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Influences of peers’ and family members’ body shapes on perception of body image and desire for thinness in Japanese female students
PURPOSE: The present study investigated the influence of peers’ and family members’ body shapes on the perception of body image and desire for thinness in Japanese female students. METHODS: The study included 342 female, Japanese university students between the ages of 18 years and 22 years. They co...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4487158/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26203283 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IJWH.S82193 |
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author | Mase, Tomoki Ohara, Kumiko Miyawaki, Chiemi Kouda, Katsuyasu Nakamura, Harunobu |
author_facet | Mase, Tomoki Ohara, Kumiko Miyawaki, Chiemi Kouda, Katsuyasu Nakamura, Harunobu |
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description | PURPOSE: The present study investigated the influence of peers’ and family members’ body shapes on the perception of body image and desire for thinness in Japanese female students. METHODS: The study included 342 female, Japanese university students between the ages of 18 years and 22 years. They completed an anonymous questionnaire, which included questions related to anthropometry and body perception. Eating behavior was assessed by the Japanese version of the Eating Attitude Test-26. RESULTS: Many students overestimated their body shape (81.2% of underweight students and 74.6% of normal students) and had a desire for thinness (41.0% of underweight students, 88.2% of normal students, and 100% of overweight students). One of the main reasons for the overestimation of their body shape was comparison with others. Participants who were interested in a friend’s body shape were almost three times more likely to have a desire for thinness than those who were not interested in a female friend’s body shape (odds ratio: 3.06, P=0.014). CONCLUSION: The results indicate a possibility that a female Japanese student’s young female friends’ body shapes, influences her desire for thinness or her perception of her own body shape. |
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spelling | pubmed-44871582015-07-22 Influences of peers’ and family members’ body shapes on perception of body image and desire for thinness in Japanese female students Mase, Tomoki Ohara, Kumiko Miyawaki, Chiemi Kouda, Katsuyasu Nakamura, Harunobu Int J Womens Health Original Research PURPOSE: The present study investigated the influence of peers’ and family members’ body shapes on the perception of body image and desire for thinness in Japanese female students. METHODS: The study included 342 female, Japanese university students between the ages of 18 years and 22 years. They completed an anonymous questionnaire, which included questions related to anthropometry and body perception. Eating behavior was assessed by the Japanese version of the Eating Attitude Test-26. RESULTS: Many students overestimated their body shape (81.2% of underweight students and 74.6% of normal students) and had a desire for thinness (41.0% of underweight students, 88.2% of normal students, and 100% of overweight students). One of the main reasons for the overestimation of their body shape was comparison with others. Participants who were interested in a friend’s body shape were almost three times more likely to have a desire for thinness than those who were not interested in a female friend’s body shape (odds ratio: 3.06, P=0.014). CONCLUSION: The results indicate a possibility that a female Japanese student’s young female friends’ body shapes, influences her desire for thinness or her perception of her own body shape. Dove Medical Press 2015-06-24 /pmc/articles/PMC4487158/ /pubmed/26203283 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IJWH.S82193 Text en © 2015 Mase et al. This work is published by Dove Medical Press Limited, and licensed under Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License The full terms of the License are available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed. |
spellingShingle | Original Research Mase, Tomoki Ohara, Kumiko Miyawaki, Chiemi Kouda, Katsuyasu Nakamura, Harunobu Influences of peers’ and family members’ body shapes on perception of body image and desire for thinness in Japanese female students |
title | Influences of peers’ and family members’ body shapes on perception of body image and desire for thinness in Japanese female students |
title_full | Influences of peers’ and family members’ body shapes on perception of body image and desire for thinness in Japanese female students |
title_fullStr | Influences of peers’ and family members’ body shapes on perception of body image and desire for thinness in Japanese female students |
title_full_unstemmed | Influences of peers’ and family members’ body shapes on perception of body image and desire for thinness in Japanese female students |
title_short | Influences of peers’ and family members’ body shapes on perception of body image and desire for thinness in Japanese female students |
title_sort | influences of peers’ and family members’ body shapes on perception of body image and desire for thinness in japanese female students |
topic | Original Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4487158/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26203283 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IJWH.S82193 |
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