Toward Understanding Body Image Importance: Individual Differences in a Canadian Sample of Undergraduate Students

This study examined the relationships between body image importance (BII) andperfectionism and body satisfaction in a Canadian sample of undergraduate students. Specifically, perfectionism was conceptualized as a common cause of BII and body satisfaction. Furthermore, gender-schematic processing was...

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Autores principales: Siegling, Alexander B., Delaney, Mary E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4118941/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23421695
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10640266.2013.761083
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Sumario:This study examined the relationships between body image importance (BII) andperfectionism and body satisfaction in a Canadian sample of undergraduate students. Specifically, perfectionism was conceptualized as a common cause of BII and body satisfaction. Furthermore, gender-schematic processing was examined as a moderator of sex differences in BII, which have been inconsistently found. As hypothesized, there was no significant partial correlation between BII and body satisfaction, controlling for perfectionism. Also, a significant Sex × Gender Schematicity interaction indicated that gender schematicity moderates sex differences in BII. Implications for understanding individual differences in, and elevated levels of BII are discussed.