Predictors of body image dissatisfaction in adult men and women

By Sharin Palladino Green, M. Pritchard. 2003

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Disordered eating and body image have been widely studied in college students and children. However, few studies have examined body image dissatisfaction in adulthood. Therefore, this prevalence of body image dissatisfaction in adult men and women. One hundred and thirty-nine adults were surveyed on body dissatisfaction and possible relating factors. It was found that media influence predicted body dissatisfaction in women and that age, family pressure and self-esteem predicted body image dissatisfaction in both men and women. Because adults' views about their bodies can have an impact on those of their children, it is important that researchers continue to examine body image dissatisfaction and comparable issues within adult populations.

Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Pharmacy

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Media Exposure, Current and Future Body Ideals, and Disordered Eating Among Preadolescent Girls: A Longitudinal Panel Study (2006, background): “A growing collection of literature demonstrates a consistently positive correlation between young women’s mass media consumption and body-related cognitions and behaviors, in particular eating disorder symptomatology and poor body image (Dittmar and Howard, 2004; Hargreaves and Tiggemann, 2003; Harr”
Pressure To Be Perfect: Influences on College Students' Body Esteem (2010, background): “Weight-related criticisms or teasing have been found to be significant factors in body dissatisfaction (Catarin & Thompson, 1994; Green & Pritchard, 2003; Stice, 2001).”
Longitudinal Gender Differences in Objectified Body Consciousness and Weight-Related Attitudes and Behaviors: Cultural and Developmental Contexts in the Transition from College (2006, result): “This is consistent with research that demonstrates a stronger relationship between body satisfaction and self-esteem for women than for men (Tiggemann & Williamson, 2000), although some research demonstrates similar relationships between body esteem and self-esteem for women and men ( Green & Pritch”
The influence of men's self-objectification on the drive for muscularity: Self- esteem, body satisfaction and muscle dysmorphia. (2008, background): “Low self-esteem is another correlate of body dissatisfaction in both men and women (Green & Pritchard, 2003).”