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Cass, Kamila M. Bardone-Cone Anna. "The impact of a media literacy intervention on the effects of exposure to conventional and novel thin-ideal media immediate effects and two-week follow-up /." Diss., Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri-Columbia, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10355/6093.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2008.The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Title from title screen of research.pdf file (viewed on August 4, 2009) Vita. Includes bibliographical references.
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O'Brien, Kendall. "The Cultivation of Eating Disorders through Instagram." Scholar Commons, 2015. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/6004.
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A profusion of research has been dedicated to the effects of new media on body image. In an attempt to explain the inflation of eating disorders, several researchers have turned to the cultivation theory, postulating that increased interaction with these medias will lead to internalizations of the messages they disseminate. The over presence of extremely thin models and actresses can create a new reality for media users, who begin to equate thinness with beauty, power, femininity and happiness. While an abundance of research has delved into the impact of this thin ideal through television and magazines, the Internet as a medium is relatively new territory. Untrodden further is the field of social media, and particularly Instagram. The aim of this study was to determine the potential of cultivation theory via Instagram and its users.
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Dofsand, Felicia. "Media, men and eating disorders. a qualitative study of the media factors influence in the sicken of a eating disorder." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Fakulteten för hälsa och samhälle (HS), 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-25312.
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Ätstörningar är en sjukdomsgrupp som blir allt vanligare i samhället. En av orsakerna till att sjukdomen ökar är det orealistiska idealet som presenters i media. Mediatrycket blir även mer påtagligt och lättåtkomligt. Idealet medför en ökad missnöjdhet med den egna kroppen och med utseendet som bidrar till ett driv för förändring. Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka om män påverkats av media i samma utsträckning som kvinnor i insjuknandet av en ätstörning. Samt om könet spelar en central roll för vem som drabbas. Av de som drabbas av en ätstörning och söker vård utgörs enbart 10% av män. Kan idealet ha en påverkan till att färre män drabbas? Eller medför de olika föreställningarna kring könen och sjukdomen att män inte inser att se är sjuka, vågar de inte söka hjälp eftersom det anses vara en kvinnosjukdom? Resultatet tyder på att sjukdomen är komplex till sin natur, där inte enbart en mediafaktorn bidrar till att en person drabbas.Eating disorders are a disease group that is becoming more common in society. One of the reasons that the disease is increasing is the unrealistic ideal that is presented in media. The media-pressure is substantial and accessible. The beauty ideal involve a dissatisfaction of a persons own body and his or hers appearance that will contribute to the drive of change. The purpose of this study is to investigate if men, as well as women, are influenced by the media-factor in the sicken of an eating disorder. Also if the sex matters and plays a certain role for those who suffer. Only 10 percent of those who are suffering from an eating disorder and that seeks help are men. Can the ideal have an direct affect that less men suffer from this disease? Or can the different expectations of the sexes and of the disease implicate that men don´t realize that they are sick, or that they feel shameful to seek help because eating disorders are known to be a women’s disease? The results implicate that eating disorders is a complex disease and that the media-factor alone does not contribute to sicken or the cause of sickness.
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Kimevski, Kara L. "Social Media and Its Connection to the Development of Eating Disorders." Kent State University Honors College / OhioLINK, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ksuhonors1512484928637599.
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Upadhyaya, Shrinkhala. "Detection of Eating Disorders Among Young Women: Implications for Development Communication." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1521261916063295.
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Henry, Keisha Denythia. "Ethnicity and acculturation as moderators of the relationship between media exposure, awareness, and thin-ideal internalization in African American women." Texas A&M University, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/4176.
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The moderating effects of ethnicity and acculturation on three relationships:
media exposure and awareness of sociocultural appearance norms, awareness of social
ideals and thin-ideal internalization, and thin-ideal internalization and body
dissatisfaction were examined. European American students and African American
participants from both predominantly White and historically Black colleges and
universities completed measures of media exposure, awareness of socicultural attitudes
towards appearance, internalization of appearance norms, body dissatisfaction, and
acculturation. The LISREL 8.5 program was used to perform structural modeling
analysis using the Satorra-Bentler scaled chi-square and associated robust standard
errors to test the relationship between ethnic groups. The results support previous
findings regarding the mediational effect of internalization on the relationship between
awareness and body dissatisfaction, and also provided evidence for the relationship
between media exposure and awareness of sociocultural norms. The relationship
between media exposure and awareness, and awareness and internalization were similar for both groups, while relationship between internalization and body dissatisfaction was
stronger for European American women than for African American women. These
results indicate ethnicity may serve to protect some women against the development of
eating disorder symptoms, as well as the role of acculturation as a moderator between
media exposure and awareness and between internalization and body dissatisfaction in
African American women.
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Lambruschini, Falcon Karla, and Kristian Hjertén. "Media och ätstörningar : En litteraturöversikt." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för folkhälso- och vårdvetenskap, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-339579.
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Bakgrund: Media har en allt större roll i det dagliga livet och prevalensen för ätstörningar ökar hos både män och kvinnor. I takt med att tekniken gör media mer lättillgänglig kan det finnas en större risk att påverkas. Syfte: Att sammanställa kunskap från vetenskaplig litteratur kring hur media påverkar risken att insjukna i en ätstörning, bland unga människor från 12 till 30 år. Metod: Strukturerad litteraturöversikt där resultatet baserades på 11 kvantitativa originalartiklar från PubMed, MeSH, SBU och MEDLINE genom PsycINFO. Resultat: Sinnesstämningen, ätmönster och kroppsbild kan förändras vid exponering för media som framhäver en idealistisk kroppsfigur som sedan kan påverka till att drabbas av ätstörningssymtom. Individer som avviker i synen på sig själv jämfört med den som de tycker att de borde ha eller de som tidigare haft ätstörningssymtom har en större risk att internalisera det idealiserade budskapet från media. Slutsats: Denna översikt visar på att media kan påverka risken för insjuknanden av en ätstörning och påverkan blir starkare då individen har ätstörningssymtom eller en förändrad syn på sig själv eller på den som samhället utstakat sedan tidigare. Kroppsmissnöje, internalisering av det smala idealet, förändrad ätmönster, inverkan på sinnesstämningen samt självkänslan är faktorer som media omedvetet kan påverka hos både unga män och kvinnor. Här kan kunskap kring media spela en stor roll i preventionen. Det krävs även mer forskning med fokus på pojkar och ätstörning då den nuvarande forskningen till större del fokuserat på kvinnor. Då ätstörningar är ett fortsatt stigande problem bland unga människor så borde detta område även inkluderas i sjuksköterskans grundutbildning.Background: Media has an increasing role in the daily life and so is the prevalence of Eating Disorders, for men and women. In the light of technological advances, the media becomes more approachable which increases the risk of impact. Aim: To gather knowledge through scientific literature about how media impact the risk of onset in an Eating Disorder, among young people ages 12 to 30. Method: Structured literature study based on 11 quantitative original articles. Result: Affect, eating patterns and body image can change when exposed to appearance media, which idealizes an unrealistic body image which can lead to a disordered eating pathology. The Individuals with discrepancies between the self-image and the idealized one they think they ought to have, or those who have previously had disordered eating pathology are at greater risk of internalizing the idealized message. Conclusion: This literature review shows that media can impact the risk of the upbringing of an eating disorder and the impact strengthens when the individual has disordered eating pathology or has distorted view on their selves or on how society previously dictated. Body dissatisfaction, internalization of the thin ideal, changed eating patterns, impact on affect and self-esteem are factors, which unconsciously affect young women and men. Media literacy can play a big part in preventing eating disorders. More research connected to eating disorders and men is needed since previous studies focused more on women. This ought to be included in the curriculum of nursing training as eating disorders are rising.
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Masawi, Francisca. "Young Women's Perceptions of Factors Influencing Eating Disorders." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/6060.
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Eating disorders (EDs) cause irreversible physical damage, including organ failure and death. Although EDs receive considerable attention, the number of affected young women who seek help remains low. The purpose of this phenomenological study was to understand the sociocultural and socioenvironmental factors influencing ED development from the perspective of young women, and to explore why the rate of EDs continues to rise in this population. The sociocultural model served as a guide for the study. Ten young women 18-24 years old from Southwest Ohio participated in in-depth, semi structured, face-to-face interviews. Data coding and analysis revealed recurring themes, with findings indicating that family relationships and social media were major factors influencing young women's perceptions of personal image and attractiveness. Participants described that social media's negative portrayal of beauty leads to internalization of the thin-ideal, leading to body dissatisfaction, with subsequent negative dieting behaviors that increase the risk for eating disorder development. Family relationships were described as the main source of positive support to neutralize these external negative forces by creating environments where these young women are accepted. A combination of media, availability of fast food, and society's portrayal of beauty, had significant influences on ED development by creating "constant internal struggles" on body image, good food choices and acceptance in society. The study impacts social change by adding new information for public health program developers and policy makers that may be used to introduce ED programs in local schools that will empower these young women to seek help without fear of stigma or alienation.
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Gann, Lianne. "Orthorexia nervosa: the role of social media #cleaneating." Diss., University of Iowa, 2019. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/6948.
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Social media use represents an emerging area of interest in relation to body image and disordered eating. Previous research has demonstrated social media use may be related to eating disorder risk, an increase in body image concerns, bulimic symptoms, and restricted eating. Orthorexia Nervosa (ON), a disordered eating pattern focused on the purity/quality of food, needs further investigation within the social media context. The current study examined whether young adult women’s social media use was associated with objectified body consciousness and orthorexia nervosa symptoms. Social media use, both active and passive, was significantly correlated with body consciousness (body surveillance and body shame) but was not significantly correlated with orthorexia nervosa symptoms. However, in the regression model, only objectified body consciousness, not social media use, significantly predicted ON tendencies. Understanding the impact of social media and body consciousness on ON behaviors may have implications for young women’s mental health, as well as eating disorder programs and recovery.
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Bair, Carrie. "Relations Among Media, Eating Pathology and Body Dissatisfaction in College Women." VCU Scholars Compass, 2011. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/2359.
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Research has identified a relation between exposure to thin-ideal magazine and television media images and eating disorder pathology. However, few studies have examined the potential influence of Internet media on eating disorder behaviors and attitudes. This study investigated the associations among appearance-orientated media exposure, body dissatisfaction, eating pathology and thin-ideal internalization in a sample of 421 female undergraduate students. Results indicate that undergraduate women spend significantly more time viewing appearance-oriented sources online, rather than reading appearance-orientated magazines. Appearance-oriented Internet consumption was also more strongly associated with eating disorder pathology than was use of other media (television and magazines). Relations between appearance-orientated media use (all types) and body dissatisfaction was mediated by thin-ideal internalization. These findings are consistent with those of previous research, and highlight the vulnerability individuals high in thin-ideal internalization might have following media exposure. They also suggest that Internet media might be an important topic to include in eating disorders prevention and treatment.
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Lazo, Montoya Yessenia, Alejandra Quenaya, and Percy Mayta-Tristan. "Influencia de los medios de comunicación y el riesgo de padecer trastornos de la conducta alimentaria en escolares mujeres en Lima, Perú." Sociedad Argentina de Pediatría, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/582620.
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Introduction. Eating disorders (EDs) are a public
health problem, and their relationship to mass
media is still controversial.
Objective. To assess whether there is an association
between models of body image shown in mass
media and the risk of developing EDs among
female adolescent students from Lima, Peru.
Methodology. Cross-sectional study conducted in
three schools located in the district of La Victoria,
Lima, Peru. The risk of developing EDs was
measured using the Eating Attitudes Test-26
(EAT-26), while mass media influence was
measured using the Sociocultural Attitudes
Towards Appearance Questionnaire-3
(SATAQ-3), which was categorized into tertiles
both in the overall score and its subscales
(information, pressure, general internalization,
and athletic internalization). Adjusted prevalence
ratios (aPR) for EDs were estimated.
Results. Four hundred and eighty-three students
were included, their median age was 14 ± 3 years
old. A risk of developing an ED was observed
in 13.9% of them. Students who are more
influenced by mass media (upper tertile of the
SATAQ-3) have a higher probability of having a
risk of developingan ED (aPR: 4.24; 95% confidence
interval [CI]: 2.10-8.56), as well as those who have
a greater access to information (PR: 1.89; 95% CI:
1.09-3.25), suffer more pressure (PR: 4.97; 95% CI:
2.31-10.69), show a greater general internalization
(PR: 5.00; 95% CI: 2.39-10.43), and show a greater
level of athletic internalization (PR: 4.35; 95%
CI: 2.19-8-66).
Conclusion.The greater the influence of mass
media, the greater the probability of having a
risk of developing an ED among female students
from Lima, Peru.Introducción. Los trastornos de conducta alimentaria (TCA) son un problema de salud pública y su relación con los medios de comunicación es aún controversial. Objetivo. Evaluar si existe asociación entre los modelos de imagen corporal mostrados por los medios de comunicación y el riesgo de TCA en adolescentes escolares mujeres de Lima, Perú. Metodología. Estudio transversal realizado en tres centros educativos del distrito de La Victoria, Lima, Perú. Se midió el riesgo de TCA con la prueba de actitud alimentaria (Eating Attitudes Test-26; EAT-26, por sus siglas en inglés) y la influencia de los medios de comunicación con el cuestionario sobre actitudes socioculturales con respecto a la apariencia (Sociocultural Attitudes Towards Appearance Questionnaire-3; SATAQ-3, por sus siglas en inglés), categorizada en terciles tanto en el puntaje global como en sus subescalas (acceso a la información, presión, internalización general y atlética). Se calcularon las razones de prevalencia ajustadas (RPa) para TCA. Resultados. Se incluyeron483 escolares con edad mediana de 14 ? 3 años. El 13,9% presentó riesgo de padecer TCA. Las escolares que presentan mayor influencia de los medios de comunicación (tercil superior del SATAQ-3) tienen mayor probabilidad de tener un riesgo de TCA (RPa: 4,24; IC 95%: 2,10-8,56), así como quienes tienen mayor acceso a la información (RP: 1,89; IC 95%: 1,09-3,25), mayor presión (RP: 4,97; IC 95%: 2,3110,69), las que presentaron mayor internalización general (RP: 5,00; IC 95%: 2,39-10,43) y las que mostraron mayor grado de internalización atlética (RP: 4,35; IC 95%: 2,19-8,66). Conclusión. A mayor influencia de los medios de comunicación, existe una mayor probabilidad de riesgo de padecer TCA en escolares mujeres en Lima, Perú.
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Barta, Jonna Lee. "Media Effects on the Body Shape Ideal and Bulimic Symptomatology in Males." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1999. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2261/.
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This study investigates the impact of sociocultural mediators in relation to eating disorders among male undergraduates. Literature on eating disorders has demonstrated that a thin body shape ideal depicted in the media directly contributes to eating pathology among females, but little research has investigated the direct effects of ideal body shape images among men. The focus of the present investigation was to assess the direct effects of exposure to the ideal male body shape on mens affect, self esteem, body satisfaction, and endorsement of U. S. societal ideals of attractiveness. In addition, the relation of these variables to bulimic symptomatology was examined. Modeling a study conducted on women (Stice & Shaw, 1994), male undergraduates between the ages of 18 to 25 participated in premeasure (N = 169) and post measure (N = 95) conditions. Participants in the post measure were randomly exposed to pictures from magazines containing either male models depicting the ideal body shape, an average body or pictures of clothing without models. Results from repeated mulitvariate analysis indicated that exposure to the ideal body shape condition did not demonstrate significant negative changes in mens affect, self esteem, body satisfaction or endorsement of U. S. societal ideals of attractiveness. Indirect support for the sociocultural theory of eating disorders was provided by multiple regression analyses which demonstrated that increased body mass, self esteem, stress and anxiety predicted bulimic symptomatology in men. Future research should direct itself toward investigating possible sociocultural influences of eating disorders on certain male subenvironments, such as athletes or homosexual males that place a greater emphasis on maintaining lower body mass and an ideal body shape.
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Neu, Ashley. "The influence of a media literacy intervention on adolescent girls at low and high-risk for eating disorders." Xavier University / OhioLINK, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=xavier1386597873.
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Hudson, Erica. "Health Care Professionals' Perceptions of Media Influence on Eating Disorder-Related Factors Among African American Women." ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/2358.
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Little is known about health care professionals' perceptions of eating disorder etiology among African American (AA) women. The purpose of this quantitative research study was to examine the associations among health care professionals' race, cultural awareness, and perceptions of media influence on eating disorder-related factors in AA women. Festigner's social comparison theory; Bandura's social learning theory; and Garcia, Cartwright, Winston, and Borzuchowska's transcultural integrative model served as the theoretical frameworks for this study. Specifically, this study examined whether race and cultural awareness of health care professionals relate to their perceptions of the extent to which media influences AA women's eating disorders, and whether cultural awareness moderates the association between their race and media influences. Data were obtained through a researcher-created demographic questionnaire, the Multicultural Counseling Inventory, and a modified Sociocultural Attitudes Toward Appearance Scale-3 with a purposive sample of 49 participants. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Spearman's Rho correlation, Pearson correlation, and a hierarchical multiple linear regression. Compared to their Caucasian American counterparts, AA health care professionals perceived greater media pressure on AA women's body image concerns. Additionally, participants' cultural awareness was positively correlated with their ratings of AA women's desire to have more athletic bodies. The implications for positive social change stemming from this study are directed at health care professionals as additional training may increase their awareness, early detection, diagnosis, and treatment of eating disorders among AA women.
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Martin, Andrea Roxanne. "Family and media influence on perceived body image." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2007. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/3078.
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This study has found that negative body image is present in third graders, as young as seven years of age. One interesting finding was that a high number of students who viewed body-oriented magazines had a negative body image.
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Steiger, Isadora. "Skinny Girls Bleed Flowers, and Other Sick Lies." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2018. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/1133.
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This short film visualizes the experiences of seven Scripps students who have or have had eating disorders, using interview audio and projected imagery to critique existing media portrayals of eating disorders, as well as humanizing those who actually suffer from them.
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Tissot, Abbigail M. "CHARACTERISTICS OF APPEARANCE-RELATED SOCIAL COMPARISONS TO THIN IDEAL AND SAME-SEX PEER MEDIA BY ADOLESCENT FEMALES WITH AND WITHOUT EATING DISORDERS." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1247326590.
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Amon, Agustina. "Sharing the Pain in Social Media: A Content Analysis of #thinspiration Images on Instagram." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2018. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/3421.
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#Thinspiration is an online trend that depicts thin-ideal media content specifically found on the social medium Instagram. The images found under the #thinspiration intend to inspire weight loss while encouraging and/or glorifying dangerous behaviors that are usually attributed to eating disorders including anorexia nervosa (AN), bulimia nervosa (BN) and eating disorder not otherwise specified (EDNOS). This study provides a content analysis of thinspiration imagery on the popular social networking site Instagram. A set of 300 randomly selected images was coded. Images tended to objectify women and sexualize them with a focus on bony and extremely thin women. Results seemed to point to harmful effects and users is the #thinspiration community view and contribute sexually suggestive content that objectifies females. Please be cautious when reading this paper as it includes media that could possibly be a trigger to those dealing with body image or eating disorders.
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Baghestani, Shireen Palmer. "“It’s Good to be Thin”: The Impact of Metaphor on Our Beliefs about Diet and Exercise." Miami University Honors Theses / OhioLINK, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=muhonors1231049883.
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Himes, Susan. "Examining an Acute Environmental Trigger for Dysfunctional Eating: Measuring the Immediate Impact of Fat Disparagement Media Exposure and its Effects on Body Dissatisfaction, Negative Affect, Weight Control Practice Intentions, and Sub-Clinical Binge Eating Behavior in College Women." Scholar Commons, 2009. https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/2014.
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Binge eating is a maladaptive eating practice associated with unhealthy weight control methods (vomiting, laxative abuse) and the development of weight gain and obesity. Isolating psychological and environmental variables that trigger binge eating can prevent or potentially moderate eating disturbance. Previous research implicates media exposure as an environmental contributor to psychological and eating disturbance. The current study sought to uncover whether fat stigmatization media exposure is an acute environmental trigger for psychological disturbance and binge initiation by dismantling fat media messages and experimentally manipulating messages. Undergraduate women (N=197) were assigned to one of four media message conditions: a fat negative interaction, fat comedy, control stigmatization, or control comedy condition. Psychological functioning and weight control variables were assessed at baseline, pre-test, and post-test. Results indicated that fat message exposure resulted in significantly greater post-test perceived pressure to lose weight, negative affect, guilt, and anger than control conditions. Participants exposed to fat messages were significantly more likely to restrict food intake. Two subjects engaged in an analogue binge. Weight control intentions were similar across conditions at post-test. BMI was found to moderate the relationship between fat message exposure and negative affect and hostility, with overweight and obese women more vulnerable to negative psychological consequences of fat media exposure. A history of weight related teasing moderated the relationship between fat message exposure and negative mood dependent variables (negative affect, guilt, sadness, fear), with those who had a history of teasing more vulnerable to negative mood induction. The primary significant mediator between fat message exposure and body dissatisfaction was appearance activation. Eating disorder theories were upheld, with suggested minor modifications specific to the context of fat media exposure. Findings are discussed in the context of weight loss and eating disorders treatment. Limitations of the study and directions for future research are discussed.
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Han, GiBaeg. "Adult Attachment Patterns, Mental Representation of Self, and Faith: Mediators of Childhood Trauma and Affect-Behavior Regulations in Adulthood." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2010. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc33158/.
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The purpose of this study was to investigate psychological mechanism by which four intra- and inter-personal characteristics of an individual (anxious and avoidant adult attachment patterns, images of self, and religious faith) mediate the relationship between childhood trauma and each of three affect-behavior regulation problems in adulthood (symptoms of depression, disordered eating behaviors, and substance abuse). A total of 401 college student participants completed a packet of 18 surveys including 10 surveys used in the present study. Structural equation modeling was used to test each of three hypothesized structural models (Depression, Eating Disturbances, and Substance Abuse). A series of multi-group analyses conducted to test if each of three hypothesized models is invariant across gender indicated no significant difference between females and males. Thus, the data were combined across gender to test for mediated effects in each of three hypothesized models. The results indicated: (a) for the hypothesized model for depression, anxious attachment patterns, avoidant attachment patterns, and negative self-images, but not religious faith, fully mediated the relationship between childhood trauma and symptoms of depression; (b) for the model for eating disturbances, anxious attachment and negative images of self, but not avoidant attachment and religious faith, fully mediated the association between childhood trauma and disordered eating behaviors; and (3) for the mode for substance abuse, anxious attachment and poor religious faith, but not avoidant attachment and negative self-images, fully mediated the relationship between childhood trauma and substance abuse. The findings of the present study have noteworthy implications for treatment. When clients who suffer from symptoms of depression, disordered eating behaviors, and/or substance abuse report a history of repetitive abuse and neglect by primary caregivers in childhood, clinicians need to assist clients in: (a) understanding an association of childhood maltreatment with affect-behavior regulation problems; (b) being aware of an impact of abuse and neglect by attachment figures in childhood on negative mental representations of self, insecure attachment patterns in close relationship, and poor religious faith; and (c) most importantly, deepening an understanding of how their negative images of self, anxious and avoidant adult attachment patterns, and/or poor religious faith and practices, rather than parental abuse and neglect in childhood itself, directly predict their presenting symptoms of depression, disordered eating behaviors, and/or substance abuse problems. In doing so, it is crucial for clinicians to provide clients with secure and comforting therapeutic atmosphere, focus on building trusting working relationship with clients, and be aware of how clients' transference and clinicians' own counter-transference interact with each other and influence therapeutic process and effectiveness. Several important limitations of the present study and implications for future studies were discussed.
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Ragab, Shaima. "Media Messages and Womens' Body Perceptions in Egypt." Digital Archive @ GSU, 2007. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/communication_theses/30.
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This study explores the association between media exposure and women’s body perceptions in Egypt. The thin ideal perpetuated through the media, eating disorders and body dissatisfaction and drive for thinness were thought to be a culturally linked phenomena confined to Western societies. This study has contributed to the debate on cultural determinism of eating disorders and body dissatisfaction in women as it has shown that these concepts are on the rise in non-Western societies in general and Egypt in specific. When exposed to media messages, women in Egypt demonstrated eating disordered attitudes, body dissatisfaction feelings and also chose other compensatory behaviors such as veiling, fasting, and following diet.
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Goodman, Jennifer Robyn Potter. "Mirroring mediated images of women how media images of thin women influence eating disorder-related behaviors and how women negotiate these images /." Digital version:, 2000. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/fullcit?p9992802.
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Delgado, Johansson Amanda, and Tobias Stahl. "Du är vad du presterar : En kritisk diskursanalys av framställningen av psykisk ohälsa hos elitidrottarer." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för kultur- och medievetenskaper, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-160343.
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The aim of this study was to examine the depiction of mental illness with elite athletes. Mental illness has long been a sensitive object in the public's eye, but in recent years that has started to shift and the subject has destigmatized. More and more people are open and talk about their inner problems. But in one group in society the development has not been up to pace, and that is elite athletes. The study has also looked at the difference between tabloid and daily press. The theoretical framework was constructed by using the agenda setting theory, the framing theory, theories of media logic and the thoughts of news evaluation. The method used in the study was critical discourse analysis, and used in the way through out by Norman Fairclough and his three dimensional modell. A total of 38 articles from the newspapers Dagens Nyheter, Svenska dagbladet, Aftonbladet and Expressen was analyzed. The analysis found that the papers tend to portray mental illness as a negative major problem of today's society. A majority of the articles analyzed tended put the athlete aspect of the person in limelight, rather than letting the athlete just be a suffering person. They way the papers achieved to sustain the image of being a unbeatable hero by reminding the audience about the athletic achievements won, when the athlete was presented in the article. Keywords: Johan Franzén, Jenny Rissveds, mental illness, depression, concussions, concussion, eating disorder and eating disorders.
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Sperry, Steffanie. "Reality Cosmetic Surgery Makeovers: Potential Psychological and Behavioral Correlates." [Tampa, Fla.] : University of South Florida, 2007. http://purl.fcla.edu/usf/dc/et/SFE0002122.
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Varnado, Jessica Lea. "The Effects of Media Exposure on Body Satisfaction, Beliefs About Attractiveness, Mood and Bulimic Symptomatology Among College Women." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2000. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2687/.
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The research of Stice et al. (1994) and Stice and Shaw (1994) proposed several mechanisms that may mediate the adverse effects of media exposure to the thin ideal including internalization of the thin-ideal, negative affect, and body dissatisfaction. The purpose of this study was to extend initial research of Stice and Shaw (1994) by incorporating two forms of media (e.g., TV and Magazines) to assess the effects of exposure to the media portrayal of ideal body shape on women's mood, body satisfaction, and internalization of societal values concerning attractiveness. The relation of these variables to bulimic symptomatology was examined. The current study improved upon Stice and Shaw's study (1994) by matching participants' scores on BMI, level of negative affect, and level of body satisfaction before random assignment to the experimental conditions. Female undergraduates aged 18 to 25 years participated in premeasure (N = 198) and post measure (N = 164) conditions. Results from repeated mulitvariate analysis indicated media exposure to ideal-body images demonstrated no significant changes in women's affect, body satisfaction or endorsement of the thin ideal. Indirect support for the sociocultural theory of eating disorders was provided by multiple regression analyses that demonstrated lower levels of satisfaction with size and shape of body and higher levels of negative affect predicted bulimic symptomatology in women. Future research should determine which females are at greater risk than others for the development of body dissatisfaction, negative mood, and internalization of U.S. values of attractiveness in response to media related messages communicating a thin ideal.
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Stargardt, Tammy. "Media Literacy Education Exposure related to Self-Esteem, Body Esteem, and Sociocultural Ideals in College Students and Graduates." ScholarWorks, 2015. http://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/1489.
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The prevalence of eating disorders (ED) in the United States has increased while the media consistently presents thinner representations of the body. Scholars have found media to negatively influence factors associated with the development of EDs. The purpose of this quantitative nonexperimental cross-sectional survey design study was to explore relationships between exposure levels to MLE and self-esteem, body esteem, and the internalization societal appearance ideals. Participants included undergraduate students or recent graduates majoring in either communications or an alternative major with comparatively less MLE curriculum. The Body Esteem Scale, Sociocultural Attitudes towards Appearance Questionnaire-3, and Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale Surveys were administered online to examine the variance of 3 dependent variables (self-esteem, body esteem, internalization of societal appearance norms) with 2 independent variables (exposure levels to media literacy curriculum and gender), and a multivariate analysis of variance was used to analyze the data. Results displayed statistically significant differences between all 3 dependent variables with MLE levels. Research in MLE benefits both adults and children by way of providing the necessary tools, knowledge, and skills to be able to fully benefit from various media sources. MLE provides an opportunity to better understand media messages, as well as its influences therein, this way rather than being vulnerable and easily manipulated, one becomes a more knowledgeable and aware media consumer. The results to this study can promote, advocate, and bring awareness to media consumers and today's educators of the importance and need of MLE curriculum beginning at a young age.
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Mentzer, Jennifer Kay. "How sociocultural influences impact young women‘s body image." Kansas State University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/11999.
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Master of ScienceDepartment of Family Studies and Human Services
Karen S. Myers-Bowman
Young women are influenced by a variety of different messages as they are transitioning from being viewed as little girls to being viewed as young women. While women of all ages can experience dissatisfaction with their bodies and appearance, this is especially common during the time when girls are entering into adolescence, adjusting to their changing bodies, and trying to develop a sense of who they are as an individual. Our society today has placed a significant importance on thinness and young women are bombarded with messages presenting them with an unattainable level of thinness as society‘s ideal. This paper describes adolescent development, looks at the sociocultural influences (family, peers, and media) that impact young women‘s body image, presents prevention and intervention programs that have been used with young women, and provides recommendations for family life educators on how to educate parents on the messages their daughters are being sent and provides them with suggestions on how to talk with their daughters about these messages.
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Ünlü-Akyol, Cansu. "Kroppsideal hos unga kvinnor i åldern 15-25 år : En kvalitativ studie av unga kvinnors syn på kroppsideal." Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Institutionen för samhällsvetenskaper, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-26244.
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In this essay, I have interviewed six young women about their views on body image and how their views are affected by their surroundings, massmedia and social media. Also the relationship between body image and eating disorders is relevant in this context and has a part in the study. The purpose of this study is to build an understanding of how young women relate to the body ideal that exists around them. Theoretical auxiliary tools used are George Herbert Mead's theory of the generalized other, Erving Goffman's theory of dramaturgical perspective and impression management, and Du Bois's theory of double consciousness. I have also used two scientific articles to get a deeper understanding of the subject. I will discuss the theoretical concepts and previous research by pending between these and the empirical material. Using a qualitative approach, I have been able to show that all the respondents' views on the ideal body is affected by the massmedia, social media and the respondents’ surroundings. The respondents also re2port that they find it difficult to fit into society if they do not live up to the current body ideals. This puts a lot of pressure on the respondents and several of them report recurring eating disorder behaviour. There are also positive aspects of the current body ideals, for example when they affect the respondents to eat healthier food, exercise and live healthier lives in general. The ethnicity of the respondents affects their body ideals and it is common that the respondents seek certain traits in the opposite ethnicity, for example women with foreign origin seeking blond hair and blue eyes. The most prominent finding in my study is the enormous pressure that my respondents experience, when trying to live up to the body ideals, and how this pressure is enhanced by massmedia, social media and the respondents’ surroundings.I denna uppsats har jag intervjuat sex unga kvinnor om deras syn på kroppsideal och hur dessa kvinnor påverkas av deras omgivning, massmedia och sociala medier. Även relationen mellan kroppsideal och ätstörningar är relevant i sammanhanget och ingår i studien. Syftet med undersökningen är att utifrån mina respondenters svar skapa en förståelse för hur unga kvinnor förhåller sig till det kroppsideal som finns i deras vardag. Teoretiska hjälpverktyg som använts är George Herbert Meads (2007) teori om den generaliserade andre, Erving Goffmans teori om dramaturgisk perspektiv- och intryckstyrning samt Du Bois teori om det dubbla medvetandet. Jag har också använt två vetenskapliga artiklar, Elefant i nylonstrumpor – om kvinnlighet, kropp och hunger (Johansson, 1999) samt Vacker och lycklig? – om identitet, konsumtion och risk (Larsson, 2012) för att skapa en djupare förståelse kring kroppsideal. Jag kommer att redovisa de teoretiska begreppen och tidigare forskning och använda dessa som hjälpverktyg i min analys av det empiriska materialet. Med hjälp av en kvalitativ undersökningsmetod har jag kunnat påvisa att alla respondenters syn på kroppsideal påverkas av massmedia, sociala medier och respondenternas omgivning. Respondenterna upplever också att det är svårt att passa in i samhället om de inte lever upp till de rådande kroppsidealen. Den press som detta skapar gör att flera av respondenterna uppvisar tendenser till ätstörningar och liknande beteenden. Det finns även positiva aspekter med de rådande kroppsidealen, till exempel att vissa av respondenterna har blivit påverkade till att äta nyttigare, träna sina kroppar och leva hälsosammare liv. Respondenternas etnicitet påverkar i viss mån deras kroppsideal och det är vanligt att respondenterna eftersträvar vissa drag hos den motsatta etniciteten, till exempel att kvinnor med utländsk bakgrund eftersträvar blont hår och blåa ögon. Det mest framträdande i studien är den stora press, kopplad till att försöka leva upp till kroppsidealet, som respondenterna upplever och ofta mår dåligt av – och hur denna press förstärks av massmedia, sociala medier och respondenternas omgivning.
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Rosewall, Juliet Mary. "Prevalence, Correlates and Moderators of Eating Pathology in New Zealand Women, Adolescent and Preadolescent Girls." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Psychology, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/2223.
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Despite the fact that eating disorders (EDs) and their subclinical variants are important health concerns, very little research has examined eating pathology and body image, including the factors that may contribute to their development, in New Zealand. Based on the Sociocultural Model of Eating Pathology, this thesis comprises four studies that aimed to identify the factors that may interact with different parts of this model to predict eating pathology. As part of each study, the cross-cultural validity of the assessment measures used was also examined. Across all four studies, the prevalence rates of eating pathology and associated pathology were comparable to overseas estimates. Participants for Study One were 243 adolescent girls recruited from secondary school in Christchurch, New Zealand. Participants completed questionnaires assessing eating pathology, body dissatisfaction, negative affect, perfectionism, self-esteem, teasing and perceived sociocultural pressure. Regression analyses demonstrated that body dissatisfaction, socially prescribed (SP) perfectionism and negative affect uniquely predicted eating pathology in the adolescent sample. Moderator analyses indicated that high levels of SP and self-oriented (SO) perfectionism, negative affect, perceived pressure from others and the media, and low levels of self-esteem all increased the effect of body dissatisfaction on eating pathology among adolescents. Study Two examined the same risk factors among 170 preadolescent girls from primary schools in Christchurch, New Zealand, and found that body dissatisfaction, SP perfectionism and teasing independently predicted eating pathology. High levels of SO and SP perfectionism, perceived media pressure and low levels of self-esteem strengthened the body dissatisfaction-eating pathology relation. The goal of Study Three was to test the factors that serve to amplify the risk of internalising societal standards of thinness among 202 university women recruited from the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. The participants completed questionnaires measuring perfectionism, sociocultural pressure to be thin, anorectic cognitions and anti-fat attitudes. Results indicated that social pressure and information about appearance standards independently predicted thin ideal internalization but no statistically significant moderators were found. Finally, taking another approach to studying women at high or low risk for eating problems, Study Four sought to examine and describe the characteristics of women with a high body mass index (BMI; kg/m2) who were not dissatisfied with their bodies and also women who were dissatisfied with their bodies but were not engaging in pathological eating behaviour. Participants were 166 university women recruited from the University of Canterbury who completed the Personality Assessment Inventory (1991) and questionnaires relating to body dissatisfaction and eating pathology. Both of the above-mentioned groups were characterised by lower overall distress, such as lower levels of anxiety, depression and borderline features. Overall, this research suggests that disordered eating and body image concerns occur among New Zealand women, adolescent and preadolescent girls at rates similar to Europe and North America. There was reasonable support for the validity of many of the assessment measures used. The research also highlights some factors that may influence the development of eating pathology among these populations and provides possible leads for future longitudinal research and, ultimately, prevention efforts.
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Schleenstein, Dorothé. "Frauenspezifische Suchtproblematik aus theologischer Perspektive am Beispiel der Ess-Störungen /." Frankfurt am Main : Lang, 2010. http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&doc_number=018999763&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA.
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Friberg, Josefine, and Emma Sallander. "Engagerad eller beroende? En kvalitativ studie om unga kvinnors träningsvanor." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Fakulteten för hälsa och samhälle (HS), 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-26779.
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Bakgrund: Det diskuteras ofta om vinsterna med fysisk aktivitet, men alltför sällan om de risker det kan medföra då det går till överdrift. Det skapar en komplex situation då träning och att vara “hälsosam” i huvudsak framstår som något positivt. Dagens unga kvinnor tränar allt mer, och är den riskgrupp med högst sannolikhet att hamna i ett riskbeteende i form av ätstörningar, psykisk ohälsa och träningsberoende. Syfte: Syftet med studien är att undersöka vilka bakomliggande faktorer som kan identifieras för dessa unga kvinnor som tränar mer än rekommenderat. Metod: Föreliggande studie är av kvalitativ karaktär då vi vill undersöka varför unga kvinnor tänker, gör och agerar på ett visst sätt. Studien har sin utgångspunkt i en hermeneutisk ansats då det är en forskningsmetod där tolkningen är central. Metoden används för att genom förståelse tolka samhällsyttringar och andra produkter av mänskligt medvetande. Empirin bygger på fem semistrukturerade intervjuer med unga kvinnor i åldern 19-25 år. Resultat: Studien visar att de intervjuade unga kvinnorna visar tecken på träningsberoende. De visar även tecken på kroppsfixering och en problematisk relation till kost. Således behöver unga kvinnor stödjas och medvetandegöras om de risker som överträning medför och det krävs empowerment för att dessa kvinnor ska få egenmakt över sina liv. De fynd vi gjort visar att det finns betydligt mer att undersöka inom området och då främst de bakomliggande faktorerna för överdriven träning.Background: The benefits of physical activity is often discussed, but too rarely the consequences when it becomes excessive. It creates a complex situation when exercise and being "healthy" is essentially seen as something positive. Young women today are exercising increasingly, and they have the highest probability of ending up in a risky behavior such as eating disorders, mental illness and exercise dependency. Aim: The aim of this study is to examine the underlying factors that can be identified for these young women who exercise more than recommended. Method: This study is qualitative in nature since we want to study why young women think, do and act in a certain way. The study was based on a hermeneutic approach as it is a research method in which interpretation is central. The method is used so we by understanding are able to interpret social expressions and other products of human consciousness. The empirical data is based on five semi-structured interviews with young women aged 19-25 years. Results: The study displays that the interviewed young women shows signs of exercise dependency. They also show signs of body fixation and a problematic relationship to diet. Thus, the young women need to be supported and made aware of the risks of overtraining causes and requires empowerment to gain power over their own lives. The findings show that there is much more to explore in the area, mainly the underlying factors for excessive exercise.
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Klein, Kendyl M. "Why Don't I Look Like Her? The Impact of Social Media on Female Body Image." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2013. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/720.
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The purpose of this paper is to understand and criticize the role of social media in the development and/or encouragement of eating disorders, disordered eating, and body dissatisfaction in college-aged women. College women are exceptionally vulnerable to the impact that social media can have on their body image as they develop an outlook on their bodies and accept the developmental changes that occurred during puberty. This paper provides evidence that there is a relationship between the recent surge in disordered eating and high consumption of social media. I examine the ways in which traditional advertising has portrayed women throughout history, as well as analyze the ways in which this depiction of the female ideal has helped shaped society’s perspectives about beauty and increased the rate of disordered eating among college aged females. Further, this analysis assesses the ways in which the thin ideal as portrayed in advertising encourages women to look a certain, unrealistic way. I also consider various social psychological theories to explain how women in society form their perceptions with a combination of what they see in the media as well as what they see in their friends and family. I demonstrate that social networking sites (SNS) have similar effects on young women as advertising and other forms of mass media do. Therefore, I will argue that SNS, as a combination of real life and a personalized form of advertising, can potentially have the same, yet amplified, consequences. Indeed, I argue that the ubiquitous and enduring nature of social media websites result perhaps in a wider and more detrimental impact to the body image concerns of college aged women than advertising or the media generally.
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O'Brien, Annamarie L. "Mind over Matter: Expressions of Mind/Body Dualism in Thinspiration." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1369057408.
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Karlsson, Clara, and Alma Shapiro. "SKAMlig ohälsa : En studie i hur psykisk ohälsa representeras i webbserien SKAM." Thesis, Luleå tekniska universitet, Medier, ljudteknik och teater, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-63863.
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This essay examines how the Norwegian web series SKAM presents mental illness; how discourse structures concerning mental illnesses are consolidated and challenged. Our analysis examines seasons one, two and three. The essay is based on Stuart Hall's representation theory, Michel Foucault's theories about madness, and Norman Fairclough's discourse theory. The starting point of the methodology used in this study is a critical discourse analysis based on Norman Fairclough's three-dimensional model. The analysis primarily examines three levels: textual level, dialogues of the characters, and visual expression apparent in the scenography of the series. We analyze how the format is used, how the story is distributed through web and social media, and how this relates to a larger social context in addition to how the narrative of mental illness is inevitably part of cultural, institutional, and social order. Our findings reveal that SKAM reinforces cultural beliefs about mental ill health by representing mental illnesses as taboo and stigmatized as well as as being a problem that is (primarily) at the individual level. Mental illness in the series is presented as a threat to community norms where mental ill health is presented at an individual level and not as a product of society's constructed desires or structural problems. The series presents very limited help for the mentally ill. The absence of acceptance of and cure for the mentally ill causes them to wind up outside society and they have greater difficulty contributing in manners similar to those of healthy, working people.Denna uppsats undersöker hur webbserien SKAM representerar psykisk ohälsa; på vilket sätt diskursiva konstruktioner kring psykiska sjukdomar befästs och utmanas. För att analysera detta undersöks säsong ett, två och tre. Uppsatsen bygger på Stuart Halls representationsteori, Michel Foucaults teorier kring vansinnet och Norman Faircloughs diskursteori. Den metodologi som används för studien är en kritisk diskursanalys där Norman Faircloughs tredimensionella modell är utgångspunkt. Analysen sker främst på tre olika nivåer: textuell nivå; karaktärernas dialoger och seriens visuella uttryck. Hur formatet används; hur berättelsen distribueras genom webb och sociala medier. Samt hur detta sker i en större social kontext; hur berättelsen om psykisk ohälsa ofrånkomligen också är en del av en kulturell, institutionell och samhällelig ordning. Vårt resultat visar att SKAM befäster kulturella föreställningar kring psykisk ohälsa genom att representera psykiska sjukdomar som tabubelagda och stigmatiserade samt som ett problem som (främst) ligger på individnivå. De psykiskt sjuka i serien framställs som hot mot samhällets normer där den psykiska ohälsan läggs på individnivå och inte som en produkt av samhällets konstruerade begär eller strukturella problem. Mycket begränsad hjälp till psykiskt sjuka presenteras i serien. Utlämnandet av acceptans och botemedel för de psykiskt sjuka medför att de hamnar utanför samhället och får svårare att bidra på samma sätt som en frisk, arbetande person kan.
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Harrison, Kristen. "The role of self-discrepancies in the relationship between media exposure and eating disorders." 1997. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/39762762.html.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1997.Typescript. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 111-116).
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Greenwood, Dara N. "Warning, media attachments may yield diminishing returns : an exploratory analysis of attachment style, media consumption and eating disorders." 2002. https://scholarworks.umass.edu/theses/2389.
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Schnel, Nadine Deboreh. "Guidance implications related to the eating habits of adolescents." Diss., 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/17948.
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Text in EnglishDue to the fact that many adolescents do not follow a balanced diet, an investigation into the eating habits of adolescents was undertaken. Much research has been done on eating disorders but little research has been done on the concomitants and possible precursors to unhealthy eating habits among adolescents. A literature study was done to clarify which factors cause unhealthy eating habits. The developmental aspects of adolescence and the reciprocal effect on eating habits was also investigated. A valid and reliable measuring instrument was developed in order to measure eating habits of adolescents. This instrument was used in an empirical investigation including 340 respondents with the aim of determining the most important factors, which relate to the eating behaviour of adolescents. Educational implications of the findings are discussed in order to provide curriculum developers, teachers, parents, counsellors and the media with guidelines to help children to adopt healthy eating habits.
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De, Beer Nadine Deboreh. "Guidance implications related to the eating habits of adolescents." Diss., 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/17948.
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Text in EnglishDue to the fact that many adolescents do not follow a balanced diet, an investigation into the eating habits of adolescents was undertaken. Much research has been done on eating disorders but little research has been done on the concomitants and possible precursors to unhealthy eating habits among adolescents. A literature study was done to clarify which factors cause unhealthy eating habits. The developmental aspects of adolescence and the reciprocal effect on eating habits was also investigated. A valid and reliable measuring instrument was developed in order to measure eating habits of adolescents. This instrument was used in an empirical investigation including 340 respondents with the aim of determining the most important factors, which relate to the eating behaviour of adolescents. Educational implications of the findings are discussed in order to provide curriculum developers, teachers, parents, counsellors and the media with guidelines to help children to adopt healthy eating habits.
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Řezáčová, Petra. "Vnímání vlastního těla u vysokoškolských studentek s ohledem na možný transgenerační přenos." Master's thesis, 2013. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-326316.
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The thesis focuses on female university students and their body image in relation with their parents' body image. The satisfaction of the students with their own bodies depends on many elements such as the influence of the media and the judgements of their peers, family and authorities. A substantial part of our thesis is an unprecedented analysis of the possibility of a trans-generation transfer of the extent of satisfaction with one's own body from parents to their daughters. We have used the quantitative research strategy to assess the results gathered from questionnaires focusing on the students' as well as the parents of both male and female children's perception of their own bodily features. Physical parameters such as height and weight were also checked. The study also focused on whether the trans- generation transfer is affected by the way the parents treat their children during childhood and adolescence. Our results have shown that there is a positive relation between the student's and the mother's body image. This positive relation can be perceived as a consequence of the trans-generation transfer which is probably a mechanism of observational learning. The results further show that the student's body image and their mothers' loving care during childhood and adolescence are also in a...
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Shu-Wei and 曹書瑋. "The study of eating disorders tendency and related factors including locus of control, influences of significant others and media in grade four to six elementary school students in Taichung." Thesis, 2010. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/85856851152109186176.
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This study recognized the eating disorders tendency and the related factors in grade four to six elementary school students in Taichung. The anonymous self-report questionnaire with four sections was used, including: A. Demographics and body satisfaction; B. Children’s Eating Attitude Test-26, ChEAT-26; C. Nowicki-Strickland Locus of Control Scale; D. Influence of Significant Others Scale and Influence of Media Scale. As a result, we found that: (1) There were 58.4% children with standard body shapes, and 32.7% boys and 22.2% girls were over-weight or fat. Moreover, 39% children wanted to be thinner. (2) The mean of ChEAT-26 was 8.71±8.35, and 10.5% children were at high risk of eating disorders tendency (ChEAT-26≧20, EAT(+)) including 8.4% boys and 12.6% girls. (3) Scores of ChEAT-26, Nowicki-Strickland Locus of Control Scale, Influence of Significant Others Scale and Influence of Media Scale were positively correlated. (4) The level of external control, influence of significant others and media was significantly higher in EAT(+) children than in EAT(-) ones. (5) Logistic Regression Analysis showed that body satisfaction, locus of control, influence level of significant others and media were important factors to predict the eating disorders tendency in elementary school students. We suggest the importance of government’s support educational programs in directing children’s eating behaviors and this may help in prevention of children’s eating disorders.
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Kamlerová, Kateřina. "Kult štíhlosti a jeho proměny s nástupem Instagramu." Master's thesis, 2020. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-415524.
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The main goal of the thesis is to find out whether there is a connection between Instagram usage and a change in the perception of one's own body image, more specifically an increase in dissatisfaction with one's own physical appearance. The supporting goals are to map the individual factors arising from this dissatisfaction and to describe the solutions that Instagram users have adopted to achieve the dream appearance. Through qualitative research, specifically by analysing in-depth interviews with bloggers presenting extreme slenderness on social networks, the life stories of respondents are analysed in order to reveal how interest in body shape developed in the presence of social networks and new media. The interviews reveal the interest of Instagram users in watching and sharing photos presenting extreme slenderness and clarify their connection to eating disorders. Instead of triggering such diseases, Instagram manifests itself as a tool for maintaining and remaining in a new mental and physical condition. By publishing photographs showing a very thin body, women assure themselves of their own attractiveness, and thus also influence their self-presentation, which results in an equivalent relationship of satisfaction from slenderness and satisfaction from their self presentation.
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Marques, Ana Raquel Figueiredo Batista da Silva. "Relação entre o Uso da Internet, o Comportamento Alimentar e a Perceção Corporal: comparação entre estudantes atletas e não atletas." Master's thesis, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10316/84209.
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Dissertação de Mestrado Integrado em Psicologia apresentada à Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da EducaçãoProcurou-se compreender a influência do uso da internet na distorção da perceção da autoimagem corporal e nos transtornos alimentares, em estudantes atletas e não atletas. O presente estudo é composto por 76 sujeitos, com idades compreendidas entre os 13 e os 17 anos, aos quais foram aplicados três instrumentos distintos – Questionário de Experiências Relacionadas com a Internet (CERI) (Beranury, Chamarro, Graner & Carbonell, 2009), Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-26) (Ganer & Garfinkel, 1979) e Questionário sobre a Perceção Corporal (BSQ) (Cooper et al., 1986). Os resultados obtidos permitiram concluir que existe uma preocupação geral com a imagem corporal que afeta sobretudo o sexo feminino, ainda que não se tenham situado nas percentagens esperadas. Porém, no que concerne ao peso, verificou-se que a larga maioria se encontra insatisfeita com o peso atual, verificando-se desejo de o diminuir no sexo feminino e vontade de o aumentar no sexo masculino. No que concerne à distinção atleta/não atleta, encontraram-se diferenças estatisticamente significativas ao nível do EAT-26, verificando-se valores mais elevados de preocupação com os alimentos em estudantes não atletas. Embora se tenham encontrado alguns sinais de alarme no uso da internet, sobretudo relativos ao uso da mesma como fuga aos problemas do dia-a-dia e perda de noção das horas gastas online, não se encontraram resultados que permitissem associar o uso da mesma aos distúrbios alimentares ou à distorção na perceção da autoimagem, o que pode ser explicado pelo tamanho reduzido da amostra e/ou pela falta de uma escala que meça a desejabilidade social.
It was sought to understand the influence of internet use on the distortion of the shape of body self-image and eating disorders, both in athletes and non-athletes students.The present study is composed by 76 subjects, aged between 13 and 17 years old, to whom three distinct instruments were applied – Internet Related Experiences Questionnaire (CERI)(Beranury, Chamarro, Graner&Carbonell, 2009), Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-26) (Ganer&Garfinkel, 1979) and Body Shape Questionnaire(BSQ) (Cooper et al., 1986).The results obtained allowed to conclude that exists a general concern with body image that mainly affects the female sex, although they didn’t fit in the expected percentages. However, in regard with weight, it was verified that the great majority is unsatisfied with their actual one, being found a wish to diminish it in the female sex, and a willingness to increase it in the male sex. Regarding the distinction between athletes and non-athletes, statistically significant differences were found at the level of EAT-26, with higher values being observed in non-athlete students.Although some alarm signs were found in terms of internet use, mainly related to the use of the same as an escape from the daily routine problems and to the lost sense of hours spent online, no results were found that allowed to make a connection of the same to the eating disorder problems or to the self-image shape, which can be explained by the reduced size of the sample and/or by the lack of scale that measures the social desirability.
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Uniat, Elaina T. "Associations between Exposure to Socio-Cultural Influences in Proximal Environments and Weight Concerns among Urban-Dwelling Women." Thèse, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1866/2845.
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Les préoccupations et comportements alimentaires entourant le poids sont omniprésentes chez les jeunes adolescentes et femmes qui habitent dans les cultures occidentales où les formes corporelles sont orientées vers un idéal ultra-mince. L’objectif de cette étude est d’examiner si une plus grande exposition aux endroits faisant la promotion de la minceur est associée à des préoccupations pour le poids plus élevées chez les femmes.
Cette étude fait partie d’un projet intitulé ¨Social, cultural, and economic disparities and disordered eating: Understanding the contribution of neighbourhood and individual level factors¨ (Gauvin, Steiger, & Brodeur, 2009). Un échantillon de 1288 femmes âgées entre 20 et 40 ans et résidant à Montréal depuis au moins 12 mois ont répondu à un sondage téléphonique. Des régressions logistiques ont comparé les femmes se situant dans le quintile le plus élevé des préoccupations de poids avec les femmes dans les autres quintiles en fonction de leur exposition 15 jours ou plus dans des endroits faisant la promotion de la minceur. De plus, une analyse de sensibilité a vérifié si l’association demeurait significative à d’autres niveaux d’exposition. Les facteurs confondants ont été contrôlés statistiquement.
Les résultats démontrent qu’une fréquentation d’au moins 15 jours par mois d’endroits faisant la promotion de la minceur est associée à des préoccupations plus élevées pour le poids. Aussi, fréquenter ces lieux entre 15 et 20 jours/mois est aussi associé à des préoccupations de poids élevées. Des interventions de santé publique pourraient viser la diminution des pressions socioculturelles vers la minceur.Abstract Weight and eating-related disorders and behaviours are common among adolescent girls and young women in Western societies, where thin bodies are highly valued. The goal of this study was to examine whether or not more frequent exposure to places promoting thinness is associated with greater weight concerns among women. This study was part of a larger investigation entitled ¨Social, cultural, and economic disparities and disordered eating: Understanding the contribution of neighbourhood and individual level factors¨ (Gauvin, Steiger, & Brodeur, 2009). A sample of 1288 women aged 20 to 40 years and living in Montreal for at least 12 months responded to a telephone survey. Logistic regression analyses were performed comparing women in the highest quintile of weight concerns to women in other quintiles on frequentations of thin-promoting places 15 days or more. Further, a sensitivity analysis was performed to verify whether or not an association exists between high weight concerns and different levels of exposure to places promoting socio-cultural standards for thinness. A series of confounding variables were statistically controlled. Results showed that exposure to places promoting socio-cultural standards for thinness at least 15 days per month was significantly associated with greater weight concerns among women despite controlling for confounding variables. Further, going to places promoting thinness between at least 15 through 20 days/month was also associated greater weight concerns among women. Public health interventions could aim at reducing societal pressures to thinness.
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Říhová, Petra. "Vliv médií na body image se zaměřením na poruchy příjmu potravy." Master's thesis, 2015. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-333499.
Full textAbstract:
The thesis "The Influence of Media on Body Image with Emphasis on the Issue of Eating Disorders" deals with the impact of media on body perception regarding the current beauty ideal, the cult of slenderness as well as the causes of eating disorder spreading in today's world. This thesis aims to determine how media influences body image of the current society and what part it has in the origin of eating disorders. In terms of this aim, the thesis is divided into theoretical background, a part about body image, followed by the part about beauty ideal, then eating disorders and research. The theoretical part discusses the theory of social and media reality, expected media impacts on people as well as selected theories concerning the media impact on body image. The next part deals with the term body image. The third part involves discussion about the ideal of beauty and introduces three current theories about direct impact of media on body image. It also shows some examples from today's media concerning the topic. The fourth part deals with the eating disorders and their media discourse, followed by few examples of their spreading trend and also campaigns against them. The quantitative analysis aims to find out about today's population body image, the importance of appearance and connection between media...