This study comprised a systematic review of literature examining empirical relationships
between levels of media literacy and body dissatisfaction and disordered eating. The review …

The present study aimed to investigate the role of social comparison processing in women's
responses to thin idealized images. In particular, it was predicted that comparison with the …

While most body image research emphasizes the thin ideal, a wider variety of body-ideal
messages pervade US popular culture today, including those promoting athleticism or …

Fat talk (women speaking negatively about the size and shape of their bodies) is a
phenomenon that both reflects and creates body dissatisfaction. Our study investigated the …

It was hypothesized that feminist women would experience positive body image due to a
heightened ability to critique cultural pressures related to thinness. Samples from 26 studies …

Recent evidence suggests that the ideal female body has shifted from an ultra-thin image
toward one that is both thin and toned, or muscular. Furthermore, the ideal male body may …

This study examined in young adolescent girls the fit of a theoretical model of the
contribution of media literacy to body dissatisfaction via the mediating influences of …

This chapter advances research on media literacy by reviewing studies that utilize media
literacy in either short‐term or long‐term interventions. Media literacy interventions on a …

In this study, we aimed to offer a conceptualization of positive body image during
adolescence and psychometrically examine a new scale developed to measure this …

Our article details the development of the self-report Negative Body Talk (NBT) scale and
five studies (all conducted with samples of US undergraduate women) supporting the …