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Purpose: To examine how weight information labels on variously sized media models affect (pre) adolescent girls%26apos; body perceptions and how they compare themselves with media models. %26lt;br%26gt;Methods: We used a three (body shape: extremely thin vs. thin vs. normal weight) x three (information label: 6-kg underweight vs. 3-kg underweight vs. normal weight) experimental design in three age-groups (9-10 years, 12-13 years, and 15-16 years; n = 184). The girls completed questionnaires after exposure to media models. %26lt;br%26gt;Results: Weight information labels affected girls%26apos; body dissatisfaction, social comparison with media figures, and objectified body consciousness. Respondents exposed to an extremely thin body shape labeled to be of %26quot;normal weight%26quot; were most dissatisfied with their own bodies and showed highest levels of objectified body consciousness and comparison with media figures. Anextremely thin body shape combined with a corresponding label (i. e., 6-kg underweight), however, induced less body dissatisfaction and less comparison with the media model. Age differences were also found to affect body perceptions: adolescent girls showed more negative body perceptions than preadolescents. %26lt;br%26gt;Conclusions: Weight information labels may counteract the generally media-induced thin-body ideal. That is, when the weight labels appropriately informed the respondents about the actual thinness of the media model%26apos;s body shape, girls were less affected. Weight information labels also instigated a normalization effect when a %26quot;normal-weight%26quot; label was attached to underweight-sized media models. Presenting underweight as a normal body shape, clearly increased body dissatisfaction in girls. Results also suggest age between preadolescence and adolescence as a critical criterion in responding to media models%26apos; body shape.
- 出版日期2012-6
