Att vara eller inte vara idealisk: Påverkan av manliga och kvinnliga skönhetsideal på body-esteem, body-compassion och body-comparison
(2021) PSYK11 20211Department of Psychology
- Abstract
- The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effect that exposure to beauty standards has on body-esteem, body-compassion, and body-comparison. To examine this an experiment was performed with a 3x2 design where the participants were exposed to one out of three kinds of stimuli; male beauty standards, female beauty standards and neutral images. The aim of the experiment was to examine if there was a difference between the three conditions and if so, if the effect differs between the genders women and men. The data was collected using quantitative methods - with an online-experiment. The experiment included 180 participants: 92 women (51.1%) and 88 men (48.9%). The results of the study showed significant correlations between... (More)
- The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effect that exposure to beauty standards has on body-esteem, body-compassion, and body-comparison. To examine this an experiment was performed with a 3x2 design where the participants were exposed to one out of three kinds of stimuli; male beauty standards, female beauty standards and neutral images. The aim of the experiment was to examine if there was a difference between the three conditions and if so, if the effect differs between the genders women and men. The data was collected using quantitative methods - with an online-experiment. The experiment included 180 participants: 92 women (51.1%) and 88 men (48.9%). The results of the study showed significant correlations between body-esteem and body-compassion, and body-esteem and body-comparison. There were no significant differences in either body-esteem, body-compassion or body comparison between the conditions. There was also no effect of the gender of the beauty ideal or an interaction with participant gender. However the data showed a significant main effect of participant gender, where women reported higher body comparison (p = < 0.001) and body-esteem (p = 0.05) than men did. Possible reasons for these results are discussed in this paper. (Less)
- Abstract (Swedish)
- Syftet med denna studie var att utforska de effekter som exponering för skönhetsideal har på body-esteem, body-compassion, och body-comparison. För att undersöka detta genomfördes ett experiment med en 3x2 design där deltagarna var exponerade för en utav tre typer av stimuli; manliga skönhetsideal, kvinnliga skönhetsideal och neutrala bilder. Experimentet hade som avsikt att undersöka om det fanns en skillnad mellan de tre betingelserna och, om detta var fallet, om effekten skiljde sig mellan män och kvinnor. Datan insamlades genom användande av kvantitativa metoder - med ett online-experiment. Experimentet inkluderade 180 deltagare; 92 kvinnor (51.1%) och 88 män (48.9). Resultatet av studien visade signifikanta korrelationer mellan... (More)
- Syftet med denna studie var att utforska de effekter som exponering för skönhetsideal har på body-esteem, body-compassion, och body-comparison. För att undersöka detta genomfördes ett experiment med en 3x2 design där deltagarna var exponerade för en utav tre typer av stimuli; manliga skönhetsideal, kvinnliga skönhetsideal och neutrala bilder. Experimentet hade som avsikt att undersöka om det fanns en skillnad mellan de tre betingelserna och, om detta var fallet, om effekten skiljde sig mellan män och kvinnor. Datan insamlades genom användande av kvantitativa metoder - med ett online-experiment. Experimentet inkluderade 180 deltagare; 92 kvinnor (51.1%) och 88 män (48.9). Resultatet av studien visade signifikanta korrelationer mellan body-esteem och body-compassion, och body-esteem och body-comparison. Det var inga signifikanta skillnader i varken body-esteem, body-compassion, eller body-comparison mellan betingelserna. Resultatet visade inte heller på att könet av skönhetsidealet hade en effekt eller en interaktion med deltagarnas kön. Däremot visade datan en signifikant huvudeffekt av deltagarnas kön där kvinnor rapporterade högre body-comparison (p = < 0.001) och body-esteem (p = 0.05) jämfört med män. Möjliga anledningar för dessa resultat diskuteras i uppsatsen. (Less)
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- author
- Andersson, Sofie Elisabeth LU and Eriksson, Julia
- supervisor
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- Amanda Klysing LU
- Anna Lindqvist LU
- organization
- alternative title
- To be or not to be ideal: The effects of male and female bodyideals on body-esteem, body-compassion and body-compar
- course
- PSYK11 20211
- year
- 2021
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- body-esteem, body-compassion, body-comparison, beauty ideals, comparison theory, self-discrepancy theory, cultivation theory.
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 9049071
- date added to LUP
- 2021-06-09 15:49:46
- date last changed
- 2021-06-09 15:49:46
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note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Att vara eller inte vara idealisk: Påverkan av manliga och kvinnliga skönhetsideal på body-esteem, body-compassion och body-comparison}},
year = {{2021}},
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