TY - GEN
T1 - The effect of objectifying media images on eating pathology: an experimental study comparing Australian and Asian females
AU - TAN, Charmain
AU - YEUNG, Wai Lan, Vicki
AU - DE PAOLI, Tara
AU - LOUGHNAN, Stephen
AU - KRUG, Isabel
N1 - Published in Abstracts of the 23rd European Congress of Psychiatry, a special issue of European Psychiatry, 30(Supp 1), 296. doi: 10.1016/S0924-9338(15)30238-8
PY - 2015/3/29
Y1 - 2015/3/29
N2 - Introduction: The onset of eating pathology has commonly been attributed to media influences. However, most of these studies have not included an experimental design and have mainly concentrated on Caucasian samples, with limited research on non-Western populations.
Objective: To assess whether exposure to either objectifying female media images or neutral images (e.g. chairs) had an impact on eating pathology and self-objectification and whether this effect was different for Australian and Asian females.
Method: A total sample of 301 female participants [Caucasian Australians (n=97); Asians grown up in Australia (n=70), Asians currently residing in Australia (n=60) and Chinese living in Hong Kong (n=74)] were exposed to a slideshow of either objectifying women (n=147) or neutral (n=154) images. Variables associated with the objectification framework and eating pathology were assessed through self-report.
Results: State self-objectification was higher in individuals who were exposed to the objectifying media images, regardless of ethnicity
AB - Introduction: The onset of eating pathology has commonly been attributed to media influences. However, most of these studies have not included an experimental design and have mainly concentrated on Caucasian samples, with limited research on non-Western populations.
Objective: To assess whether exposure to either objectifying female media images or neutral images (e.g. chairs) had an impact on eating pathology and self-objectification and whether this effect was different for Australian and Asian females.
Method: A total sample of 301 female participants [Caucasian Australians (n=97); Asians grown up in Australia (n=70), Asians currently residing in Australia (n=60) and Chinese living in Hong Kong (n=74)] were exposed to a slideshow of either objectifying women (n=147) or neutral (n=154) images. Variables associated with the objectification framework and eating pathology were assessed through self-report.
Results: State self-objectification was higher in individuals who were exposed to the objectifying media images, regardless of ethnicity
UR - http://commons.ln.edu.hk/sw_master/2637
U2 - 10.1016/S0924-9338(15)30238-8
DO - 10.1016/S0924-9338(15)30238-8
M3 - Conference paper (refereed)
T3 - European Psychiatry
SP - 296
BT - Abstracts of the 23rd European Congress of Psychiatry
T2 - The 23rd European Congress of Psychiatry : Excellence in Psychiatry across Europe : Practice, Education Research
Y2 - 29 March 2015 through 29 March 2015
ER -