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Media Exposure, Extracurricular Activities, and Appearance-Related Comments as Predictors of Female Adolescents’ Self-Objectification
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Our study examined three potential predictors of self-objectification in female adolescents, namely media exposure, extracurricular activities, and appearance-related comments (both positive and negative). Participants were 1,087 female adolescents ranging in age from 12 to 16, who completed questionnaire measures of media exposure (television, magazines, Internet, and social networking), time spent on extracurricular activities, positive and negative appearance-related comments, self-objectification, self-surveillance, body shame, and disordered eating. Tests of the hypothesized path model revealed that self-reported exposure to magazines and social networking sites each independently was associated positively with self-objectification. In addition, positive appearance-related comments were shown to be associated positively with self-objectification. On the other hand, time spent on extracurricular activities was not related to self-objectification. The results offer support for the role of media exposure and appearance-related comments in the development of self-objectification in female adolescents. In particular, the results suggest that positive appearance-related comments (compliments) may be just as, or even more, likely to give rise to self-objectification as negative appearance-related comments. The findings suggest practical strategies for the potential protection of the development of self-objectification and its deleterious consequences.
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“Positive comments may also be associated with increased self-objectification, as shown in a study of Australian adolescent girls (Slater & Tiggemann, 2015), and with increased appearance-related SM consciousness (ASMC), as found in a study of U.S. college students (Burnell et al., 2021).”
From The Perfect Storm: A Developmental-Sociocultural Framework for the Role of Social Media in Adolescent Girls' Body Image Concerns and Mental Health. (2022) · cites this paper as Slater & Tiggemann, 2015
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“On the contrary, only a few studies have focused on OBC body shame and they have found that Facebook involvement and exposure predict body surveillance, which in turn predicts greater body shame (Manago et al., 2015; Slater & Tiggemann, 2015; Tiggemann & Slater, 2013, 2015).”
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- Authors
- Slater, A., & Tiggemann, M.
- Affiliations
- University of the West of England (GB)
- Flinders University (AU)
- Corresponding author
- Slater, Amy
- Venue
- Psychology of Women Quarterly
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2014-10-14
- Volume
- 39
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 375-389
- ISSN
- 0361-6843 (ISSN-L)
- 1471-6402
- OpenAlex
- W2144605313
- Cited by
- 138
- References
- 64
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 8.65
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- eprints.uwe.ac.uk
- Locations
- Psychology of Women Quarterly (publishedVersion)
- Flinders Academic Commons (Flinders University) (submittedVersion)
- UWE Research Repository (UWE Bristol) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies
- Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior
- Keywords
- self-objectification, adolescent girls, media exposure, extracurricular activities, compliments, body image, body shame, disordered eating, self-surveillance, social networking sites, television, internet
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