Factors affecting body image perceptions of female college students in urban Malaysia

Sai, Akira; Othman, Masuri; Zaini, Wan Fatihah Zaimah Wan; Tan, Charlene Sze Yunn; Norzilan, Nur Izatti Mohamad; Tomojiri, Daiki; Furusawa, Taiji

doi:10.1016/j.obmed.2018.06.004

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“…This is the first study that compares the predictive power of regression models to explain a set of variables on categories of body image dissatisfaction. Following previous occidental and oriental studies (Gillen & Lefkowitz, 2012;Ji-Young, Hyun-Jung, Hyung-Chul & In-Sil, 2015;Sai et al, 2018;Lee, Chiang & Chu, 2019), the results showed that BID of Brazilian college students depends on the university environment (e.g. social influence around health aspects, group living, cultural aspects of clothing, etc.)…”

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Prediction of body image dissatisfaction in university students by multivariate statistical methods

Pinto

Melo

Bressan

2019

Acta Sci. Health Sci.

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Overweight and obesity are responsible for significant costs of the Brazil's public health system and can modify the self-perception of the body image, attitudes, cognitions and thoughts. This study intends to propose predictive models to evaluate factors related to body image dissatisfaction among university students. Undergraduate students, with a mean age of 22.4 years, were interviewed in Minas Gerais, Brazil, by means of a behavioral questionnaire and evaluated the body image by scale of figures of silhouettes according to the Brazilian biotype. Contingency analysis pointed out dissatisfaction in 67.1% of the students and the time dedicated to sedentary activities presented significant influence on body image. Female undergraduate students from health science courses with recent weight gain tended to wish smaller silhouettes, while male students wished larger body sizes. Multinomial and logistic regression analyses revealed a good predictive power, but the multinomial regression was more advantageous and effective in demonstrating a satisfactory predictive model comprised of a larger number of variables to explain the body image dissatisfaction.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 61%

Prediction of body image dissatisfaction in university students by multivariate statistical methods

Pinto

Melo

Bressan

2019

Acta Sci. Health Sci.

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“…Investigation of college females in urban Malaysia (N = 371) examined associations between sociocultural factors and body image dissatisfaction [13]. Results indicated that increased use of Westernized technology (i.e., social networking services such as Facebook) exerted a stronger negative influence on body image, moreso than factors such as ethnicity or religion.…”

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confidence: 99%

The impact of urbanization on risk for eating disorders

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Grange

2019

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

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Purpose: Urbanization has broadly been implicated in negatively impacting mental health, including risk for eating pathology and eating disorders. Understanding the specific mechanisms that contribute to risk for maladaptive eating behavior in the context of urbanization is essential to improving public health policy and guiding future clinical, research, and prevention efforts.Recent Findings: This review of recent investigation related to the impact of urbanization on eating pathology highlights specific risk factors for eating disorders, including acculturation to Western standards of beauty, and food resources with associated body weight and body image concern. Summary:Recommendations for clinical and research endeavors include improved specificity in defining urbanization, as well as increased sensitivity within community-based assessment of cultural and demographic variables that may impact eating behavior and risk for eating disorders.

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“…(2009) reported that BMI among adolescents was higher in Malay than in Chinese and Indians along with the results showing more engagement in strategies to increase lose weight and increase muscle in Malay and Indian adolescents. Similarly, recent evidence also showed that BMI among female college students in Kuala Lumpur was higher in Malays than the other two cultural groups, with Malay females scoring higher on a subscale (i.e., body shame) of the measure assessing body attitudes than did the others ( Sai et al., 2018 ). That is, Malays, Chinese and Indians that represent the three major ethnic groups in Malaysia are important target populations, as these ethnic groups may react to drive for muscularity at different levels due to different body frames (i.e., BMI).…”

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Sociocultural factors affecting drive for muscularity among male college students in Malaysia

Sai

Furusawa

Othman

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Compared with females, little research on muscularity and the sociocultural influences on this domain has been conducted with males in non-Western societies. The current study explored these sociocultural predictors of drive for muscularity among Malaysian male college students, specifically in terms of ethnicity and exposure to media (i.e., Internet and social media). In total, 166 male college students from two universities in Kuala Lumpur were asked to rate the questionnaires as to muscularity-oriented attitudes and behaviours. Multivariable general linear model analyses revealed that being Chinese was a strong predictor of muscularity-oriented attitudes and behaviours. In addition, modern media, particularly, Internet use and the number of followers on Instagram, was found to significantly predict males' drive for muscularity. Overall findings suggest that males of particular ethnic groups may be at higher risk for negative body image compared to the other ethnic populations and modern media use may accelerate drive for muscularity, which may also in turn place males at higher risk for excess muscularity-oriented thoughts and behaviours.

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Factors affecting body image perceptions of female college students in urban Malaysia

Cited by 12 publications

References 30 publications

Prediction of body image dissatisfaction in university students by multivariate statistical methods

Prediction of body image dissatisfaction in university students by multivariate statistical methods

The impact of urbanization on risk for eating disorders

Sociocultural factors affecting drive for muscularity among male college students in Malaysia

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