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- This study investigates how watching television with friends (peer co-viewing) affects adolescents’ body image and their beliefs about appearance based on media.
- It involved two studies with adolescents aged 10-14, showing that watching TV together can lead to internalizing media appearance ideals, especially when they consider media credible.
- However, over time, frequent discussions about media among peers may actually decrease the credibility of those media, suggesting a complex relationship between peer interactions and body image beliefs.
Article Abstract
Despite the potential of peers to reinforce cultural appearance ideals, little work on peer media co-viewing has focused on body image. This study therefore examined relationships among peer television co-viewing, perceptions of media as important appearance-related information sources, and internalization of media appearance ideals. Adolescents aged 10-14 were included (Study 1: N = 363, M (SD) = 12.30 (0.86), 56.5% female; Study 2: N = 959, M (SD) = 11.17 (1.11), 48.9% female). Evidence emerged for a positive cross-sectional relationship between peer television co-viewing and media internalization, via media credibility. However, longitudinally, among adolescents reporting frequent media-related peer conversations, peer television co-viewing was negatively associated with media credibility. Peer co-viewing and mediation may be implicated in appearance-related beliefs among adolescents.
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