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The Role of Self-Objectification in the Mental Health of Early Adolescent Girls: Predictors and Consequences (2015)
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Tiggemann, M., & Slater, A. (2015). The Role of Self-Objectification in the Mental Health of Early Adolescent Girls: Predictors and Consequences. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 40(7), 704-711. https://doi.org/10.1093/jpepsy/jsv021

© The Author 2015. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society of Pediatric Psychology. All rights reserved. Objectives: The overall aim of the study was to investigate the applicability of Objectification Theory to the mental healt... Read More about The Role of Self-Objectification in the Mental Health of Early Adolescent Girls: Predictors and Consequences.

Media Exposure, Extracurricular Activities, and Appearance-Related Comments as Predictors of Female Adolescents’ Self-Objectification (2015)
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Slater, A., & Tiggemann, M. (2015). Media Exposure, Extracurricular Activities, and Appearance-Related Comments as Predictors of Female Adolescents’ Self-Objectification. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 39(3), 375-389. https://doi.org/10.1177/0361684314554606

© 2014, © The Author(s) 2014. 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 w... Read More about Media Exposure, Extracurricular Activities, and Appearance-Related Comments as Predictors of Female Adolescents’ Self-Objectification.

Media matters for boys too! The role of specific magazine types and television programs in the drive for thinness and muscularity in adolescent boys (2014)
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Slater, A., & Tiggemann, M. (2014). Media matters for boys too! The role of specific magazine types and television programs in the drive for thinness and muscularity in adolescent boys. Eating Behaviors, 15(4), 679-682. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eatbeh.2014.10.002

© 2014 Elsevier Ltd. This study examined the role of specific magazine types and television programs on drive for thinness and muscularity in adolescent boys. A sample of 182 adolescent boys with an average age of 15.2. years completed questionnaire... Read More about Media matters for boys too! The role of specific magazine types and television programs in the drive for thinness and muscularity in adolescent boys.

Contemporary girlhood: Maternal reports on sexualized behaviour and appearance concern in 4-10 year-old girls (2014)
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Tiggemann, M., & Slater, A. (2014). Contemporary girlhood: Maternal reports on sexualized behaviour and appearance concern in 4-10 year-old girls. Body Image, 11(4), 396-403. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2014.06.007

© 2014 Elsevier Ltd. It is widely accepted that the sexualization of girls has increased markedly over time. The overall aim of the present study was to offer a description of the behaviours of young girls, with a particular focus on potentially sexu... Read More about Contemporary girlhood: Maternal reports on sexualized behaviour and appearance concern in 4-10 year-old girls.

'Retouch free': The effect of labelling media images as not digitally altered on women's body dissatisfaction (2014)
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Tiggemann, M., Slater, A., & Smyth, V. (2014). 'Retouch free': The effect of labelling media images as not digitally altered on women's body dissatisfaction. Body Image, 11(1), 85-88. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2013.08.005

This study aimed to investigate the effect of 'retouch free' labels on thin ideal fashion images on women's body dissatisfaction. This represents an experimental analogue to current practice by some fashion magazines. Participants were 224 female und... Read More about 'Retouch free': The effect of labelling media images as not digitally altered on women's body dissatisfaction.

Trying to fall asleep while catastrophising: What sleep-disordered adolescents think and feel (2014)
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Hiller, R. M., Lovato, N., Gradisar, M., Oliver, M., & Slater, A. (2014). Trying to fall asleep while catastrophising: What sleep-disordered adolescents think and feel. Sleep Medicine, 15(1), 96-103. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleep.2013.09.014

Objective: Catastrophising is a repetitive cognitive process related to sleep disturbance in adult insomnia patients. More recently catastrophising has been associated with increased sleep disturbances in community samples of children and adolescents... Read More about Trying to fall asleep while catastrophising: What sleep-disordered adolescents think and feel.

NetTweens: The Internet and Body Image Concerns in Preteenage Girls (2014)
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Tiggemann, M., & Slater, A. (2014). NetTweens: The Internet and Body Image Concerns in Preteenage Girls. Journal of Early Adolescence, 34(5), 606-620. https://doi.org/10.1177/0272431613501083

The aim of the study was to examine the relationship between media exposure and body image concerns in preteenage girls, with a particular focus on the Internet. A sample of 189 girls (aged 10-12 years) completed questionnaire measures of media consu... Read More about NetTweens: The Internet and Body Image Concerns in Preteenage Girls.

"Appearance potent"? A content analysis of UK gay and straight men's magazines (2014)
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Jankowski, G. S., Fawkner, H., Tiggemann, M., & Slater, A. (2014). "Appearance potent"? A content analysis of UK gay and straight men's magazines. Body Image, 11(4), 474-481. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2014.07.010

© 2014. With little actual appraisal, a more 'appearance potent' (i.e., a reverence for appearance ideals) subculture has been used to explain gay men's greater body dissatisfaction in comparison to straight men's. This study sought to assess the res... Read More about "Appearance potent"? A content analysis of UK gay and straight men's magazines.

Directing gaze: The effect of disclaimer labels on women's visual attention to fashion magazine advertisements (2014)
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Bury, B., Tiggemann, M., & Slater, A. (2014). Directing gaze: The effect of disclaimer labels on women's visual attention to fashion magazine advertisements. Body Image, 11(4), 357-363. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2014.06.004

© 2014 Elsevier Ltd. In an effort to combat the known negative effects of exposure to unrealistic thin ideal images, there is increasing worldwide pressure on fashion, media and advertising industries to disclose when images have been digitally alter... Read More about Directing gaze: The effect of disclaimer labels on women's visual attention to fashion magazine advertisements.

NetGirls: The internet, facebook, and body image concern in adolescent girls (2013)
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Tiggemann, M., & Slater, A. (2013). NetGirls: The internet, facebook, and body image concern in adolescent girls. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 46(6), 630-633. https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.22141

Objective The primary aim of the study was to examine the relationship between Internet exposure and body image concern in adolescent girls, with a particular focus on the social networking site of Facebook. Method A sample of 1,087 girls in the firs... Read More about NetGirls: The internet, facebook, and body image concern in adolescent girls.

The effect of beverages varying in glycaemic load on postprandial glucose responses, appetite and cognition in 10-12-year-old school children (2013)
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Brindal, E., Baird, D., Slater, A., Danthiir, V., Wilson, C., Bowen, J., & Noakes, M. (2013). The effect of beverages varying in glycaemic load on postprandial glucose responses, appetite and cognition in 10-12-year-old school children. British Journal of Nutrition, 110(3), 529-537. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007114512005296

Reducing glycaemic index (GI) and glycaemic load (GL) inconsistently improves aspects of cognitive function and appetite in children. Whether altering the GL by lowering carbohydrate relative to protein and fat has a role in these effects is unknown.... Read More about The effect of beverages varying in glycaemic load on postprandial glucose responses, appetite and cognition in 10-12-year-old school children.

Rewards can be used effectively with repeated exposure to increase liking of vegetables in 4-6-year-old children (2013)
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Corsini, N., Slater, A., Harrison, A., Cooke, L., & Cox, D. N. (2013). Rewards can be used effectively with repeated exposure to increase liking of vegetables in 4-6-year-old children. Public Health Nutrition, 16(5), 942-951. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1368980011002035

Abstract Objective To examine whether parents offering a sticker reward to their child to taste a vegetable the child does not currently consume is associated with improvements in children's liking and consumption of the vegetable. Design A randomize... Read More about Rewards can be used effectively with repeated exposure to increase liking of vegetables in 4-6-year-old children.

Disclaimer labels on fashion magazine advertisements: Effects on social comparison and body dissatisfaction (2013)
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Tiggemann, M., Slater, A., Bury, B., Hawkins, K., & Firth, B. (2013). Disclaimer labels on fashion magazine advertisements: Effects on social comparison and body dissatisfaction. Body Image, 10(1), 45-53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2012.08.001

Recent proposals across a number of Western countries have suggested that idealised media images should carry some sort of disclaimer informing readers when these images have been digitally enhanced. The present studies aimed to experimentally invest... Read More about Disclaimer labels on fashion magazine advertisements: Effects on social comparison and body dissatisfaction.

Ingesting breakfast meals of different glycaemic load does not alter cognition and satiety in children (2012)
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Noakes, M., Bowen, J., Wilson, C., Danthiir, V., Baird, D., Brindal, E., …Noakes, M. (2012). Ingesting breakfast meals of different glycaemic load does not alter cognition and satiety in children. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 66(10), 1166-1171. https://doi.org/10.1038/ejcn.2012.99

Background/Objectives: The effect of Glycaemic Index (GI) and Load (GL) of breakfasts on satiety and aspects of cognitive function in children is inconclusive. We aimed to assess if isocaloric breakfasts differing in GL (by replacing high-GI carbohyd... Read More about Ingesting breakfast meals of different glycaemic load does not alter cognition and satiety in children.

Time Since Menarche and Sport Participation as Predictors of Self-Objectification: A Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Girls (2012)
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Slater, A., & Tiggemann, M. (2012). Time Since Menarche and Sport Participation as Predictors of Self-Objectification: A Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Girls. Sex Roles, 67(9-10), 571-581. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-012-0200-0

This study aimed to prospectively examine the role of time since menarche and sport participation in the development of self-objectification in adolescent girls. Participants were 141 female adolescents (M = 14. 45 years at Time 1) from Adelaide, Sou... Read More about Time Since Menarche and Sport Participation as Predictors of Self-Objectification: A Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Girls.

Just one click: A content analysis of advertisements on teen web sites (2012)
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Slater, A., Tiggemann, M., Hawkins, K., & Werchon, D. (2012). Just one click: A content analysis of advertisements on teen web sites. Journal of Adolescent Health, 50(4), 339-345. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2011.08.003

Purpose: The current study provides a comprehensive analysis of the content of advertisements on Web sites targeted at adolescents, with a particular focus on the female beauty ideal. Methods: Advertisements (N = 631) from 14 Web sites popular with a... Read More about Just one click: A content analysis of advertisements on teen web sites.

Self-esteem and body dissatisfaction in young children: Associations with weight and perceived parenting style (2012)
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Taylor, A., Wilson, C., Slater, A., & Mohr, P. (2012). Self-esteem and body dissatisfaction in young children: Associations with weight and perceived parenting style. Clinical Psychologist, 16(1), 25-35. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1742-9552.2011.00038.x

Background: Parenting style has been associated with weight-related outcomes in children, but relationships between parenting, weight, and overweight-related psychological outcomes remain largely unstudied. The aim of the present study was to determi... Read More about Self-esteem and body dissatisfaction in young children: Associations with weight and perceived parenting style.

Reality check: An experimental investigation of the addition of warning labels to fashion magazine images on women's mood and body dissatisfaction (2012)
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Tiggeman, M., Slater, A., Firth, B., & Hawkins, K. (2012). Reality check: An experimental investigation of the addition of warning labels to fashion magazine images on women's mood and body dissatisfaction. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 31(2), 105-122. https://doi.org/10.1521/jscp.2012.31.2.105

Policy makers across a number of Western countries have suggested that warning labels be placed on idealized media images to inform viewers that the images have been digitally altered or enhanced, as a means of ameliorating the negative psychological... Read More about Reality check: An experimental investigation of the addition of warning labels to fashion magazine images on women's mood and body dissatisfaction.

Parenting and child body mass index: Longitudinal investigation of maternal and paternal influence (2011)
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Taylor, A., Wilson, C., Slater, A., & Mohr, P. (2011). Parenting and child body mass index: Longitudinal investigation of maternal and paternal influence. Australian Journal of Psychology, 63(4), 198-206. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1742-9536.2011.00024.x

The aim of this study was to investigate the cross-sectional and longitudinal relationships between general parenting and body mass index (BMI) status of children between the ages of 4 and 7 in Australia. A nationally representative sample of 4,423 c... Read More about Parenting and child body mass index: Longitudinal investigation of maternal and paternal influence.