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Marika Tiggemann
Researcher at Flinders University
Publications - 348
Citations - 30063
Marika Tiggemann is an academic researcher from Flinders University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Disordered eating & Eating disorders. The author has an hindex of 94, co-authored 330 publications receiving 26502 citations. Previous affiliations of Marika Tiggemann include University of Adelaide & University of South Australia.
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Body image across the adult life span: stability and change.
TL;DR: It was found that body dissatisfaction was remarkably stable across the adult life span for women, at least until they are quite elderly, and the importance of body shape, weight and appearance decreased as women aged, underscores an important distinction between evaluation and importance of the body.
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Body image across the life span in adult women: The role of self-objectification.
TL;DR: Although body dissatisfaction remained stable across the age range, self-objectification, habitual body monitoring, appearance anxiety, and disordered eating symptomatology all significantly decreased with age.
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A systematic review of the impact of the use of social networking sites on body image and disordered eating outcomes
Grace Holland,Marika Tiggemann +1 more
TL;DR: It was concluded that, although there is a good deal of correlational research supporting the maladaptive effect of SNS use on body image and disordered eating, more longitudinal and experimental studies are needed.
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The Role of Social Comparison in the Effect of Magazine Advertisements on Women's Mood and Body Dissatisfaction
Marika Tiggemann,Belinda McGill +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the role of social comparison processes in women's responses to images of thin-idealized female beauty was investigated, and it was found that exposure to either body part or full body images led to increased negative mood and body dissatisfaction.
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"Exercise to be fit, not skinny": The effect of fitspiration imagery on women's body image.
Marika Tiggemann,Mia Zaccardo +1 more
TL;DR: It was concluded that fitspiration can have negative unintended consequences for body image and offer support to general sociocultural models of media effects on body image, and extend these to "new" media.