Effect of competition & thin models on body dissatisfaction

• Main Authors: Co, Raisa Isabelle K., Diaz, Rosielle, Rodelas, Milione Maria Gabrieli B.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2010
• Subjects: Personality; Body image; Body image > Social aspects; Psychophysiology; Self-perception
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/9556
• Institution: De La Salle University

This is a study conducted with the aim of learning more about the effects of competition in TV shows to teenage Female De La Salle University-Manila students with regards to their body dissatisfaction and the role of thin models in the process of feeling dissatisfied with their bodies. The researchers conducted an experiment where 60 participants were placed in 1 of 4 possible conditions randomly and were asked answer a questionnaire then to watch a video clip. Then, the participants were asked to answer a survey. The results showed that competition in the models had no effect on the body dissatisfaction of females.