2005 Volume 45 Issue 7 Pages 521-529
The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of female magazine exposure on eating disorder tendencies. MAGINFO scale, MODEL scale, Body Dissatisfaction scale, Drive for Thinness scale, Dieting Behavior scale and EAT 20 were administered to 933 healthy volunteer female students. As a result, it was fourd that most subjects read female magazines routinely. ANOVA revealed that they were more susceptible to female magazines and had higher thin-ideal internalization and eating disorder tendencies as compared with people who didn't read female magazines. The study also found that the susceptibility to female magazines played a significant role in deciding the magnitude of the influence on thin-ideal internalization and eating disorder tendencies regardless of subscription habit of female magazines. Furthermore, it was shown that susceptibility to female magazines, thin-ideal internalization, body dissatisfaction and drive for thinness led to diet behaviors by using CSM. Finally, the importance of media control in prevention and treatment of eating disorders was discussed.
