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Television Viewing, Fat Stereotyping, Body Shape Standards, and Eating Disorder Symptomatology in Grade School Children

KRISTEN HARRISON

A survey of 303 first- to third-grade children measured relationships between (a) television viewing and interpersonal attraction (IA) to television characters and (b) fat stereotyping, body shape standards, and eating disorder symptomatology. Television viewing predicted an increased tendency among males to stereotype a fat female target and also predicted increased eating disorder symptomatology among participants of both genders. IA to thin television characters was not a consistent predictor of thinness-favoring cognitions and behaviors, but IA to average-weight characters was a significant negative predictor for female participants. Discussion focuses on the need for continued research on the relationship between media exposure, ideal-body stereotype internalization, and eating disorder symptomatology in child populations.

Communication Research, Vol. 27, No. 5, 617-640 (2000)
DOI: 10.1177/009365000027005003
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