Body image dissatisfaction and eating disturbance among Korean college female students: Relationships to media exposure, upward comparison, and perceived reality

Han, Miejeong

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“…Keel and Klump (2003) suggested that the drive for thinness may be limited to cultures that have historically idealized the thin body. Although, as we indicated above, generalizations across East Asian cultures are unwarranted, it is interesting to note that historically both China and Korea have, at least to some extent, admired a modestly plump female body and associated thinness with ill health and reduced fecundity (Han, 2003;Lippincott & Hwang, 1999). This suggests that similar cultural mechanisms, including, but perhaps not limited to, a traditional association of modest plumpness with attractiveness may be operating in China and Korea.…”

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“…Indeed, Korea has been described as having "plastic surgery fever," and newspapers have reported "conservative" estimates that 50% of Korean women have had some type of plastic surgery (White, 2005). Given this context, it is perhaps not surprising that Vogue and Elle, magazines strongly identified with the Western thin body ideal, are the most popular magazines among Korean college women (Han, 2003). All of these characteristics are exactly what would be expected if rapid social change were an important contributor to body dissatisfaction and disordered eating.…”

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Multidimensional Assessment of Body Dissatisfaction and Disordered Eating in Korean and US College Women: A Comparative Study

Jung

Forbes

2006

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Body dissatisfaction was studied in 139 Korean and 102 US college women. Because tumultuous social change has produced marked conflicts between traditional Confucian values and a modern industrial society in which women hold increasing social, political, and economic power, it was hypothesized that Korean college women would have greater body dissatisfaction and more behaviors associated with disordered eating than US college women. As hypothesized, when body size (BMI) was controlled the Korean sample exhibited greater body dissatisfaction than the US sample as measured by the discrepancy between actual and ideal BMI, discrepancies between the participants' bodies and three ideal bodies on the Figural Rating Scale

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Multidimensional Assessment of Body Dissatisfaction and Disordered Eating in Korean and US College Women: A Comparative Study

Jung

Forbes

2006

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“…Leung et al (2001) argue that traditional Chinese culture considers body shape defined by thinness and fragility as a symbol of feminine beauty. Lee (1999) and Han (2003) find that plump body figures for women are the traditional Chinese preference. Lately, accelerated urbanisation, along with explosive economic development and West-dominated fashion ideas (Wu and Delong 2006), have led Chinese young women to identify beauty with slenderness (Chen et al 2007;Leung et al 2001;Luo et al 2005;Xu et al 2010).…”

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The obesity pay gap: gender, body size, and wage inequalities—a longitudinal study of Chinese adults, 1991–2011

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Sociocultural values promoting Western body-type ideals have proliferated over the past 20 years. An important question is whether the same obesity wage penalties seen in the United States, such as wage reductions for obese individuals, are emerging in China as ideals of beauty change to reflect Western ones. We hypothesize that Westernisation will exacerbate the impact of body size on wages for years to come, particularly for urban non-manual workers whose workplaces call for extensive interpersonal relations with employers, colleagues, and customers. This study examines the economic outcomes for individuals aged 18-55, focusing on 6600 female and 8488 male participants in the longitudinal 1991-2011 China Health and Nutrition Survey. Linear fixed-effects regression models estimate the net effect of body mass index (BMI) on wages, as well as the marginal effect of BMI on wages, by survey year. All analyses control for demographic backgrounds and household fixed effects, and are stratified by gender. The results show that normalweight women with non-manual jobs in 2011 made 2.79-2.95 times more than they had in 1991, while overweight women made 2.66-2.76 times more, and obese women made only 2.57-2.63 times more. The results also indicate that women with non-manual jobs have been subject to wage disparities since 2000. Specifically, the wage disparity for heavier women living in urban areas with non-manual jobs increased significantly after 2000, while current male obesity rates may have been propelled by social acceptance of larger body sizes among men, particularly for manual workers living in rural areas.

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“…Body image disturbance, i.e., distorted attitudes and feelings about one's body, is a pervasive phenomenon in modern societies (Nathanson & Botta, 2003;Thompson, Heinberg, Altabe, & Tantleff-Dunn, 1999). Body image disturbance has traditionally been considered to be a problem in Western countries; however, it is increasingly becoming a health issue in Eastern Asian countries such China, South Korea, and Singapore (Chia, 2007;Han, 2003;Xue, Zhou, & Zhou, 2003). Body image disturbance often leads to unhealthy weight-control behaviors and eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia (American Psychiatric Association, 2000).…”

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Effectiveness of health messages to change women's thin-ideal and unhealthy weight control intentions: Connecting social norms and social networks approaches

Tang

Chen

2013

Asian Journal of Communication

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The thin-ideal is becoming increasingly dominant among women in Eastern Asian countries such as China and South Korea. The internalization of the thinideal leads to body image disturbance and unhealthy weight-control behaviors. Based on the social networks and social norms approaches, this study tests the effectiveness of normative messages in reducing women's internationalization of the thin-ideal and weight-control intentions through an experiment among female college students in China. It investigates how the following three factors: content of normative message (psychoeducational or feminist), source of the message (strong ties or weak ties), and characteristics of the recipients (self-weight evaluations) influence women's body image and weight-control intentions. Results of this study suggest that normative messages with a psychoeducational approach delivered through strong ties are more effective in decreasing women's internalization of the thin-ideal than the same message delivered through weak ties. In contrast, normative messages with a feminist approach delivered through weak ties are more effective in reducing women's internalization of the thin-ideal and unhealthy weight-control intentions than the same messages delivered through strong ties. There is an interaction effect between message content and recipients' self-weight evaluation. The theoretical and practical implications of this study are discussed.

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Body image dissatisfaction and eating disturbance among Korean college female students: Relationships to media exposure, upward comparison, and perceived reality

Cited by 36 publications

References 21 publications

Multidimensional Assessment of Body Dissatisfaction and Disordered Eating in Korean and US College Women: A Comparative Study

Multidimensional Assessment of Body Dissatisfaction and Disordered Eating in Korean and US College Women: A Comparative Study

The obesity pay gap: gender, body size, and wage inequalities—a longitudinal study of Chinese adults, 1991–2011

Effectiveness of health messages to change women's thin-ideal and unhealthy weight control intentions: Connecting social norms and social networks approaches

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