The Effect of Music Video Clips on Adolescent Boys' Body Image, Mood, and Schema Activation

Kate Mulgrew; D Volcevski-Kostas; P G Rendell

doi:10.1007/s10964-013-9932-6

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The Effect of Music Video Clips on Adolescent Boys' Body Image, Mood, and Schema Activation

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The Effect of Music Video Clips on Adolescent Boys' Body Image, Mood, and Schema Activation

Kate Mulgrew, D Volcevski-Kostas and P G Rendell

Journal of Youth and Adolescence, Vol.43(1), pp.92-103

2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-013-9932-6

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adolescent boys

body image

music television

music video clips

There is limited research that has examined experimentally the effects of muscular images on adolescent boys' body image, with no research specifically examining the effects of music television. The aim of the current study was to examine the effects of viewing muscular and attractive singers in music video clips on early, mid, and late adolescent boys' body image, mood, and schema activation. Participants were 180 boys in grade 7 (mean age = 12.73 years), grade 9 (mean age = 14.40 years) or grade 11 (mean age = 16.15 years) who completed pre- and post-test measures of mood and body satisfaction after viewing music videos containing male singers of muscular or average appearance. They also completed measures of schema activation and social comparison after viewing the clips. The results showed that the boys who viewed the muscular clips reported poorer upper body satisfaction, lower appearance satisfaction, lower happiness, and more depressive feelings compared to boys who viewed the clips depicting singers of average appearance. There was no evidence of increased appearance schema activation but the boys who viewed the muscular clips did report higher levels of social comparison to the singers. The results suggest that music video clips are a powerful form of media in conveying information about the male ideal body shape and that negative effects are found in boys as young as 12 years.

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Title: The Effect of Music Video Clips on Adolescent Boys' Body Image, Mood, and Schema Activation
Authors: Kate Mulgrew (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts and Business
D Volcevski-Kostas (Author) - Australian Catholic University
P G Rendell (Author) - Australian Catholic University
Publication details: Journal of Youth and Adolescence, Vol.43(1), pp.92-103
Publisher: Springer New York LLC
Date published: 2014
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-013-9932-6
ISSN: 0047-2891
Copyright note: Copyright © 2014 Springer New York LLC. The author's accepted version is reproduced here in accordance with the publisher's copyright policy. The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10964-013-9932-6
Organisation Unit: School of Social Sciences - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Health - Psychology; School of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Legacy
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99450214202621
Output Type: Journal article

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