Risk for eating disorders, anxiety, depression and other emotions related to publicitary images exposure
Por:
Jimenez-Cruz, BE, Silva-Gutierrez, C
Publicada:
1 ene 2010
Categoría:
Psychology (miscellaneous)
Resumen:
In order to explore the anxiety and depression levels, the emotions produced by images taken from media and risk for eating disorderes, a total of 376 women participated in this test-postest study, 140 of the participants were exposed to thin women images, 127 to overweight women images and 109 to women exercising or eating in a "healthy" way images. All participants were evaluated with the Eating Attitude Test (EAT-40), the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), the Axelrod Adjective Checklist and an Emotion Questionary. Results revealed that depression and anxiety levels increased in all participants at risk for eating disorders after exposure to images, but levels decreased for the rest of the participants. However, participants exposed to thin women images reported more negative emotions towards their bodies than those who were exposed to overweight women images. Findings suggest that the ideal transmitted through media promote disgusting emotions in young women, which may put them
Filiaciones:
Jimenez-Cruz, BE:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Fac Psicol, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
Silva-Gutierrez, C:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Fac Psicol, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
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