Annotated Bibliography Of Adolescent Research

HKU SPACE Po Leung Kuk Stanley Ho Community College
Higher Diploma Program
First Semester 2015-16 English for Academic and Professional Purposes (Part II) Assignment 1: Annotated Bibliography "Factors affecting the perception of beauty among young adults in Hong Kong”

To: Mr. Stephen Leung From: Chow Oi Tung Sharon Class: CC-88-363-00 (316) Submission Date: 20 OCT 2015

Romo, L., Mireles-Rios, R., & Hurtado, A. (2015). Cultural, Media, and Peer Influences on Body Beauty Perceptions of Mexican American Adolescent Girls. Journal of Adolescent Research. doi:10.1177/0743558415594424

Research by Romo, Mireles-Rios and Hurtado (2015) found that although one of the participants does not take her friends feedback as
important, result show that normally, unfavorable comments of friends create negative feelings for people. Someone also suggest that body image programs should not only deemphasize the effect of body- related criticism but also encourage girls to confront those criticisms. Among Mexican American girls, it is natural in finding reassuring conversation that one’s body is alluring. These assuring messages help to against adolescent’s self-critique and act as a protective character. Hurtado’s (2003) study is also supporting the above findings, showing that long-lasting friendship among female is a source that support their education and life. It is also an origin of a beginning feminist awareness on which female helps each other and are willing to provide guidelines when one encounter any barriers in life. Seock, Y., & Merritt, L. (2013). Influence of Body Mass Index, Perceived Media Pressure, and Peer Criticism/Teasing on Adolescent Girls' Body Satisfaction/Dissatisfaction and Clothing-Related Behaviors. Clothing and Textiles Research Journal, 244-258. doi:10.1177/0887302X13498508

Seock and Merritt’s study (2013) indicate that adolescents that are not able to meet the standard of beauty set by the society usually result in low satisfaction with their bodies.
Newman et al. (2006) also support that the comparison of physical appearance affects one’s body image. Furthermore, peer criticism also negatively affects adolescent girl’s satisfaction of their bodies, that is the more an adolescent receive teasing about her figure, the lower the adolescent satisfy with her body. Although it shows that peer criticism greatly affect one’s body satisfaction, result show that media pressure has a more prejudicial impact upon one’s body satisfaction comparing to peer teasing. While these two factors create a strong bond in leading adolescent girls to imitate slim images that shown in the
media. Shroff, H., & THOMPSON, J. (2006). Peer Influences, Body-image Dissatisfaction, Eating Dysfunction And Self-esteem In Adolescent Girls. Journal of Health Psychology, 533-551. doi:10.1177/1359105306065015

Shroff and Thompson (2006) examined that people had greater dissatisfaction on their body if he or she has overweight friends, while they had a larger mean in BMI.
The reason could be people tend to social with others who have similar body condition with themselves. Furthermore, parties without obese friends would discuss more about fasting and appearance as teenage girls might be emotional to have talk about the above topics with their obese friends. Moreover, having more discussion on these helps to lower BMI index and create a higher satisfaction on bodies. In addition, internalization and comparison often appears when parties discussing topics about appearance and fasting, also when teasing about other’s body. Study also indicates people that believe skinniness and popularity are linked make selections about their appearance based on the comments of their
friends. Reference List
Romo, L., Mireles-Rios, R., & Hurtado, A. (2015). Cultural, Media, and Peer Influences on Body Beauty Perceptions of Mexican American Adolescent Girls. Journal of Adolescent Research. doi:10.1177/0743558415594424

Seock, Y., & Merritt, L. (2013). Influence of Body Mass Index, Perceived Media Pressure, and Peer Criticism/Teasing on Adolescent Girls' Body Satisfaction/Dissatisfaction and Clothing-Related Behaviors. Clothing and Textiles Research Journal, 244-258. doi:10.1177/0887302X13498508 Shroff, H., & THOMPSON, J. (2006). Peer Influences, Body-image Dissatisfaction, Eating Dysfunction And Self-esteem In Adolescent Girls. Journal of Health Psychology, 533-551. doi:10.1177/1359105306065015