Social comparison and body image: Attractiveness comparisons to models and peers among adolescent girls and boys

Relations among body image satisfaction and social comparisons to either same-sex peers or media models were examined in two studies of adolescent boys and girls. The results confirmed that both same-sex peers and models/celebrities were the targets of social comparisons for physical attributes, but...

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Published in:Sex roles 2001-11, Vol.45 (9-10), p.645-664
Main Author: JONES, Diane Carlson
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adolescents
Attractiveness
Biological and medical sciences
Body Image
Boys
College Students
Developmental psychology
Early Adolescents
Eating Disorders
Fashion models
Females
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Gender Differences
Girls
Grade 10
High School Students
Interpersonal Attraction
Interpersonal Relationship
Junior High School Students
Males
Peers
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Satisfaction
Self Concept
Self Esteem
Self Evaluation
Self Evaluation (Individuals)
Self image
Sex Differences
Social attribution, perception and cognition
Social comparison
Social psychology
Sociology
Teenagers
USA
Young people
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Summary:Relations among body image satisfaction and social comparisons to either same-sex peers or media models were examined in two studies of adolescent boys and girls. The results confirmed that both same-sex peers and models/celebrities were the targets of social comparisons for physical attributes, but comparisons on personal and social attributes were more likely directed toward same-sex peers.
ISSN:0360-0025
1573-2762
DOI:10.1023/a:1014815725852