Body Dissatisfaction among Female University Students: Metacognitive Awareness

De, Sonali; Chakraborty, Rituparna

doi:10.1007/s12646-015-0326-6

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“…Body image and weight-related concerns are common and widespread struggles faced by college students (Bucchianeri et al, 2013; Haynos et al, 2018). It is estimated that 70%–80% of college-aged men (Hobza & Rochlen, 2009; Neighbors & Sobal, 2007) and 80%–90% of college-aged women struggle with their body image and weight (De & Chakraborty, 2015; Neighbors & Sobal, 2007). Students with body dissatisfaction are at higher risk for muscle-building supplement and steroid use (Brower et al, 1994; Eik-Nes et al, 2018), binge drinking, dieting (Eik-Nes et al, 2018), depression (Eik-Nes et al, 2018; Paxton et al, 2006), anxiety (Barnes et al, 2020; Regis et al, 2018), eating disorders and muscle dysmorphia (Almeida et al, 2021; Palmeroni et al, 2020), as well as low self-esteem (Paxton et al, 2006).…”

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“…Body image and weight-related concerns are common and widespread struggles faced by college students (Bucchianeri et al, 2013;Haynos et al, 2018). It is estimated that 70%-80% of college-aged men (Hobza & Rochlen, 2009;Neighbors & Sobal, 2007) and 80%-90% of college-aged women struggle with their body image and weight (De & Chakraborty, 2015;Neighbors & Sobal, 2007). self-esteem (Paxton et al, 2006).…”

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Checking the scales: A psychometric evaluation of the Weight Concerns Scale in a sample of college-aged cisgender men from the United States.

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Mims²,

McDermott³

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Historically, western societies have considered body image issues to predominantly affect young, White women. While in recent years men’s body image issues have been increasingly highlighted by researchers and the media alike, many instruments currently used to identify clinically significant body image disturbances were developed and validated with samples solely of women and/or girls. One such measure, Killen et al.’s (1994) Weight Concerns Scale (WCS), was initially validated in a sample of adolescent girls. The WCS has yet to be validated in samples of men, despite being used in large national surveys of college men and women (e.g., the Healthy Minds Study; HMS) used to inform resources on college campuses. Accordingly, we used structural equation modeling to conduct invariance testing between college student cisgender men’s (n = 2,248) and women’s (n = 4,733) responses on the WCS via the HMS. Through the use of two different approaches of invariance testing, evidence for metric noninvariance of two of the five items was identified, and all five items evidenced a response pattern that favored women over men. Additionally, removing noninvariant items on the WCS impacted the moderating effect of gender with indicators of depression, anxiety, and eating disorder symptomology. These findings suggest that the use of the WCS may not be appropriate for use in a cis-male sample without modification.

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Checking the scales: A psychometric evaluation of the Weight Concerns Scale in a sample of college-aged cisgender men from the United States.

Brasil¹,

Mims²,

McDermott³

et al. 2023

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“…Indian society is pre-dominantly patriarchal, and this patriarchy manifests through the objectification of women (Bhattacharyya, 2015). Self-objectification, that is the tendency to sexually objectify one's own self, is ingrained among females through the heterosexual scrutiny largely prevalent in Indian cultural norms (De and Chakraborty, 2015). Davis et al (2001, p. 21) maintain, "Objectification theory posits that the sexualization of women in our culture socializes them to 'selfobjectify'that is, to place considerable emphasis on their appearance".…”

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S/he styles: narcissistic fashion apparel consumption in India

Sarkar

2022

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Purpose This research aims to investigate if consuming fashion apparel brands for the purpose of social appearance expressiveness may garner calculative brand commitment, through the mediation of narcissistic brand love. It also tests moderation of gender for the aforementioned mediated relationship. Design/methodology/approach The research has a core qualitative component (Study 1), which focuses on an interpretivist approach using a grounded theory paradigm to analyze data (N = 37) collected from semi-structured depth interviews. It is followed by a positivist survey based enquiry (study 2), and the data (N = 245) were analyzed using Haye’s (2017) process macro. Findings Analysis reveals that Indian consumers fall in narcissistic love with those apparel brands that aid their quest for maintaining desirable social appearances and develop a calculative commitment toward the brands, which aid this quest. The effect of social appearance expressiveness of apparel brand on consumers’ narcissistic brand love is moderated by gender, such that female consumers (as compared to males) are more invested in consuming fashion apparel brands as a means to enhance their social appearances. Originality/value The value of this study lies in extending self-presentation theory to understand the role of consumer narcissism in shaping Indian consumers’ fashion apparel consumption. The authors investigate the narcissistic consumption orientation that evolves as a result of consumers’ desire for social self-expression, irrespective of possessing narcissism as an enduring personality trait. Thus, the findings are relevant for possibly all consumers who, given certain conditions, may temporarily develop narcissistic brand love.

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