Research
Neural
Women reacted negatively to thinspirational images and idealized a thinner shape for the female body than men.
Practitioners should be aware that exposure to thin ideals can negatively impact women's body image.
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Between group measures analysis of variance revealed women reacted negatively to thinspirational images. Women were more driven for thinness and idealized a thinner shape for the female body than men.
Why this rating
Based on the experimental design with a significant sample size.
Source
Reactions to ideal body shapes
Katarina Prnjak et al. · The Journal of General Psychology · 2019
other · n=200Cited 16×
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