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ISBN:
Category : Dissertations, Academic
Languages : en
Pages :
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The Influence of Media Internalization on African-American, Latina and Asian-American Adolescent Girls' Self-esteem and Boy-image Ideals
Author: Handbook of Socialization, Second Edition
Author: Joan E Grusec, PhDPublisher: Guilford Publications
ISBN: 1462525822
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 737
Book Description
"Socialization refers to the way in which individuals are assisted in becoming members of one or more social groups, including how the newer members as well as the established ones socialize one another, often in a bi-directional manner, that is, response to socialization impact in both directions. This is the only handbook on socialization that covers the topic from infancy through adulthood. Hot new topics include moral development; the media as a socializing agent; behavior genetics; and, culture. Authors are known in the field"--Résumé de l'éditeur.
The Contribution of Role Models to the Self-esteem of African American and Caucasian Adolescent Girls
Author: Michelle P. ClarkPublisher: ProQuest
ISBN: 9781109172034
Category : Adolescent psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Self-esteem has been the focus of a great deal of psychological research due to its many associations with well-being (Bowker, Gadbois, & Cornock, 2003; Wild, Flisher, Bhana, & Lombard, 2004). On average, self-esteem levels decrease markedly during the adolescent years (Birndorf, Ryan, Auinger, & Aten, 2005; Robins & Trzesniewski, 2005). However, adolescent girls tend to experience greater declines in self-esteem than boys, yet the self-esteem of African American girls tends to remain stable (Gray-Little & Hafdahl, 2000; Robins & Trzesniewski, 2005). Developmental (e.g., Erikson, 1968; Shaffer, 2005), gender socialization (e.g., Gilligan, 1982, Turkel, 2000), and cultural diversity research (e.g., Gray-Little & Hafdahl, 2000; Twenge & Crocker, 2002) provide frameworks for understanding the differential changes in self-esteem between adolescent subgroups. However, prior research has not sufficiently considered the potential impact of role models on adolescent self-esteem, or whether the type of role models selected may be impacted by subgroup values. The goals of the present study were to examine whether a relationship existed between type of role model selected and self-esteem levels, and whether characteristics of chosen role models varied, across Caucasian and African American adolescent females. Data for other participants were reported for exploratory purposes. Participants included 53 seventh and eighth grade students. The Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSE), the Hoped For Possible Selves Questionnaire (PSQ), and a role models form and demographics questionnaire designed by the researcher were utilized. No hypotheses were supported, though results yielded several interesting findings. One-way ANOVAs were performed to compare self-esteem scores and frequencies of role model types. There were no differences in self-esteem across gender or ethnicity, though data trended in the predicted directions. Results additionally showed no differences across ethnicity in frequency of role model selection by type. Pearson r correlations showed that self-esteem scores were positively correlated with selection of distal role models, and negatively correlated with selection of community role models. Pearson r correlations revealed no relationship between self-esteem scores and frequency of distal-associated ideals or proximal-associated ideals. Qualitative analysis illustrated qualities admired by participants. Implications for clinicians, parents, and educators were discussed.
The Effects of Media Exposure on the Body Image of Adolescent Females in America and Other Cultures
Author: Tiffany Y. NielsonLewis's Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Author: Andrés MartinPublisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
ISBN: 1496367685
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 2821
Book Description
For 25 years, Lewis's Child and Adolescent Psychiatry has been the cornerstone of every child and adolescent psychiatrist’s library. Now, three colleagues of Dr. Lewis at the world-renowned Yale Child Study Center, have substantially updated and revised this foundational textbook for its long-awaited fifth edition, the first in ten years. Encyclopedic in scope, it continues to serve as a broad reference, deftly encompassing and integrating scientific principles, research methodologies, and everyday clinical care.
Media Images of Women and African American Girls' Sense of Self
Author: Maya Kipaho GordonThe Body Project
Author: Eric SticePublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199859248
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
Eating disorders are among the most prevalent psychiatric disorders in adolescent and young adult females, affecting approximately 10% of young women. Unfortunately, less than half of those with eating disorders receive treatment, which can be very expensive. Thus, effective prevention has become a major public health priority. The Body Project is an empirically based eating disorder prevention program that offers young women an opportunity to critically consider the costs of pursuing the ultra-thin ideal promoted in the mass media, which improves body acceptance and reduces risk for developing eating disorders. Young women with elevated body dissatisfaction are recruited for group sessions in which they participate in a series of verbal, written, and behavioral exercises in which they consider the negative effects of pursuing the thin-ideal. Chapters provide information on the significance of body image and eating disorders, the intervention theory, the evidence base which supports the theory, recruitment and training procedures, solutions to common challenges, and a new program aimed at reducing obesity onset, as well as intervention scripts and participant handouts. The Body Project is the only currently available eating disorder prevention program that has been shown to reduce risk for onset of eating disorders and received support in trials conducted by several independent research groups. The group sessions are brief and fun to lead, and this guide provides all of the necessary information to walk clinicians, teachers, counselors, and volunteers through leading the program for vulnerable young women.
Schoolgirls
Author: Peggy OrensteinPublisher: Doubleday Books
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
"In 1990, the American Association of University Women conducted a ground-breaking poll that highlighted how, as young girls reach adolescence, their self-esteem plummets. The conclusion of the study (an investigation that involved over three thousand girls and boys between the ages of nine and fifteen and cut across ethnic and regional lines) was alarming: there is a crisis in this country regarding the way we educate our daughters." "In spite of the changes in women's roles in society - and in the lives of their own mothers - many American girls still fall into traditional patterns of low self-image and self-censorship. Girls begin first grade with the same levels of skill and ambition as boys, but, all too often, by the time they reach high school their doubts have crowded out their dreams. They emerge from adolescence with reduced expectations of life, and much less confidence in themselves and in their abilities than boys have. In SchoolGirls, journalist Peggy Orenstein presents the human side of the study's disturbing statistics, using an accessible, narrative approach to explore the influences of home, school, and society on adolescent female self-esteem and the difference between how boys and girls are raised to think about themselves." "Through detailed and lively anecdotes - obtained during a year spent with eighth graders at two California schools, as well as interviews with their parents and teachers - Orenstein brings to life the AAUW's profoundly important findings. At Weston Middle School, we meet Lisa, who believes a girl's weight is more important than her intelligence; Suzy, who decides she is "too cute to be a lawyer"; and Evie, who proclaims herself to be a feminist yet tolerates sexual harassment by a popular boy. At Audubon Middle School, however, where the predominantly African-American and Latina girls struggle with pressures forced upon them by their gender, race, and low socioeconomic status, we meet LaRhonda and April, whose confidence in themselves outside the classroom clashes inside its walls with a hidden curriculum designed to "subdue them into disengaged silence." Marta, a Latina almost unnoticed by her teachers and overprotected by her parents, considers undergoing a sexually abusive gang initiation rite in order to gain some measure of acceptance." "An essential read for everyone concerned about gender equity, SchoolGirls shows how the media and our educational system are shortchanging our children. It is a book that can inspire us to change the way we treat girls and the way we educate girls: ultimately, this is a book with the potential to improve the status of women in this country."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Encyclopedia of Body Image and Human Appearance
Author: Publisher: Academic Press
ISBN: 0123849268
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 866
Book Description
This scholarly work is the most comprehensive existing resource on human physical appearance—how people’s outer physical characteristics and their inner perceptions and attitudes about their own appearance (body image) affect their lives. The encyclopedia’s 117 full-length chapters are composed and edited by the world’s experts from a range of disciplines—social, behavioral, and biomedical sciences. The extensive topical coverage in this valuable reference work includes: (1) Important theories, perspectives, and concepts for understanding body image and appearance; (2) Scientific measurement of body image and physical attributes (anthropometry); (3) The development and determinants of human appearance and body image over the lifespan: (4) How culture and society influences the meanings of human appearance; (5) The psychosocial effects of appearance-altering disease, damage, and visible differences; (6) Appearance self-change and self-management; (7) The prevention and treatment of body image problems, including psychosocial and medical interventions. Chapters are written in a manner that is accessible and informative to a wide audience, including the educated public, college and graduate students, and scientists and clinical practitioners. Each well-organized chapter provides a glossary of definitions of any technical terms and a Further Reading section of recommended sources for continued learning about the topic. Available online via ScienceDirect or in a limited-release print version. The Encyclopedia of Body Image and Human Appearance is a unique reference for a growing area of scientific inquiry It brings together in one source the research from experts in a variety of fields examining this psychological and sociological phenomenon The breadth of topics covered, and the current fascination with this subject area ensure this reference will be of interest to researchers and a lay audience alike
The Effects of Magazine Content and Internalization of the Thin Ideal on Body Image and Mood Among Asian American Women
Author: Nikki Kanemaru-KleinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Asian American women
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description