Journal of Social & Clinical Psychology, 23, 1-6. Sociocultural idealization of thin female body shapes: An introduction to the special issue on body image and eating disorders. This complete citation appears in Mizuki's reference list: Be sure to ask your professor whether page numbers are needed for summaries in papers written for his/her class.
Note: APA does not require a page number reference for summaries, but you are encouraged to include it when it would help the reader find the relevant information in a long text. The sociocultural model explores the ways women internalize the media's ideal of unattainable thinness and beauty, and how that internalization in turn can result in disordered eating and a distorted sense of body image (pp. The guidelines for paper format apply to both student assignments and manuscripts being submitted for publication to a journal. To format a paper in APA Style, writers can typically use the default settings and automatic formatting tools of their word-processing program or make only minor adjustments. However, not all women are influenced by the same media messages in the same way. Consistency in the order, structure, and format of a paper allows readers to focus on a paper’s content rather than its presentation. In some cases, the ubiquitous message of thinness and ideal beauty broadcast by the media can challenge a woman's self-image, disrupting her sense of self-esteem. Polivy and Herman (2004) noted that we still do not know how or why sociocultural influences like the media contribute to some individuals developing eating disorders while others do not.
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