Incorporating Sources Effectively:

On the Brown University web page that features Joan Brumberg, the author of the Body Porject, notes that, “the female ideal, in the pressure to achieve it, have become unrelenting.”

On the Brown University web page, a recent study at Stanford University and the University of Massachusetts found that, “70% of college women say they feel worse about their own looks after reading women’s magazines.”

Joan Brumberg author of the Body Project, explains how adolescent woman are influenced by numerous outside sources which leads them to believe that the body imagery they are seeing, is what they should look like. She also notes that, in recent studies have shown that most women who are constantly worried about their looks are linked to diminished mental performance, low self-esteem, anxiety, depression and eating disorders. 



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De, Sonali, and Rituparna Chakraborty. "Body Dissatisfaction Among Female University Students: Metacognitive Awareness." Psychological Studies 60.3 (2015): 257-264. Academic Search Premier. Web. 22 Oct. 2015.

 

 

Mooney, E., H. Farley, and C. Strugnell. "A Qualitative Investigation Into The Opinions Of Adolescent Females Regarding Their Body Image Concerns And Dieting Practices In The Republic Of Ireland (ROI)." Appetite 52.2 (2009): 485-491. Academic Search Premier. Web. 22 Oct. 2015.

 

 

Pritchard, Mary, and Brooke Cramblitt. "Media Influence On Drive For Thinness And Drive For Muscularity." Sex Roles 71.5/8 (2014): 208-218. Academic Search Premier. Web. 22 Oct. 2015.

 

Ferguson, Christopher J., et al. "Mirror, Mirror On The Wall: Peer Competition, Television Influences, And Body Image Dissatisfaction." Journal Of Social & Clinical Psychology 30.5 (2011): 458-483. Academic Search Premier. Web. 22 Oct. 2015

 

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