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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-9-7
pubmed:abstractText
The aim of this study was to investigate the association between disordered eating behaviours/attitudes and mass media exposure in a cross-sectional national survey of 1165 Spanish secondary students (age between 14 and 16 years). A battery of questionnaires were used to investigate mass media influence, body dissatisfaction, physical appearance, sociocultural attitudes and self-esteem. Likewise, the EAT-26 questionnaire was used to assess disordered eating behaviours/attitudes, identifying that 6.6% (n = 32) of the male and 13.6% (n = 68) of the female students reached a cut-off point of 20 or above. The main finding was that female and male adolescents with disordered eating showed an increased exposure to TV and magazine sections related to body image, specifically regarding music video channels, in comparison with those without eating disordered, gender-matched counterparts. However, findings indicate that media exposure was different to some degree between males and females with disordered eating behaviour. Males with disordered eating behaviours and attitudes were associated with higher TV and magazine exposure to health sections and also greater body dissatisfaction, internalisation of the thin-ideal and social and appearance comparison. In females, disordered eating was associated with higher TV and magazine exposure to dieting, fashion and sport sections, greater body dissatisfaction, internalisation and awareness of the thin-ideal and lower self-esteem. Understanding the mechanism involved in the media exposure's influence on adolescents is critical in preventing disordered eating.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1099-0968
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
18
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
417-27
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:20593479-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:20593479-Adolescent Behavior, pubmed-meshheading:20593479-Attitude to Health, pubmed-meshheading:20593479-Body Image, pubmed-meshheading:20593479-Body Mass Index, pubmed-meshheading:20593479-Cross-Sectional Studies, pubmed-meshheading:20593479-Eating Disorders, pubmed-meshheading:20593479-Feeding Behavior, pubmed-meshheading:20593479-Female, pubmed-meshheading:20593479-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:20593479-Male, pubmed-meshheading:20593479-Mass Media, pubmed-meshheading:20593479-Personal Satisfaction, pubmed-meshheading:20593479-Questionnaires, pubmed-meshheading:20593479-Self Concept, pubmed-meshheading:20593479-Sex Factors, pubmed-meshheading:20593479-Social Conditions, pubmed-meshheading:20593479-Spain, pubmed-meshheading:20593479-Students
pubmed:articleTitle
The mass media exposure and disordered eating behaviours in Spanish secondary students.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Psychiatry, Hospital Meixoeiro, Vigo, Pontevedra, Spain.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article