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Television viewing has been shown to increase body dissatisfaction, but is less frequently associated with the drive to thinness and disordered eating behavior that occurs in women and girls who read fashion magazines.
Nov 2, 2016 · The two research questions of the present study ask whether health magazines—those focused on health topics such as diet, exercise, and an overall healthy lifestyle—have a similar effect on female body dissatisfaction and female drive for thinness.
- Paulina Swiatkowski
- 2016
- Eating Disorders and Media
- Repeat Exposure
- Depression, Guilt and Shame
- The Role of Fashion
Several studies have linked women’s magazines to disordered eating behavior, suggesting that young women are particularly vulnerable to the images they see in print media. A 2004 study in Eating Disordersfound that college women who were exposed to “thin-ideal” images from popular magazines were more likely to have decreased body satisfaction, nega...
Frequency of exposure to women’s magazines may also play a role in body dissatisfaction. In one study, researchers found the more often girls read women’s magazines, the more they reported dieting to lose weight – specifically because of an article, a picture, or a feeling that was provoked by reading the magazine. This repeat exposure helps to rei...
In addition to body dissatisfaction, women’s magazines might also add to a negative mental state, according to a study in the Journal of Abnormal Psychology. Researchers found that exposure to slides of women featured in mainstream magazines and ads was associated with increased levels of depression, guilt, shame, stress and insecurity among women.
Fashion magazines, in particular, have been linked strongly to body dissatisfaction. One study published in Adolescencefound that women who viewed fashion magazines were more preoccupied with the desire to be thin – and they were also more afraid of getting fat than their peers. Reading fashion magazines, research suggests, is also more closely lin...
The narrow representation of body image in the media has been linked to body dissatisfaction, particularly among readers of women's fashion magazines. Some countries have made efforts to improve body image diversity in the media and the fashion industry.
- Catarina de Freitas, Helen Jordan, Elizabeth K Hughes, Elizabeth K Hughes
- 2018
This study examined the impact of exposure to fashion magazines on women's body image satisfaction. Participants were 39 undergraduate women, randomly assigned to two experimental conditions: half viewed fashion magazines prior to completing a body image satisfaction survey, and the remaining half, news magazines.
- Sherry L. Turner, Heather Hamilton, Meija Jacobs, Laurie M. Angood, Deanne Hovde Dwyer
- 1997
Mar 1, 2023 · While fashion magazines have the potential to promote self-acceptance, it is important to address their negative effects on self-image and mental health by promoting diversity and inclusivity in...
Issue addressed: The narrow representation of body image in the media has been linked to body dissatisfaction, particularly among readers of women's fashion magazines. Some countries have...
