INTERNALIZATION OF THE THIN IDEAL AS A CAUSAL RISK FACTOR AND A MEDIATOR OF INTERVENTION EFFECTS ON EATING DISORDER SYMPTOMS IN WOMEN

• Authors: Pavlisová Eva , Orosová Oľga
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The current cultural definition of female beauty is a source of pressure placed on women to attain extremely thin figures. Incorporation of this standard into how a woman thinks she should look, a desire to attain it and engagement in appearance-invested behaviours refer to the construct of thin-ideal internalization. Three prominent socio-cultural theories of the development of eating disorders propose the impact of internalization of the thin ideal on body image. These are: the socio-cultural model of eating disorders, the tripartite influence model and the objectification theory. Thin-ideal internalization is a widely recognized risk factor in eating disorders in women. Kraemer´s typology of risk factors provides clarification of the terms correlate, fixed marker, variable risk factor, variable marker and causal risk factor for the certain outcome.

Keywords

EN

EATING DISORDERS; THIN-IDEAL INTERNALIZATION; KRAEMER´S TYPOLOGY; WOMEN

• Publisher: Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Social Sciences
• Journal: Človek a spoločnosť. Internetový časopis pre pôvodné teoretické a výskumné štúdie z oblasti spoločenských vied
• Year: 2020
• Volume: 23
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 11 – 28

Contributors

author

Pavlisová Eva

• Faculty of Arts, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Košice, Slovak Republic

author

Orosová Oľga

Identifiers

DOI

http://doi.org/10.31577/cas.2020.02.571