Bevelander, K. E., Anschütz, D. J., Creemers, D. H., Kleinjan, M., & Engels, R. C. (2013). The
Role of Explicit and Implicit Self-Esteem in Peer Modeling of Palatable Food Intake: A Study on Social Media Interaction among Youngsters. PLoS ONE, 8(8). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0072481 110 male 5th and 6th grade students participated in a study looking at the impact peers have on the food intake of young people within a social media setting. Participants sat at a table with a laptop, playing a video game with a bowl of candy and a glass of water beside them. The bowl of candy was measured before and after each session, to measure the amount of candy intake by each individual during their social media setting. Participants played a video game, and conversed with young teenagers their age who were apart of the experiment about the game. The young teenagers ate …show more content…
A convenience sample of 97 young girls ranging from ages 5-8 years old was recruited for this study from 4 private schools in Australia. Individual interviews were conducted taking approximately 12-20 minutes to complete, the participants answered “yes, no, or I don’t know”, to questions asked by the researcher about their weight and shape. Children’s Figure Rating Scale was used to measure the girl’s desire for thinness, and a pictorial format was used to measure the girl’s satisfaction with themselves. Their results showed that over a one year time period, girls grew in healthy normal weight; however their appearance satisfaction and self-esteem decreased. Majority of the girls within the study, wanted to be thinner during time 1 and one year later. Certain television shows viewed by the participants effected their body satisfaction, and desire to appear like the people they watch on television. Girls, who desired to be thinner, had lower
Role of Explicit and Implicit Self-Esteem in Peer Modeling of Palatable Food Intake: A Study on Social Media Interaction among Youngsters. PLoS ONE, 8(8). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0072481 110 male 5th and 6th grade students participated in a study looking at the impact peers have on the food intake of young people within a social media setting. Participants sat at a table with a laptop, playing a video game with a bowl of candy and a glass of water beside them. The bowl of candy was measured before and after each session, to measure the amount of candy intake by each individual during their social media setting. Participants played a video game, and conversed with young teenagers their age who were apart of the experiment about the game. The young teenagers ate …show more content…
A convenience sample of 97 young girls ranging from ages 5-8 years old was recruited for this study from 4 private schools in Australia. Individual interviews were conducted taking approximately 12-20 minutes to complete, the participants answered “yes, no, or I don’t know”, to questions asked by the researcher about their weight and shape. Children’s Figure Rating Scale was used to measure the girl’s desire for thinness, and a pictorial format was used to measure the girl’s satisfaction with themselves. Their results showed that over a one year time period, girls grew in healthy normal weight; however their appearance satisfaction and self-esteem decreased. Majority of the girls within the study, wanted to be thinner during time 1 and one year later. Certain television shows viewed by the participants effected their body satisfaction, and desire to appear like the people they watch on television. Girls, who desired to be thinner, had lower