized thin models to be related to a host of outcomes for females—body dissatisfaction (Stice and Shaw 1994), lower self-esteem (Wilcox and Laird 2000), greater self-objectification (Harper and Tiggemann 2008), anger and depression (Pinhas et al. 1999), increased…”
Association of the Thin Body Ideal, Ambivalent Sexism, and Self-Esteem with Body Acceptance and the Preferred Body Size of College Women in Poland and the United States (2004, result): “However, other studies, which demonstrate both increases and decreases in self-esteem (E. Henderson-King & D. Henderson-King; 1997; Wilcox & Laird, 2000 ), suggest that the relationship between media exposure and self-esteem is complex.”
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”
A Content Analysis of Female Body Imagery in Video Games (2009, background): “In particular, researchers point to the mass media for perpetuating an unrealistic ideal of thinness as attractive (Byrd-Bredbenner 2003; Sypeck et al. 2006; Wilcox and Laird 2000).”
The Effects of the Media on Body Image: A Meta-Analysis (2004, methodology): “To be included in this meta-analysis, the outcome measure must be some type of evaluation of one's body, primarily based on weight, and these studies did not include such measures (Kalodner, 1997; Wegener et al., 2000).”
The mass marketing of disordered eating and Eating Disorders: The social psychology of women, thinness and culture (2006, unknown): “…& Conner, 1996; Harrison, 1997, 2000; Harrison & Cantor, 1997; Heinberg & Thompson, 1995; Murray, Touyz, & Beumont, 1996; Posovac et al., 1998; Stice & Shaw, 1994; Thompson & Heinberg, 1999; Tiggeman & Pickering, 1996; Turner, Hamilton, Jacobs, Angood, & Dwyer, 1997; Wilcox & Laird, 2000).”
Social comparison as a predictor of body dissatisfaction: A meta-analytic review. (2009, background): “…(2008) 362 Female 56.6 General Correlational Measured Unspecified 0.759 Wegner et al. (2000) 67 Female NR Student Experimental Inferred Images 1.293 Wilcox & Laird (2000) 41 Female 26.5 General Correlational Inferred Images 1.456 Yamamiya et al. (2005) 123 Female 21.4 Student Experimental Inferred…”
Mags and Abs: Media Consumption and Bodily Concerns in Men (2004, background): “It has been shown that women often experience body dissatisfaction, particularly the desire to be thinner (Brumberg, 1997; Cohn & Adler, 1992; Fallon & Rozin, 1985; Harrison, 2000; Harrison & Cantor, 1997; Mintz & Betz, 1986; Monteath & McCabe, 1997; Posavac, Posavac, & Posavac, 1998; Rand & Wright,”