Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2011
Publication Title
Body Image: An International Journal of Research
Abstract
Our research examined the effects of thin ideal priming on the perception of body image words in participants without an eating disorder. Half of the participants were primed by viewing thin models, and half were primed with gender-neutral shoes. Subsequently, all participants (N=56) completed a Stroop task for three categories of words: neutral (BOOKS), shoe (CLOGS), and body (THIGHS). Lastly, all participants completed a body dissatisfaction questionnaire. We predicted that body dissatisfaction scores would be correlated with the Stroop effect. We found a significant correlation between body dissatisfaction and the body effect of slower color naming times for the body related words compared to the neutral words. Our study demonstrates that body dissatisfaction and a brief priming with thin models results in subsequent differences in performing a Stroop task in a non clinical population of female participants.
DOI
10.1016/j.bodyim.2011.05.001
Version
Postprint
Publisher's Statement
(c) 2011 Elsevier
Recommended Citation
Teresa A. Markis, Conor T. McLennan, The effect of priming a thin ideal on the subsequent perception of conceptually related body image words, Body Image, Volume 8, Issue 4, September 2011, Pages 423-426, ISSN 1740-1445, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2011.05.001. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S174014451100057X)
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Volume
8
Issue
4
