Outputs (7)

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)
Journal Article

© 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)
Journal Article

© 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.

"Appearance potent"? A content analysis of UK gay and straight men's magazines (2014)
Journal Article

© 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)
Journal Article

© 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.

'Retouch free': The effect of labelling media images as not digitally altered on women's body dissatisfaction (2014)
Journal Article

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)
Journal Article

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)
Journal Article

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.