The direct effect of thin ideal focused adult television on young girls' ideal body figure |
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Authors: | Anschutz Doeschka J Spruijt-Metz Donna Van Strien Tatjana Engels Rutger C M E |
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Affiliation: | Behavioural Science Institute, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. d.anschutz@pwo.ru.nl |
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Abstract: | The present study tested the direct effect of watching thin-ideal focused television aimed at (young) adults on body dissatisfaction in preadolescent girls (9-12 years old). A within-subject design was used in which the girls (N=60) were tested three times. They watched three movie clips in random order that were either focused explicitly (thin-ideal program) or indirectly (soap opera) on the thin ideal or were neutral in content. Afterwards, they filled out questionnaires concerning their body dissatisfaction. Only older preadolescent girls (11-12 years old) showed greater body dissatisfaction after watching the thin-ideal focused television clip than after watching the neutral television clip. After watching thin-ideal focused television, they desired a thinner body figure than after watching neutral television. The findings imply that watching (adult) thin-ideal television directly affects the ideal body figure in older preadolescent girls. |
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