This study involved a sample of 81 European American women viewing either appearance-related or non-appearance-related magazine
advertisements. Participants completed measures of demographics and objectified body consciousness prior to viewing these
images and a measure of body dissatisfaction prior to and after viewing the images. Body dissatisfaction scores worsened after
viewing images of women who exemplified cultural standards of the thin beauty ideal. Neither objectified body consciousness
nor body mass index predicted degree of change in body dissatisfaction after viewing the images. In other words, the impact
of viewing the images was the same for all women, despite varying body mass index levels and varied degrees of objectified
body consciousness. Implications are discussed.
Keywords Body image - Body consciousness - Media images