title: The impact of exposure to the thin-ideal media image on women.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to experimentally examine the effects of exposure to the thin-ideal body image on women's affect, self-esteem, body satisfaction, eating disorder symptoms, and level of internalization of the thin-ideal. College women (N=145) were randomly exposed to photographs from popular magazines containing either thin-ideal images or neutral images. Exposure to thin-ideal magazine images increased body dissatisfaction, negative mood states, and eating disorder symptoms and decreased self-esteem, although it did not cause more internalization of the thin-ideal. Exposure to thin-ideal media images may contribute to the development of eating disorders by causing body dissatisfaction, negative moods, low self-esteem, and eating disorders symptoms among women.
authors.affiliation: Center for Change, Orem, Utah, USA.
authors.forename: Nicole
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hawkins
authors.forename: P Scott
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Richards
authors.forename: H Mac
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Granley
authors.forename: David M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Stein