Celebrity influence on body image and eating disorders: A review. (April 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Brown, Zoe; Tiggemann, Marika
• Is Part Of: Journal of health psychology. Volume 27:Number 5(2022)
• Page Start: 1233
• Page End: 1251
• Publication Date: 2022-04
• Subjects: body image -- celebrity -- disordered eating -- media -- review; Clinical health psychology -- Periodicals; 613.019
• DOI: 10.1177/1359105320988312
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1359-1053

Abstract

Celebrities are well-known individuals who receive extensive public and media attention. There is an increasing body of research on the effect of celebrities on body dissatisfaction and disordered eating. Yet, there has been no synthesis of the research findings. A systematic search for research articles on celebrities and body image or eating disorders resulted in 36 studies meeting inclusion criteria. Overall, the qualitative, correlational, big data, and experimental methodologies used in these studies demonstrated that exposure to celebrity images, appearance comparison, and celebrity worship are associated with maladaptive consequences for individuals' body image.