When the Body Defines the Self: Self-Concept Clarity, Internalization, and Body Image

By Lenny R. Vartanian. 2009

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Marketing

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Social modeling of eating: a review of when and why social influence affects food intake and choice. (2015, unknown): “Furthermore, what has been overlooked by those who would aim to “inoculate” people against the evils of social influence (e.g. Badaly, 2013; Vartanian, 2009) is that this powerful determinant of eating behavior might be harnessed “for good” (Rosenberg, 2011), for example, to encourage healthy…”
Influence of Mass Media on Body Image and Eating Disordered Attitudes and Behaviors in Females: A Review of Effects and Processes (2010, background): “Even so, and despite the fact that progress is being made (see, e.g., Dittmar et al., 2009; Vartanian, 2009), knowledge is still lacking on the number and the time sequence of major processes, their order of importance, and how they mediate as well as moderate the impact of various sociocultural…”
How do "Body Perfect" Ideals In tHe MedIa Have a negatIve IMPact on Body IMage and BeHavIors? factors and Processes related to self and IdentIty (2009, unknown): “The final article is concerned with improving our understanding of factors that make it more or less likely that individuals aspire to, and internalize, the sociocultural "body perfect" ideals so prominently displayed in the media (Vartanian, 2009, this issue).”
Contingencies of Self-Worth and Appearance Concerns (2012, background): “Validating the self on others’ approval has also been related to greater internalization of societal standards of physical attractiveness (Vartanian, 2009).”
Beyond Screen Time: Identity Development in the Digital Age (2020, background): “For example, the narrative that stipulates that the value of a woman rests on how thin she is has been studied for long-ranging negative impacts on adolescent girls (e.g. Stice, 1994; Vartanian, 2009; Vartanian & Hopkinson, 2010).”
Appearance vs. health motives for exercise and for weight loss (2012, background): “Research has consistently shown that internalization of societal standards of attractiveness is related to body dissatisfaction, which in turn is related to disordered eating behavior (Keery, van den Berg, & Thompson, 2004; Vartanian, 2009; Vartanian & Hopkinson, 2010).”