Title of article :
Gender and race differences in young adults’ body dissatisfaction
Author/Authors :
Jessica Lynn Penkal، نويسنده , , Lawrence A. Kurdek، نويسنده ,
Issue Information :
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2007
Pages :
12
From page :
2270
To page :
2281
Abstract :
Differences by gender and race (White or Black) in two aspects of college students’ body dissatisfaction—dissatisfaction with specific body parts and physique anxiety—were examined. Four hundred and ninety-one students completed surveys assessing both aspects of body dissatisfaction and eight risk factors for body dissatisfaction from biological, psychological, and sociocultural domains. Mean levels of dissatisfaction with body parts varied by gender, race, and a Gender × Race interaction. Mean levels of physique anxiety varied by gender and race. Both dissatisfaction with body parts and physique anxiety were correlated with risk factors from each domain, and factors from each domain accounted for unique variance in each aspect of body dissatisfaction. Because the prediction of each aspect of body dissatisfaction did not vary by gender, race, or a Gender × Race interaction, findings validate a general multidimensional risk model of body dissatisfaction for young adults.
Keywords :
body dissatisfaction , Gender , race
Journal title :
Personality and Individual Differences
Serial Year :
2007
Journal title :
Personality and Individual Differences
Record number :
458477
Link To Document :
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