TY - JOUR
T1 - Body dissatisfaction and body comparison with media images in males and females
AU - van den Berg, Patricia
AU - Paxton, Susan J.
AU - Keery, Helene
AU - Wall, Melanie
AU - Guo, Jia
AU - Neumark-Sztainer, Dianne
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by Grant R40 MC 00319 (D. Neumark-Sztainer, PI) from the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (Title V, Social Security Act), Department of Health and Human Services. The first author was supported by the Adolescent Health Protection Program (School of Nursing, University of Minnesota) grant number T01-DP000112 (PI: Bearinger) from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the funding agencies.
PY - 2007/9
Y1 - 2007/9
N2 - This study examined the role of media body comparison as a mediator of the relationships between psychological factors and sociocultural pressures to be thin and body dissatisfaction in both females and males. Participants were 1,386 females (mean age = 19.37 years) and 1,130 males (mean age = 19.46) from diverse backgrounds who completed a self-report questionnaire. Path analysis was used to test a cross-sectional model in which media body comparison mediated the impact of self-esteem, depressive mood, parent dieting environment, friend dieting, TV exposure, magazine message exposure, weight teasing and body mass index (BMI) on body dissatisfaction. In females, media body comparison partially or fully mediated relationships between self-esteem, depressive mood, friend dieting, magazine message exposure and BMI, and body dissatisfaction. In males, media body comparison was not a significant predictor of body dissatisfaction. This research particularly highlights the need to further examine processes that are involved in the development of body dissatisfaction in males.
AB - This study examined the role of media body comparison as a mediator of the relationships between psychological factors and sociocultural pressures to be thin and body dissatisfaction in both females and males. Participants were 1,386 females (mean age = 19.37 years) and 1,130 males (mean age = 19.46) from diverse backgrounds who completed a self-report questionnaire. Path analysis was used to test a cross-sectional model in which media body comparison mediated the impact of self-esteem, depressive mood, parent dieting environment, friend dieting, TV exposure, magazine message exposure, weight teasing and body mass index (BMI) on body dissatisfaction. In females, media body comparison partially or fully mediated relationships between self-esteem, depressive mood, friend dieting, magazine message exposure and BMI, and body dissatisfaction. In males, media body comparison was not a significant predictor of body dissatisfaction. This research particularly highlights the need to further examine processes that are involved in the development of body dissatisfaction in males.
KW - Adolescents
KW - Body dissatisfaction
KW - Males and females
KW - Media
KW - Media exposure
KW - Social comparison
KW - Weight teasing
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U2 - 10.1016/j.bodyim.2007.04.003
DO - 10.1016/j.bodyim.2007.04.003
M3 - Article
C2 - 18089272
AN - SCOPUS:34547680550
SN - 1740-1445
VL - 4
SP - 257
EP - 268
JO - Body Image
JF - Body Image
IS - 3
ER -