Positive role models

• P- the use of positive role models in health promotion campaigns for stopping smoking by the NHS and the treatment of eating disorders shows SLTs real life application
• E- research by Mazzeo (2009) suggests that mothers who complain about their weight/ body image is positively correlated with children who grow up with insecurities of their own too
• E- additionally Grabe et Al (2008) found that the portrayal of extremely thin catwalk models in mass media is also a significant factor in body image concerns amongst Women
• L- this shows how SLT can be used to explain the development of eating disorders, however with the use of vicarious reinforcement this can be used to encourage or discourage these behaviours if paired with reinforcement, leading to the treatment of negative eating habits too