The Role of Social Comparison in the Effect of Magazine Advertisements on Women's Mood and Body Dissatisfaction

By M. Tiggemann, B. McGill. 2004

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Gender Studies, Marketing

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Integrating Social Comparison Theory and Self-Esteem within Objectification Theory to Predict Women’s Disordered Eating (2010, background): “…(e.g., Augustus-Horvath and Tylka 2009; Moradi et al. 2005), that exposure to thin images of women predict body comparison (Bessenoff 2006; Tiggemann and McGill 2004), and that sexual objectification negatively predicts women’s self-esteem (Herbozo and Thompson 2006; Phan and Tylka 2006;…”
COGNITIVE RESPONSES TO IDEALIZED MEDIA IMAGES OF WOMEN: THE RELATIONSHIP OF SOCIAL COMPARISON AND CRITICAL PROCESSING TO BODY IMAGE DISTURBANCE IN COLLEGE WOMEN (2005, background): “The SATAQ (Heinberg, Thompson, & Stormer, 1995) is a measure of the degree of internalization and awareness of the thin ideal typically seen in mainstream media. The scale is composed of 14 items, eight assessing internalization of the ideal and six assessing awareness of the ideal. Heinberg, Thomps”
Sociocultural Idealization of Thin Female Body Shapes: An Introduction to the Special Issue on Body Image and Eating Disorders (2004, background): “Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 23(1), pp. 7-22. Cash, T. F., & Henry, P.E. (1995). Women’s body images: The results of a national survey in the USA.”
Influence of Mass Media on Body Image and Eating Disordered Attitudes and Behaviors in Females: A Review of Effects and Processes (2010, background): “Research on the effects of the media on body satisfaction and on eating attitudes and behaviors has increased substantially in recent years, yet much work remains to be done in order to clarify the processes through which media exercise their influence (see Dittmar, 2009 ; Harrison & Hefner, 2008 ”
Understanding the Impact of Thin Media Models on Women's Body-Focused Affect: The Roles of Thin-Ideal Internalization and Weight-Related Self-Discrepancy Activation in Experimental Exposure Effects (2009, neutral): “Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 24, 1114-1138. Fredrickson, B. L., Roberts, T. A., Noll, S. M., Quinn, D. M., & Twenge, J. M. (1998). That swimsuit becomes you: Sex differences in self-objectification, restrained eating, and math performance.”
The Effect of Thin Ideal Media Images on Women’s Self-Objectification, Mood, and Body Image (2008, background): “For example, in an Australian study, Tiggemann and McGill (2004) found that women who viewed images of a body part of a thin model (often referred to as " body-isms " ; Hall and Crum 1994) exhibited greater body dissatisfaction than women who viewed images of the full body of a thin model or…”
A longitudinal content analysis of gender role portrayal in Belgian television advertising (2016, background): “Moreover, media images affect how individuals think about themselves (Groesz, Levine, and Murnen 2002; Tiggemann and McGill 2004).”
When media become the mirror: a meta-analysis on media and body image (2020, background): “…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 to see if that would have a considerable impact on the…”
Inspired by Hope, Motivated by Envy: Comparing the Effects of Discrete Emotions in the Process of Social Comparison to Media Figures (2014, neutral): “…programming and commercials (Agliata & Tantleff-Dunn, 2004; Botta, 1999; Cattarin, Thompson, Thomas, & Williams, 2000; Tiggemann & Slater, 2004), and magazine ads (Engeln-Maddox, 2005; Hawkins, Richards, Granley, & Stein, 2004; Martin & Kennedy, 1993; Richins, 1991; Tiggemann & McGill, 2004).”
Media Exposure, Body Dissatisfaction, and Disordered Eating in Middle-aged Women (2011, background): “Tiggemann and McGill (2004) reported almost acceptable internal consistency (a ¼ .69) for the scale in a female undergraduate sample.”
Can the Media Affect Us? Social Comparison, Self-Discrepancy, and the Thin Ideal (2006, background): “…in social comparison to thin models (upward comparison), both adolescent girls and college-aged women suffered increased negative mood (e.g., Tiggemann & McGill, 2004), greater body dissatisfaction and eating disorder symptoms (e.g., Field, Carmago, Taylor, Berkey, & Colditz, 1999), as well…”
The role of the media in body image concerns among women: a meta-analysis of experimental and correlational studies. (2008, background): “…Thornton & Maurice, 1997), if specific instructions were given for participants to compare themselves with the models (e.g., two subsamples in Tiggemann & McGill, 2004), or if the media manipulation was an 1 Although the number of studies investigating the link between the media and…”
Cosmetic Surgery Makeover Programs and Intentions to Undergo Cosmetic Enhancements: A Consideration of Three Models of Media Effects. (2009, neutral): “…the general media (Jones, 2001; Morrison, Kalin, & Morrison, 2004), television programming and commercials (Botta, 1999; Cattarin, Thompson, Thomas, & Williams, 2000; Tiggemann & Slater, 2004), and magazine ads (Engelin-Maddox, 2005; Martin & Kennedy, 1993; Richins, 1991; Tiggemann & McGill, 2004).”
Social comparison as a predictor of body dissatisfaction: A meta-analytic review. (2009, neutral): “…(1993) 146 Female 21 Student Correlational Measured Unspecified 0.385 Tiggemann (2001) 52 Female 24.2 Student Correlational Measured Images 2.147 Tiggemann & McGill (2004) 126 Female 20.6 Student Experimental Measured Images 1.139 Tiggemann & Slater (2004) 84 Female 20.23 Student Experimental…”
Video Game Characters and the Socialization of Gender Roles: Young People’s Perceptions Mirror Sexist Media Depictions (2007, background): “Appearance Ideals Research suggests that exposure to physical appearance ideals in the media are connected with poor body image (Dohnt & Tiggemann 2006; Tiggemann and McGill 2004) and self-destructive behaviors such as pathogenic dieting practices (Thomsen et al. 2002).”