Appearance-Related Teasing, Body Dissatisfaction, and Disordered Eating: A Meta-Analysis
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2009
Keywords
Body dissatisfaction, Appearance-related teasing, Disordered eating, Meta-analysis
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2010.05.004
Abstract
A meta-analysis was conducted to determine the relationship between appearance and weight-based teasing and three outcome measures: body dissatisfaction, restrictive eating, and bulimic behaviors. Four meta-analyses were conducted. Fifty effect sizes (N = 10,618) resulted in a moderate effect size of .39 for the relationship between weight teasing and body dissatisfaction; 24 effect sizes (N = 7190) resulted in an effect size of .32 for the relationship between appearance teasing and body dissatisfaction; 20 effect sizes (N = 4792) resulted in an effect size of .35 for the relationship between weight teasing and dietary restraint; and 22 effect sizes (N = 5091) resulted in an effect size of .36 for the relationship between weight teasing and bulimic behaviors. Significant moderators that emerged were teasing measure type, publication type, study type, age group, and gender. The findings offer further support for the inclusion of strategies in body image and eating disorders’ prevention and intervention programs that focus on handling negative, appearance-related commentary.
Was this content written or created while at USF?
Yes
Citation / Publisher Attribution
Body Image, v. 7, issue 4, p. 261-270
Scholar Commons Citation
Menzel, Jessie; Schaefer, Lauren M.; Burke, Natasha L.; Mayhew, Laura Lynn; Brannick, Michael T.; and Thompson, Joel K., "Appearance-Related Teasing, Body Dissatisfaction, and Disordered Eating: A Meta-Analysis" (2009). Psychology Faculty Publications. 2239.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/psy_facpub/2239
