A AB BS S T TR RA AC CT T O Ob bj je ec ct ti iv ve e: : This study tes ted whet her ex po su re to ide al thin fe ma le body ima ges ha ve an ef fect on ath le te and no nath le te fe ma les' body ima ge (dis)sa tis fac ti on (BID) and so ci al physi qu e an xi ety (SPA). M Ma a t te e r ri i a al l a an nd d M Me et t h ho od ds s: : The par ti ci pants we re 143 he althy fe ma le ath le tes (n= 67) and no nath le tes (n= 76) ranging in age from 17 to 28. In ad di ti on to ath le tic sta tus, gro ups we re furt her di vi ded in to ex pe ri men tal and con trol gro ups (2 x 2 Fac to ri al de sign). In di vi du als in ex pe ri men tal gro ups vi e wed a sli de show which conta i ned 37 thin fe ma le body ima ges from va ri o us swim su its ad ver ti se ments which we re se lec ted by thre e refe re es. Af ter the ex pe ri ment, par ti ci pants comp le ted the Fi ve Fac tor Per so na lity In ven tory, SPA Sca le and BID Qu es ti on na i re. Body fat ra ti o was al so me a su red. In di vi du als in con trol gro ups comp le ted only me a sure ment de vi ces and the ir body fat ra ti o was me a su red. R Re e s su ul lt ts s: : Re sults sho wed that the re was a sig ni fi cant body ima ge sa tis fac ti on dif fe ren ce in fa vor of ath le tes' ex pe ri men tal gro up (t (65)= -2. 23, p = 0.029). Ho wever, the re was no sig ni fi cant dif fe ren ce bet we en no nath le tes' con trol and ex pe ri men tal gro ups in terms of body ima ge sa tis fac ti on. Re sults re ve a led that fe ma le ath le tes (M :24.82, SD: 7.41) had sig ni fi cantly lo wer SPA than no nath le tes (M: 33.30, SD:7.50), [t (141): -6.78, p< 0.001]. Re sults al so de mons tra ted that fe ma le ath letes had hig her body ima ge sa tis fac ti on (M: 109.10, SD: 9.96) com pa red to no nath le tes (M: 91.75, SD: 10.23), [t(141): 10.24, p< 0.001]. A reg res si on mo del con ta i ning the Big Fi ve per so na lity tra its co uld exp la in sig ni ficant amo unt of va ri an ce in ath le tes' and no nath le tes' body ima ge sa tis fac ti on. Showing body fat ra ti o in crea sed pre dic ti ve abi lity of the reg res si on mo del only in the ath le te gro up. C Co on nc c l lu u s si i o on n: : Thin fe ma le body ima ges ide a li sed by me di a may le ad ne ga ti ve body ima ge per cep ti on es pe ci ally in fe ma le ath le tes.K Ke ey y W Wo or rd ds s: : Body image; personality; exercise Ö ÖZ ZE ET T A Am ma aç ç: : Bu ça lış ma da, med ya da yer alan in ce ka dın be de ni im ge le ri ne ma ruz kal ma nın spor cu ve sporcu ol ma yan ka dın la rın Be den İmge si Mem nu ni ye ti (BİM) ve Sos yal Fi zik Kay gı (SFK) dü zey le ri üze rin de etki li olup ol ma dı ğı test edil miş tir. G Ge er re eç ç v ve e Y Yö ön nt te em ml le er r: : Araş tır ma ör nek le mi yaş la rı 17 ile 28 ara sın da de ği şen 143 sağ lık lı spor cu (n= 67) ve spor cu ol ma yan (n= 76) ka dın dan oluş muş tur. Ör nek lem, spor cu ve spor cu olma yan grup la rın ya nı sı ra ken di iç le rin de de seç ki siz ola rak de ney ve kon trol gru bu şek lin de iki ye ay rıl mış -tır (2 x 2 fak tö...