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Size Matters: Television Media Effects on Male Body Image

Garrison, Megan C
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=xavier1395151552

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2012, Doctor of Psychology (Psy.D.), Xavier University, Psychology.
The primary purpose of this study was to explore the relationship of media exposure to body dissatisfaction and drive for muscularity in a sample of 85 male college students. More specifically, the study was designed to test the mediation effects of internalization and body comparison in the relationship between media exposure and these body image-related outcomes. In light of the existing research, this study had two primary hypotheses: (H1) It was hypothesized that the relationship between television media exposure to the idealized male and body dissatisfaction is mediated by internalization and by body comparison and (H2) it was hypothesized that the relationship between television media exposure to the idealized male and drive for muscularity is mediated by internalization and by body comparison. Results revealed a positive relationship between internalization and body dissatisfaction (B = .03, t = 5.08, p = .00), a positive relationship between body comparison and body dissatisfaction (B = .05, t = 2.31, p = .02), and a positive relationship between body comparison and drive for muscularity (B = .39, t = 3.95, p = .00). No significant indirect effects (path ab) were evident as bootstrapping analyses produced a point estimate of .0025 and a 95% BCA of -.0019 to .0073, and a point estimate of .0332 and a 95% BCA of -.0265 to .0951. These results indicated an absence of significant mediation in both models. While mediation was not found in this study, the results add to an emerging body of literature on the impact of exposure to ideal male television on male body image concerns.
Nicholas Salsman, Ph.D., ABPP (Committee Chair)
Christine M. Dacey, Ph.D., ABPP (Committee Member)
Janet R. Schultz, Ph.D., ABPP (Committee Member)
122 p.
Mass Media; Social Psychology
body image in men; masculinity in mass media; internalization

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  • Garrison, M. C. (2012). Size Matters: Television Media Effects on Male Body Image [Doctoral dissertation, Xavier University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=xavier1395151552

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Garrison, Megan. Size Matters: Television Media Effects on Male Body Image. 2012. Xavier University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=xavier1395151552.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Garrison, Megan. "Size Matters: Television Media Effects on Male Body Image." Doctoral dissertation, Xavier University, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=xavier1395151552

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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