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An exploration of the influence of media on body image among Irish students and public
| dc.contributor.advisor | Mc Cullagh, Avril | en |
| dc.contributor.author | O Reilly, Aisling | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-07-14T09:01:17Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-07-14T09:01:17Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2011 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | O Reilly, A. (2011). An exploration of the influence of media on body image among Irish students and public. Bachelors Final Year Project, Dublin Business School. | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10788/3294 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The aim of this study is to explore how the media influences people’s body image. This paper will examine how the media portrays its beauty ideal. Different models to measure body image will also be examined. A cross-section questionnaire study was carried out using independent samples. One hundred participants were involved, fifty of whom were students from Dublin Business School.The remaining fifty were picked randomly from the public. The questionnaire included of a participant information sheet, The Sociocultural Attitudes Towards Appearance Questionnaire devised by Heinburg & Thompson, 1995, the Body Shape Questionnaire devised by Cooper et al.(1986). Average media influence was tested as a predictor variable. ANOVA tests indicated that there were some differences in outcome measure regarding body shape and frequency. | en |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.publisher | Dublin Business School | en |
| dc.rights.uri | http://esource.dbs.ie/copyright | en |
| dc.subject | Psychology | en |
| dc.title | An exploration of the influence of media on body image among Irish students and public | en |
| dc.type | Final Year Project | en |
| dc.rights.holder | Items in Esource are protected by copyright. Previously published items are made available in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher/copyright holder. | en |
| dc.rights.holder | Copyright: The author | en |
| dc.type.degreename | BA (Hons) in Psychology | en |
| dc.type.degreelevel | BA (Hons) | en |