Paper Info
Title
Identifying Attentional Bias and Emotional Response After Appearance-Related Stimuli Exposure.
Abstract
The effect of media images has been regarded as a significant variable in the construction or in the activation of body images. Individuals who have a negative body image use avoidance coping strategies to minimize damage to their body image. We identified attentional biases and negative emotional responses following exposure to body stimuli. Female university students were divided into two groups based on their use of avoidance coping strategies (high-level group: high avoidance [HA]; low-group: low avoidance [LA]), and were assigned to two different conditions (exposure to thin body pictures, ET, and exposure to oversized body pictures, EO). Results showed that the HA group paid more attention to slim bodies and reported more negative emotions than the LA group, and that the EO had more negative effects than the ET. We suggest that HAs may attend more to slim bodies as a way of avoiding overweight bodies, influenced by social pressure, and in the search for a compensation of a positive emotional balance. However, attentional bias toward slim bodies can cause an upward comparison process, leading to increased body dissatisfaction, which is the main factor in the development of eating disorders (EDs). Therefore, altering avoidance coping strategies should be considered for people at risk of EDs.
Year
DOI
Venue
2013
10.1089/cyber.2012.0223
CYBERPSYCHOLOGY BEHAVIOR AND SOCIAL NETWORKING
Keywords
DocType
Volume
young adult,eye movements,social perception,affect,attention,emotions
Journal
16.0
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
1
2152-2715
1
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.43
0
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Ara Cho111.10
Soo-Min Kwak220.82
Jang-Han Lee34310.55