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Nielson, Hailey E.; Reel, Justine J.; Galli, Nick A.; Crookston, Benjamin T.; Miyairi, Maya – Health Educator, 2013
Background and Aims: The purpose of this project was to examine body dissatisfaction and the degree of acculturation to Western media body ideals among Japanese adolescents. Furthermore, sex differences in body esteem were examined between male and female participants. Methods: Male and
female participants (N=158) aged 15 to 18 years in Okinawa,…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Human Body, Body Composition, Foreign Countries
Lebowitz Elkoubi, Allison – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Research on body image and body image disturbance has met with great debate and inconsistency regarding definition, conceptualization, and measurement. The fundamental understanding of body image ranges from being a perceptual or visual concept to actually representing attitudes or judgments individuals hold regarding their bodies. The present…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Photography, Females, Interpersonal Relationship
Gervais, Sarah J.; Vescio, Theresa K.; Allen, Jill – Psychology of Women Quarterly, 2011
This research examined the effects of the objectifying gaze on math performance, interaction motivation, body surveillance, body shame, and body dissatisfaction. In an experiment, undergraduate participants (67 women and 83 men) received an objectifying gaze during an interaction with a trained confederate of the other sex. As hypothesized, the…
Descriptors: Females, Self Concept, Sexuality, Stereotypes
Rodgers, Rachel F.; Paxton, Susan J.; Chabrol, Henri – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2010
This study aimed to explore the role of depression as a moderator of sociocultural influences on eating disorder symptoms. A sample of 509 adolescents (56% female) completed self-report questionnaires assessing depression, body dissatisfaction, drive for thinness, bulimic symptoms and sociocultural influences on appearance from family, peers and…
Descriptors: Eating Disorders, Gender Differences, Depression (Psychology), Role
Presnell, Katherine; Bearman, Sarah Kate; Madeley, Mary Clare – Prevention Researcher, 2007
This article examines the prevalence and consequences of body dissatisfaction among adolescent boys and girls and discusses the role of body dissatisfaction in psychological disorders, including depression and eating disorders. Additionally, it explores predictors of the development of body dissatisfaction, including individual, familial, peer,…
Descriptors: Incidence, Self Concept, Prevention, Eating Disorders
Magtoto, Joanne; Cox, David; Saewyc, Elizabeth – International Journal of School & Educational Psychology, 2013
Using a province-wide school-based health survey, this article investigated body satisfaction as a mediator of the association between eating disorder behaviors and immigrant status. Participants were a sample of adolescent girls (n = 15,066) and boys (n = 14,200) who completed the 2008 McCreary Centre Society Adolescent Health Survey IV.…
Descriptors: Human Body, Immigrants, Adolescents, Eating Disorders
McFarland, Michael B.; Petrie, Trent A. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 2012
Given the centrality of body dissatisfaction in the manifestation of eating, exercise, and affective disturbances in men, measurement of this construct becomes essential. Across 2 studies with male undergraduates (Ns = 189 and 188), the psychometric properties, including incremental validity and factor structure, of the 25-item Body Parts…
Descriptors: Social Desirability, Self Concept, Construct Validity, Validity
Sabik, Natalie J.; Cole, Elizabeth R.; Ward, L. Monique – Psychology of Women Quarterly, 2010
Body dissatisfaction is normative among European American women, and involvement with predominant culture or linking self-worth to weight may intensify the association between body dissatisfaction and drive for thinness for women of color. Our study investigated whether orientation to other ethnic groups (Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure) and…
Descriptors: African Americans, Ethnicity, Body Composition, Females
Atkinson, Melissa J.; Wade, Tracey D. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2012
Objective: To investigate engagement in metacognitive acceptance and subsequent efficacy with respect to decreasing 2 risk factors for disordered eating, body dissatisfaction (BD), and negative affect (NA). Method: In a pilot experiment, 20 female undergraduates (M[subscript age] = 24.35, SD = 9.79) underwent a BD induction procedure, received…
Descriptors: Logical Thinking, Females, Outcome Measures, At Risk Persons
Sanftner, Jennifer L.; Ryan, William J.; Pierce, Patricia – Journal of College Student Psychotherapy, 2009
Relational cultural theory was examined in relation to body image in two samples of college women (n = 102) and men (n = 78) from a Midwestern university. Participants completed measures of mutuality and body image satisfaction. Results revealed that low mutuality with mothers and fathers predicted body dissatisfaction in both men and women, and…
Descriptors: Theories, Self Concept, College Students, Human Body
Bryant, Judith B.; Darkes, Jack; Rahal, Collin – Journal of American College Health, 2012
Objective: This study investigates college students' behaviors in response to the calories ingested by drinking alcohol. Participants and Methods: A sample of 274 nonclinical undergraduate alcohol drinkers completed an online survey asking about behaviors that students employed to make up for calories in alcohol or to get drunk more effectively.…
Descriptors: Eating Disorders, Drinking, Undergraduate Students, Health Behavior
Smith-Jackson, TeriSue; Reel, Justine J. – Journal of American College Health, 2012
Objective: Freshman weight gain has been assessed using quantitative inquiry, but this qualitative study allowed for an in-depth exploration of freshmen women's experiences surrounding body image, nutrition, and exercise. The purpose of this study was to better understand the impact and explanations for the "Freshman 15." Participants: Freshmen…
Descriptors: Females, Self Concept, Eating Habits, Sampling
Jefferson, Deana L.; Stake, Jayne E. – Psychology of Women Quarterly, 2009
African American (AA) women have reported less body image disturbance than European American (EA) women, but questions remain about the nature and extent of this difference. This study examined differences in the body image of 80 AA women and 89 EA women with an improved methodology that controlled for body size, distinguished between satisfaction…
Descriptors: Females, Self Concept, African Americans, Whites
Hjelkrem, Kristiane; Lien, Nanna; Wandel, Margareta – Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 2013
Objective: To explore what adolescent girls mean when they talk about healthiness and slimming, as well as the distinction between the 2 concepts. Design: Data was collected by the use of 8 focus groups, each with 5-9 adolescent girls. Setting: Four different schools in Oslo and 2 other municipalities in Norway in 2006-2007. Participants:…
Descriptors: Females, Physical Activities, Adolescents, Foreign Countries
Stice, Eric; Marti, C. Nathan; Spoor, Sonja; Presnell, Katherine; Shaw, Heather – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2008
Adolescent girls with body dissatisfaction (N = 481, SD = 1.4) were randomized to a dissonance-based thin-ideal internalization reduction program, healthy weight control program, expressive writing control condition, or assessment-only control condition. Dissonance participants showed significantly greater decreases in thin-ideal internalization,…
Descriptors: Obesity, Prevention, Eating Disorders, Program Effectiveness