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Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Youth and Adolescence 7/2018

23-03-2018 | Empirical Research

How Social and Mass Media Relate to Youth’s Self-Sexualization: Taking a Cross-National Perspective on Rewarded Appearance Ideals

Auteurs: Jolien Trekels, Kathrin Karsay, Steven Eggermont, Laura Vandenbosch

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Youth and Adolescence | Uitgave 7/2018

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Abstract

Although media exposure has been related to cognitive preoccupation with appearance, research rarely investigated adolescents’ behavioral self-sexualization. To address this gap, the present study among 12- to 16-year-olds (N = 1527; 50.2% girls) in Austria, Belgium, Spain, and South-Korea (1) investigates whether different types of media use relate to self-sexualization, (2) explores the explanatory value of rewarded appearance ideals, and (3) considers culture and gender as moderating factors. Despite cultural variation, a general trend of increasing self-sexualization with social media use and magazine reading appeared across the countries. Moreover, women’s magazine reading and rewards were related to self-sexualization among all the girls across the countries, which suggests that girls may be more vulnerable to the examined effects. Overall, this study provides a better understanding of the unique contribution of specific media genres to youth’s self-sexualization and points at the importance of social media use in girls’ and boys’ engagement in sexualizing appearance behaviors across four countries.
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The current article uses data that is part of a larger intercultural study project that examines links between media usage and well-being among adolescents in four different countries. More information about the study project can be obtained by sending an email to the first author.
 
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Metagegevens
Titel
How Social and Mass Media Relate to Youth’s Self-Sexualization: Taking a Cross-National Perspective on Rewarded Appearance Ideals
Auteurs
Jolien Trekels
Kathrin Karsay
Steven Eggermont
Laura Vandenbosch
Publicatiedatum
23-03-2018
Uitgeverij
Springer US
Gepubliceerd in
Journal of Youth and Adolescence / Uitgave 7/2018
Print ISSN: 0047-2891
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-6601
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-018-0844-3

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