Media Exposure, Body Dissatisfaction, and Disordered Eating in Middle-aged Women

2011 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 617-627 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie Slevec ◽  
Marika Tiggemann
Keyword(s):  
Body Dissatisfaction ◽  
Social Comparison ◽  
Disordered Eating ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Practical Implication ◽  
Media Exposure ◽  
Middle Aged ◽  
Sociocultural Model ◽  
Aging Anxiety

The primary aim of our study was to examine the influence of media exposure on body dissatisfaction and disordered eating in middle-aged women. A sample of 101 women, aged between 35 and 55 years, completed questionnaire measures of media exposure, thin-ideal internalization, social comparison, appearance investment, aging anxiety, body dissatisfaction, and disordered eating. Television, but not magazine exposure, was positively related to body dissatisfaction and disordered eating. In contrast, both television and magazine exposure were positive correlates of all four proposed media-processing variables (internalization, social comparison, appearance investment, and aging anxiety), which were themselves positive correlates of both body dissatisfaction and disordered eating. Structural equation modelling revealed that the influence of media exposure was fully mediated by the proposed media processes. The analyses also indicated that our proposed sociocultural model of disordered eating provided a reasonably good fit to the data, suggesting that sociocultural theory can be extended to women of middle-age. An important practical implication of this finding is that strategies aimed at challenging and minimizing these media processes may reduce some of the negative impact of media exposure in middle-aged women.

Body Dissatisfaction: Among Middle-aged and Older Women

2012 ◽  
Vol 73 (2) ◽  
pp. e241-e241 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine Marshall ◽  
Christina Lengyel ◽  
Alphonsus Utioh
Keyword(s):  
Body Dissatisfaction ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Social Withdrawal ◽  
Food Choices ◽  
Middle Aged ◽  
Aging Women ◽  
Self Worth ◽  
Impossible Task ◽  
Body Image Issues

With the growing pervasiveness of mass media, individuals of all ages and both sexes are bombarded with images that glorify youthfulness, messages that tie self-worth to thinness, and products that promise youth and beauty forever. Aging women are vulnerable to these societal messages and experience strong pressures to maintain their youth and thinness. As the physiological changes that accompany normal aging move these women farther from the “ideal” image, body dissatisfaction may increase. These women are confronted with the impossible task of trying to defy the natural process of aging through a variety of means, including fashion, cosmetics, selective surgeries, and personal food choices. The resulting body image issues, weight preoccupation, and eating disturbances can lead to voluntary food restriction, depression, social withdrawal, lower self-esteem, and disordered eating, all of which can have a negative impact on quality of life and nutritional status. In this review we explore existing research on body dissatisfaction among middle-aged (30 to 60) and older (over 60) women, discuss the prevalence of body dissatisfaction, its predisposing risk factors, and the resulting eating and body maintenance behaviours, and examine implications for dietetic practice.

scholarly journals Examining an elaborated sociocultural model of disordered eating among college women: The roles of social comparison and body surveillance

Body Image ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 488-500 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ellen E. Fitzsimmons-Craft ◽  
Anna M. Bardone-Cone ◽  
Cynthia M. Bulik ◽  
Stephen A. Wonderlich ◽  
Ross D. Crosby ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Comparison ◽  
College Women ◽  
Disordered Eating ◽  
Body Surveillance ◽  
Sociocultural Model

scholarly journals Followers’ Comply to Toxic Leaders: the Context of Engineering Academicians in Research University in Malaysia

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 5481-5489
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Research University ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Practical Implication ◽  
Toxic Leadership ◽  
Self Evaluation ◽  
Leadership Process ◽  
Core Self ◽  
The Relationship

Followership benefits a lot in an organization. A good and skilled follower can support the organization by helping a leader upright and on a track. However, in a certain situation, followers choose to follow a toxic leader. Although researchers have examined the followers susceptible to bad leaders, the types of follower are yet to be investigate using Toxic Leadership Theory. Thus, the objectives of this research are to determine the extent to which follower’s personality comply with toxic leaders. Besides that, this study attempts to show that age as a moderating variable in the relationship between followers and toxic leaders. Few studies have investigated the influence of follower’s personality on toxic leadership growth. Therefore, this study provided new insights into follower personality on toxic leadership process specifically in higher education context. A total of 350 academicians from engineering field were involved and the data were analyzed using structural equation modelling (SEM) via SmartPLS 3.0. The findings indicate that ambitious have a positive impact on toxic leaders, core self-evaluation have negative impact on toxic leaders, congruent values have positive impact on toxic leaders, self-concept has negative impact on toxic leaders and congruent values has positive impact on toxic leaders through age. Finally, a theoretical and practical implication have been discussed for future directions.

scholarly journals Associations of self-repression with disordered eating and symptoms of other psychopathologies for men and women

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel Bachner-Melman ◽  
Yonatan Watermann ◽  
Lilac Lev-Ari ◽  
Ada H. Zohar
Keyword(s):  
Social Comparison ◽  
Disordered Eating ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Structural Equation Models ◽  
Community Sample ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Social Situations ◽  
General Psychopathology ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Symptoms Of Depression

Abstract Background: Disordered eating has been found to be associated with self-repression, specifically with selflessness, the tendency to relinquish one’s needs for others’, and concern for appropriateness, an alertness to information about social comparison and tendency to vary one’s behavior in different social situations. This study aimed to examine associations between these self-repression variables and symptoms of general psychopathology for women and men in a community sample. Methods: Two hundred and thirty-six participants (92 men) aged 18-76 (M=29.11+10.10) volunteered to complete measures of ED symptoms (EDE-Q), concern for appropriateness (CFA-CSV and CFA-ATSCI), selflessness (SS), and symptoms of depression (PHQ-9), anxiety (BSI-18 anx) and somatization (BSI-18 som) online. Structural equation models were built to assess pathways between the study variables for men and women separately. Results: A MANOVA 2*7 design showed that women scored significantly higher than men on the SS, EDE-Q and PHQ-9. For men, SS scores were positively and significantly associated only with PHQ-9 scores. CAS-CSV scores were positively associated with PHQ-9, BSI-18 som and BSI-18 anx scores. For women, SS scores were positively and significantly associated with PHQ-9, EDE-Q, BSI-18 som and BSI-18 anx scores. CAS-CSV scores were positively and significantly associated with PHQ-9, BSI-18 anx and BSI-18 som scores but not EDE-Q scores. CAS-ASCI scores were positively and significantly associated only with EDE-Q scores.Conclusions: Self-repression is a much more central path to psychopathology in women than in men. For men, self-suppression seems to play an important role in the development and maintenance of symptoms of internalizing disorders, but not disordered eating. Even for women, it appears that self-repression is not connected specifically with disordered eating, but with symptoms of psychopathology in general. Future research should explore why self-suppression plays such a central role in women’s psychopathology.

The frequency, type and impact of appearance comparisons on body dissatisfaction and disordered eating behaviours in women's daily lives

2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (S1) ◽  
pp. s223-s223
Author(s):  
K. Drutschinin ◽  
M. Fuller-Tyszkiewicz ◽  
T. De Paoli ◽  
V. Lewis ◽  
I. Krug
Keyword(s):  
Body Dissatisfaction ◽  
Disordered Eating ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Eating Pathology ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Eating Behaviours ◽  
Appearance Comparison ◽  
Ecological Sampling ◽  
The Impact ◽  
State Body

ObjectiveTo examine the impact of appearance comparison behaviours, trait body dissatisfaction and eating pathology on women's state body dissatisfaction and engagement in disordered eating behaviours in daily life.MethodUsing ecological sampling method (ESM), 116 women residing in Australia, completed a baseline questionnaire containing the trait-based measures, before being signalled by an iPhone app six times daily, for seven days, to self-report on their recent appearance comparison behaviours, current state body dissatisfaction and recent disordered eating behaviours.ResultsMulti-level modelling revealed that upward comparisons (comparisons against more attractive individuals) elicited increases in state body dissatisfaction (β = 0.89, P < .001) and disordered eating behaviours (β = 0.29, P = .002). Contrastingly, downward comparisons (comparisons against less attractive individuals) elicited decreases in state body dissatisfaction (β = –0.31, P = .048) and, unexpectedly, increases in disordered eating behaviours (β = 0.46, P < .01). The frequency of appearance comparison engagement, regardless of whether it was upward or downward comparisons, was also predictive of increased disordered eating behaviours (β = 0.12, P < .001). In addition, eating pathology and trait body dissatisfaction were directly associated with higher state body dissatisfaction, and increased in disordered eating behaviours (all P < .001).ConclusionThese findings highlight the general negative impact that appearance comparisons have on fluctuating states of body dissatisfaction and eating pathology, as well as illustrating how trait characteristics partially account for this volatility. These findings provide further information that may be used to inform eating disorder prevention and intervention efforts.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

Body-, Eating-, and Exercise-Related Comparisons During Eating Disorder Recovery and Validation of the BEECOM-R

2019 ◽  
Vol 43 (4) ◽  
pp. 494-508 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica F. Saunders ◽  
Asia A. Eaton ◽  
Ellen E. Fitzsimmons-Craft
Keyword(s):  
Eating Disorder ◽  
Body Dissatisfaction ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Social Comparison ◽  
Disordered Eating ◽  
Social Comparisons ◽  
Recovery Process ◽  
The Body ◽  
Clinical Samples ◽  
Additive Influence

Social comparison tendencies are strongly associated with body dissatisfaction and disordered eating. In the current study, we quantitatively examined the structure and predictive value of these constructs during eating disorder recovery. We revised an existing measure of body-, eating-, and exercise-related social comparisons, the Body, Eating, and Exercise Comparison Orientation Measure (BEECOM), to improve psychometric properties. We also assessed the psychometric properties of the shortened Body, Eating, and Exercise Comparison Orientation Measure-Revised (BEECOM-R) in a comparison sample, resulting in an abbreviated measure suitable for recovering, clinical, and non-clinical samples. Finally, we used the revised measure to examine the additive influence of body-, eating-, and exercise-related comparisons on shape and weight dissatisfaction and disordered eating cognitions among 150 women (ages of 18–35 years) in self-identified recovery. Results suggest that body-, eating-, and exercise-related social comparisons all continue to correlate with body dissatisfaction and disordered eating during recovery. A minority of participants reported these comparisons to be helpful during the recovery process. We recommend social comparison as a clinical target for most women seeking support for eating pathology. Additional online materials for this article are available on PWQ’s website at http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/suppl/ 10.1177/0361684319851718

Association of thin-ideal media exposure, body dissatisfaction and disordered eating behaviors among adolescents in Taiwan

2013 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 382-385 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fong-Ching Chang ◽  
Ching-Mei Lee ◽  
Ping-Hung Chen ◽  
Chiung-Hui Chiu ◽  
Yun-Chieh Pan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Body Dissatisfaction ◽  
Disordered Eating ◽  
Eating Behaviors ◽  
Media Exposure ◽  
Thin Ideal ◽  
Disordered Eating Behaviors

Predictors of body dissatisfaction and disordered eating in middle-aged women

2011 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 515-524 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie Helen Slevec ◽  
Marika Tiggemann
Keyword(s):  
Body Dissatisfaction ◽  
Disordered Eating ◽  
Middle Aged
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