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How Media Affects A Woman’s Esteem?
Individuals with different body mass indexes (BMIs) feel differently when they were exposed to thin or heavy media models. Self-esteem can shift upwards or downwards depending on the model they are exposed to! Normal BMI females (with BMIs between 18.5 and 25) have higher levels of self-esteem when exposed to moderately thin models (because they feel similar to these models) and extremely heavy models (because they feel dissimilar to these models).
However,
they
have
lower
levels
of
self-esteem
when
exposed
to
moderately
heavy
models
(because
they
feel
similar)
and
extremely
thin
models
(because
they
feel
dissimilar).
This
shows
how
media
exposure
affects
the
self-esteem
of
overweight
and
underweight
women.
Underweight
women's
self-esteem
always
increases,
regardless
of
the
model
they
look
at!
On the other hand, overweight women"s self-esteem always decreases, regardless of the model they look at! Perhaps surprisingly, overweight and underweight women showed comparable levels of self-esteem when they weren"t looking at models. Advertisements also affected participants' eating behaviour and intentions to diet and exercise.
For example, overweight participants ate fewer cookies and had higher intentions to diet and exercise when exposed to heavy models than when exposed to thin models. It is better that overweight consumers attempt to avoid looking at ads with any models, thin or heavy (perhaps by avoiding women"s magazines).
The new study was published in Journal of Consumer Research by authors Dirk Smeesters (Erasmus University, the Netherlands), Thomas Mussweiler (University of Cologne, Germany), and Naomi Mandel (Arizona State University).
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