The Role of the Media in Body Image Concerns among Women: A Meta-Analysis of Experimental and Correlational Studies

Autor/inn/en	Grabe, Shelly; Ward, L. Monique; Hyde, Janet Shibley
Titel	The Role of the Media in Body Image Concerns among Women: A Meta-Analysis of Experimental and Correlational Studies
Quelle	In: Psychological Bulletin, 134 (2008) 3, S.460-476 (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0033-2909
DOI	10.1037/0033-2909.134.3.460
Schlagwörter	Females; Self Concept; Effect Size; Mass Media Effects; Body Composition; Meta Analysis; Correlation; Eating Habits; Periodicals; Television; College Students; High School Students; Adolescents + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Weibliches Geschlecht; Selbstkonzept; Meta-analysis; Metaanalyse; Korrelation; Ernährungsgewohnheit; Essgewohnheit; Periodical; Journal; Zeitschrift; Fachzeitschrift; Periodikum; Fernsehen; Fernsehtechnik; Collegestudent; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher
Abstract	Research suggests that exposure to mass media depicting the thin-ideal body may be linked to body image disturbance in women. This meta-analysis examined experimental and correlational studies testing the links between media exposure to women's body dissatisfaction, internalization of the thin ideal, and eating behaviors and beliefs with a sample of 77 studies that yielded 141 effect sizes. The mean effect sizes were small to moderate (ds = -0.28, -0.39, and -0.30, respectively). Effects for some outcome variables were moderated by publication year and study design. The findings support the notion that exposure to media images depicting the thin-ideal body is related to body image concerns for women. (Contains 2 footnotes and 5 tables.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10