Does self esteem moderate the relation between gender and weight preoccupation in undergraduates?

Pritchard, Mary E.

doi:10.1016/j.paid.2009.10.015

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“…Sample items include: “I think my stomach is too big” and “I exaggerate or magnify the importance of weight.” For our study, we combined the Drive for Thinness and Bulimia subscales to create to measure a single construct of “eating pathology.” Based on the current sample of men, the Eating Pathology and Body Dissatisfaction subscales obtained Cronbach's alpha reliability estimates of .92 and .87, respectively. Pritchard (2010) found a mean of 19.2 ( SD = 16.4) in a sample of 232 men. The mean and standard deviation found in the current sample were 32.6 and 16.9, respectively.…”

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The effects of appearance-related commentary on body dissatisfaction, eating pathology, and body change behaviors in men.

Schuster¹,

Negy²,

Tantleff-Dunn³

2013

Psychology of Men & Masculinity

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Appearance- related commentary can be positive or negative. Such commentary has been shown to negatively affect the mental health and well-being of women in a well-documented body of research. There is limited research on this topic pertaining to males. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of weight and shape based, appearance-related commentary in men. Results indicated that men who reported receiving positive commentary were more likely to experience positive outcomes, report less body dissatisfaction, and report engaging in more appearance-change behaviors (specifically, behaviors having to do with exercise and muscle building). Men who reported receiving negative commentary were more likely to experience eating pathology and body dissatisfaction and report more dieting, hair-related, and genital focused behaviors. It appears that men are affected by negative, appearance-related commentary in a similar fashion as women, but that they may respond to positive commentary in ways consistent with the intentions of the comments.

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“…Based on the current sample of men, the Eating Pathology and Body Dissatisfaction subscales obtained Cronbach's alpha reliability estimates of .92 and .87, respectively. Pritchard (2010) found a mean of 19.2 (SD ϭ 16.4) in a sample of 232 men. The mean and standard deviation found in the current sample were 32.6 and 16.9, respectively.…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 97%

The effects of appearance-related commentary on body dissatisfaction, eating pathology, and body change behaviors in men.

Schuster¹,

Negy²,

Tantleff-Dunn³

2013

Psychology of Men & Masculinity

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“…self esteem were measured by using the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, which its reliability and validity has been shown in other studies. [26] This scale uses a variety of questions assessing personal feelings about oneself as well as positive and negative emotions (e.g., I feel I have a number of good qualities). Responses were measured on a 4-point scale (0 = strongly agree, 3 = strongly disagree).…”

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Relationship between body satisfaction with self esteemand unhealthy body weight management

Daniali

Azadbakht

Mostafavi

2013

J Edu Health Promot

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Introduction:A favorable or unfavorable attitude about self was named self esteem. According to Maslow theory to achieve quality of life and happiness, one must reach the gradual fulfillment of human needs, including a high degree of own self-esteem. Body dissatisfaction is a negative distortion of one's body which is especially mentioned by the women. Many studies have shown links between self esteem, body dissatisfaction, health and behaviors. this study intends to determine relationship between body satisfaction, self esteem and unhealthy weight control behaviors between women.Methods:This cross-sectional study was done on 408 women employees in Isfahan University and Isfahan University of Medical Sciences during 1390. They were chosen according to the stratified random sampling method. Inclusion criteria were 1) willing to participate in the study and 2) lack of serious physical defect 3) not being in pregnancy or breastfeeding course. Exclusion criteria was filling out questionnaires incompletely. Data collection tool was a multidimensional questionnaire which comprised of 4 sections as following: demographic (5items), A self-administrative questionnaire for body Satisfaction (7 items), Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (10 items) and a standard Weight Control Behavior Scale (18 items). Cranach's alpha was 0.9 or higher for the different sections. Finally, collected data was analyzed with SPSS18 using the independent T-test, one-way ANOVA, Pearson correlation coefficient, regression, Spearman correlation.Results:Frequencies of participants by weight category were 14.1% for obese, 35.3% for overweight, 47.6% for normal weight. The mean body satisfaction score in the studied women was 63.26 ± 16.27 (from 100). Mean score of self esteem was 76.70 ± 10.45. 51.5% of women had medium self esteem, 47.5% had high self esteem. Pearson correlation showed that the variables of body Satisfaction (r = 0.3, P = 0.02), BMI (r = - 0.14, P < 0.003), education level (r = 0.22, P < 0.001), income (r = 0.14, P < 0.004), consumption of fruit (r = 0.13, P < 0.008) all correlated with self-esteem significantly. Women with higher self esteem used higher fruits had a good nutrition overall (r = 0.11, P = 0.02). 92.15%, 10.8% of women respectively participated in one of healthy and unhealthy weight control behavior. There was not any Relationship between self esteem and healthy weight control behavior while finding showed reverse relationship between self esteem and Unhealthy Dieting Behaviors.Conclusion:It seemed women identity in our society tied to social appreciations that formed and supported by body satisfaction. When they feel their current appearance is differ from ideal appearance, they feel down and have lower self esteem and used unhealthy dieting behavior and low fruits daily. Due to importance of precise self evaluation, self esteem can be used to design and conduct public health programs, especially for women.

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Does self esteem moderate the relation between gender and weight preoccupation in undergraduates?

Cited by 9 publications

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The effects of appearance-related commentary on body dissatisfaction, eating pathology, and body change behaviors in men.

The effects of appearance-related commentary on body dissatisfaction, eating pathology, and body change behaviors in men.

Relationship between body satisfaction with self esteemand unhealthy body weight management

Obese subjects involvement in a population-based survey: the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) to avoid stigmatization

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