Body Dissatisfaction in Women and Men: The Role of Gender-Typing and Self-Esteem

By G. Forbes, L. Adams-curtis, Brooke Rade, Peter E. Jaberg. 2001

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Longitudinal Gender Differences in Objectified Body Consciousness and Weight-Related Attitudes and Behaviors: Cultural and Developmental Contexts in the Transition from College (2006, background): “Further, feminine gender-typed women have been shown to have lower body satisfaction than masculine sex-typed or androgynous women, whereas masculine gender-typed men (and androgynous men) have higher body satisfaction than feminine gendertyped men ( Forbes, Adams-Curtis, Rade, & Jaberg, 2001 ).”
Real or relevant beauty? Body shape and endorser effects on brand attitude and body image (2011, methodology): “This was done so that it would provide a discrepancy score between what the respondents perceived themselves to be and their ideal body shape, for themselves, for other women (Female FRS), and for men (Male FRS) (Forbes et al., 2001).”
Sexism, Hostility toward Women, and Endorsement of Beauty Ideals and Practices: Are Beauty Ideals Associated with Oppressive Beliefs? (2007, result): “Although the discrepancy measures appeared to have good face validity and other FRS-based discrepancy measures often appear in the literature (e.g., Forbes, Adams-Curtis, Rade, & Jaberg, 2001; Rozin & Fallon, 1988) until the utility of these measures has been demonstrated in other studies, results”
Association of the Thin Body Ideal, Ambivalent Sexism, and Self-Esteem with Body Acceptance and the Preferred Body Size of College Women in Poland and the United States (2004, background): “It has been widely used in studies of body image (e.g., Fallon & Rozin, 1985; Forbes, Adams-Curtis, Rade, & Jaberg, 2001; Jaberg, 2001; Rozin & Fallon, 1988; Silberstein, Streigel-Moore, Timko, & Rodin, 1988; Tiggermann & R ¨ u¨ utell, 2001).”
Femininity Ideology and Sexual Health in Young Women: A focus on Sexual Knowledge, Embodiment, and Agency (2011, background): “Here, findings indicate that endorsing more traditional gender ideologies is associated with lower body comfort and satisfaction ( Cash, Ancis, & Strachan, 1997 ; Forbes, Adams-Curtis, Rade, & Jaberg, 2001 ; Gillen & Lefkowitz, 2006 ).”
Body Dissatisfaction in Adolescent Boys and Girls: Objectified Body Consciousness, Internalization of the Media Body Ideal and Perceived Pressure from Media (2008, background): “Forbes et al. (2001) also suggested in their study of gender differences in body dissatisfaction that differences in levels of global selfesteem may be an explanatory factor.”
Gender Differences in Domain-Specific Self-Esteem: A Meta-Analysis (2009, unknown): “It is also consistent with studies showing that female body dissatisfaction persists during adulthood (Forbes et al., 2001; Tiggemann & Rothblum, 1997).”
Body Image and Self-Esteem Across Age and Gender: A Short-Term Longitudinal Study (2010, background): “However, although women exhibit greater body dissatisfaction than men, men in these studies also exhibit body image concerns (e.g., the USA, Forbes et al. 2001; Australia, McCabe and Ricciardelli 2004a).”