"That camera adds ten pounds!":Women's reactions to visual weight-related feedback and the role of trait body checking

Jennifer Mills; Bethany Shikatani; Marika Tiggemann; Sarah Hollitt

doi:10.1016/j.bodyim.2014.08.004

"That camera adds ten pounds!":Women's reactions to visual weight-related feedback and the role of trait body checking

Jennifer Mills, Bethany Shikatani, Marika Tiggemann, Sarah Hollitt

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In Study 1 women were randomly assigned to viewing: (1) no photo of themselves, (2) an accurate, full-body photo, (3) a photo modified to make them appear thinner than usual, or (4) a photo modified to make them appear heavier than usual. Measures of mood, state self-esteem, and body dissatisfaction were completed. There were no main effects of photo condition; participants were generally poor at perceiving weight change. The heavier that participants thought they looked in their photo as compared to usual, the worse their appearance self-esteem and body dissatisfaction. Study 2 replicated these results and found that participants with higher levels of trait body checking were more likely to report that they looked heavier than usual in the photo. Study 3 replicated these results and found that the correlation between body parts checking and how participants thought they looked in the photo held true even after controlling for appearance investment.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	516-526
Number of pages	11
Journal	Body Image
Volume	11
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2014.08.004
Publication status	Published - 1 Sep 2014

Keywords

Body checking
Body image
Self-esteem
Weight feedback

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