TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - "It's better to be depressed skinny than happy fat:" college women's memorable body messages and their impact on body image, self-esteem, and rape myth acceptance
JO  - Health communication
A1  - Rubinsky, Valerie
A1  - Hosek, Angela M.
A1  - Hudak, Nicole
SP  - 1
EP  - 9
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - This study investigated the content of memorable body messages that college women recall receiving in their childhood, and the relationship of those messages to state body image satisfaction, self-esteem, rape myth acceptance, and likelihood to report rape or sexual assault. Memorable messages were mostly about body size, body type, body parts, haptic messages, body positivity, and development. Mothers were the most frequent source of memorable body messages during childhood. Although there was no difference in any of the dependent variables based on the content of the message, there was a relationship between perceived message valence with body image, self-esteem, and rape myth acceptance. Messages that participants interpreted as more positive and beneficial were associated with higher body image satisfaction, higher self-esteem, and increased rape myth acceptance.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1041-0236
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2018.1504659
ID  - ref1
ER  -