Body image dissatisfaction and eating disturbance among Korean college female students: Relationships to media exposure, upward comparison, and perceived reality

2003 ◽  
Vol 54 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miejeong Han
Body Image ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robyn Birkeland ◽  
J. Kevin Thompson ◽  
Sylvia Herbozo ◽  
Megan Roehrig ◽  
Guy Cafri ◽  
...  

2009 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 60-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sirus Alipoor ◽  
Ali Moazami Goodarzi ◽  
Maryam Zarra Nezhad ◽  
Lale Zaheri

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (11) ◽  
pp. 494-502
Author(s):  
Samuel Oloruntobi Taye Babaleye ◽  
Adamolekun Wole ◽  
Nifemi Gbemisola Olofin

The study investigated the Influence of Instagram Posts on the Body Image of Female Undergraduates in selected universities in southwestern Nigeria. It focused on the exposure of young females to “ideal” beauty standards portrayed on Instagram and the influence it has on them. The survey research design was adopted and questionnaires were used for data collection. The research instrument was administered on 285 respondents randomly drawn from five faculties of Afe Babalola University and Ekiti State University, both in Ado Ekiti, southwestern Nigeria. Social Comparison, Technological Determinism and Uses and Gratification Theories were used in the study. Three hypotheses were tested at 0.05 significance level. Chi-Square inferential statistics was used to determine results. With P-value 0.000126 < 0.05, it was concluded that Instagram posts have a significant negative influence on the body image of the respondents. The influence of body related posts on Instagram encourage young females to desire to conform to the “ideal beauty standards”. Hence, Instagram or social media should give a fairer and realistic representation of female body images without necessarily creating “beauty standards” to be achieved by these young female students.  However, young female students should be selective in adopting certain beauty standards on Instagram. Parents and other moral organizations should sensitize the young females to the negative consequences of body image dissatisfaction and objectification


2009 ◽  
Vol 46 (8) ◽  
pp. 767-775 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marissa L. DeLeel ◽  
Tammy L. Hughes ◽  
Jeffrey A. Miller ◽  
Alison Hipwell ◽  
Lea A. Theodore

2005 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 112-124 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeanie K. Sheffield ◽  
Kathryn H. Tse ◽  
Kate Sofronoff

Author(s):  
Jonathan E. Handelzalts ◽  
Yael Ben-Artzy-Cohen

The Draw-A-Person (DAP) test has been the center of a long-lasting debate regarding its validity. This study investigated the DAP indices of height, width (size), and inclusion/omission of details and their relation to body image as measured by a self-report scale (Gray’s body image scale) and manifested by the diet behaviors and body mass index of 55 healthy female students. Although the drawings of the diet group were smaller, there was no significant relationship between figure size and diet behaviors. However, body image as measured by a self-report scale did result in significant differences between groups. Moreover, there was a significant correlation between the size of the figure drawn and body image as measured by a self-report scale (larger figures correlated with better body image). No significant results were found for the omission/inclusion indices of the DAP. These results are discussed in light of previous findings regarding the DAP.


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