The mother-daughter relationship as mediator of the media's thin female ideal

摘要

We explored the reciprocal socialization process between adolescent girls and their mothers and how this process shapes daughters' and mohters' media use, appearance-related thoughts and behaviors, beliefs about the media's thin female ideal, and social comparison processes. This work was guided by social comparison theory, which holds that individuals compare themselves with others (e.g., fashion models) and that these comparisons can shape self-feelings (Festinger, 1954). qualitative data were collected via in-depth interviews with 20 mothers and their adolescent daughters.