Professor Lynda Boothroyd l.g.boothroyd@durham.ac.uk
Professor
Professor Lynda Boothroyd l.g.boothroyd@durham.ac.uk
Professor
M.J. Tovée
Dr Elizabeth Evans elizabeth.evans@durham.ac.uk
Associate Professor
Ultra-thin fashion dolls may represent a risk factor for thin-ideal internalisation and body dissatisfaction amongst young girls. We asked thirty one 5- to 9-year-old girls to engage in interactive play with commercially available dolls which were either ultra-thin (Barbie and Monster High) or represented a putative realistic childlike shape (Lottie and Dora) and to indicate their perceived own-body size and ideal body size on an interactive computer task both before and after play. There was a significant interaction between testing phase and doll group such that playing with the ultra-thin dolls led to the girls’ ‘ideal self’ becoming thinner. A further 46 girls played with the ultra-thin dolls and then played with either the same dolls again, the realistic childlike dolls, or with cars. Initial play with the ultra-thin dolls again produced a drop in perceived ideal own body size; however, no group showed any significant change in their body ideals during the additional play phase. These data indicate the potential benefit of dolls representing a realistic child body mass to young girls’ body satisfaction and do not support the hypothesis that the negative impacts of ultra-thin dolls can be directly countered by other toys.
Boothroyd, L., Tovée, M., & Evans, E. (2021). Can realistic dolls protect body satisfaction in young girls?. Body Image, 37, 172-180. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2021.02.004
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Feb 11, 2021 |
Online Publication Date | Mar 11, 2021 |
Publication Date | 2021-06 |
Deposit Date | Mar 11, 2021 |
Publicly Available Date | Apr 26, 2021 |
Journal | Body Image |
Print ISSN | 1740-1445 |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 37 |
Pages | 172-180 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2021.02.004 |
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