Media Not Totally to Blame - women's magazines' role in eating disorders
Media Not Totally to Blame - women's magazines' role in eating disorders
"Thomsen teamed with Kelly McCoy, assistant professor of family science, and Marleen Williams, associate clinical professor of counseling psychology. Unlike previous eating disorder studies, their research examined the motivations behind women's use of beauty and fashion magazines, not just the frequency with which the magazines are read. The findings show that anorexics use the media in a distorted manner. "Understand that it's not necessarily the media's fault, but that young women may choose to use the media to support and reinforce their eating disorder," Thomsen points out."
"Thomsen teamed with Kelly McCoy, assistant professor of family science, and Marleen Williams, associate clinical professor of counseling psychology. Unlike previous eating disorder studies, their research examined the motivations behind women's use of beauty and fashion magazines, not just the frequency with which the magazines are read. The findings show that anorexics use the media in a distorted manner. "Understand that it's not necessarily the media's fault, but that young women may choose to use the media to support and reinforce their eating disorder," Thomsen points out."