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The effects of media literacy programs on the body image of undergraduate women
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Lynch, Jennifer Portillo
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http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=xavier1394885805
Abstract Details
Year and Degree
2004, Doctor of Psychology (Psy.D.), Xavier University, Psychology.
Abstract
This study examined the effectiveness of media literacy programs in changing components of body image for undergraduate women. One hundred and twenty-two women between the ages of 18 and 21 participated in one of four psycho-educational intervention groups (Combination Intervention, Video-only Intervention, Image-Alteration only Intervention, and Control). Participants completed pre- and post-intervention assessments that measured body image perception, attitudes and behaviors, and preoccupation. This is the first study to include the demonstration of alterations to images through a computer program as a component of a media literacy intervention. In general, results demonstrated that participants exposed to an image-alteration intervention exhibit improved body image attitudes and behaviors as well as lower body image preoccupation than those who were exposed to no intervention, video-only intervention, or a combination intervention. Evidence from this study implies that including an image alteration component in a media literacy programs is beneficial for undergraduate women relative to their body image.
Committee
Cynthia L. Crown, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Christine M. Dacey, Ph.D., ABPP (Committee Member)
Kandi Stinson, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Pages
137 p.
Subject Headings
Counseling Psychology
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Mass Communications
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Womens Studies
Keywords
social sciences
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communication and the arts
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psychology
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women students
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undergraduate
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body image
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media literacy
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Lynch, J. P. (2004).
The effects of media literacy programs on the body image of undergraduate women
[Doctoral dissertation, Xavier University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=xavier1394885805
APA Style (7th edition)
Lynch, Jennifer.
The effects of media literacy programs on the body image of undergraduate women.
2004. Xavier University, Doctoral dissertation.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=xavier1394885805.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Lynch, Jennifer. "The effects of media literacy programs on the body image of undergraduate women." Doctoral dissertation, Xavier University, 2004. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=xavier1394885805
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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