Femininity and Eating Disorders

Green, Melinda A.; Davids, Christopher M.; Skaggs, Anna K.; Riopel, Cori M.; Hallengren, Jada J.

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“…The instrument has been used to examine its relationships with eating disorders and other clinical outcomes (Green, Davids, Skaggs, Riopel, & Hallengren, 2008;Hurt et al, 2007;Mahalik et al, 2005).…”

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Comparison of Feminine Gender Norms among Spanish and American College Women

Sánchez-López¹,

Cuéllar-Flores²

2011

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This article describes the psychometric characteristics of the Conformity to Feminine Norms Inventory (CFNI; Mahalik et al., 2005) in a group of Spanish college women (n = 383), and explores cross-cultural differences in feminine role norms. Factor analysis reveals a profile similar to the one obtained in the USA and, albeit differing in some aspects, in general it supports the authors' proposed structure. Reliability and corelations between subscales were adequate. Participants endorsed less traditional views toward 4 of the 8 feminine norms of the CFNI and reported significantly less conformity than comparable American students. Only the Domestic norm received greater endorsement by Spanish women in this group. The findings support the suitability of the CFNI for use in the Spanish group and establish an empirical base for future studies of Spanish femininity. Cross-country differences are discussed.

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Section: Drafting the Original Questionnaire On The American Populationmentioning

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Comparison of Feminine Gender Norms among Spanish and American College Women

Sánchez-López¹,

Cuéllar-Flores²

2011

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“…According to the American Psychological Association's () Guidelines for psychological practice with girls and women , increasing the knowledge of feminine norms is an important focus since women's gender role socialization can have deleterious implications for women's mental health, task performance, and aspirations. In line with this aim to increase the knowledge about feminine norms and their consequences, several studies have found feminine‐norm conformity to be associated with problems such as body dissatisfaction, eating disorders, depression, and poor physical health (e.g., Green, et al ., ; Mahalik et al ., ; Murnen & Smolak, ; Sánchez‐López et al ., ).…”

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“…In most societies, masculinity is valued higher than femininity and this imbalance in power generally leads to women having less control over their lives than men (Cuddy, Fiske & Glick, ; Parent & Moradi, ). Some of the negative consequences that have been associated with conformity to feminine norms are body dissatisfaction, eating disorders, depression, and poor physical health (Green, Davids, Skaggs, Riopel & Hallengren, ; Mahalik et al ., ; Murnen & Smolak, ; Sánchez‐López, Cuéllar‐Flores & Dresch, ).…”

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Swedish women's perceptions of and conformity to feminine norms

Kling

Gattario

Frisén

2017

Scandinavian J Psychology

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The relatively high gender equality in the Swedish society is likely to exert an influence on gender role construction. Hence, the present research aimed to investigate Swedish women's perceptions of and conformity to feminine norms. A mixed methods approach with two studies was used. In Study 1, young Swedish women's gender role conformity, as measured by the Conformity to Feminine Norms Inventory 45 (CFNI-45), was compared to the results from previously published studies in Canada, the United States, and Slovakia. Overall, Swedish women displayed less conformity than their foreign counterparts, with the largest difference on the subscale Sexual fidelity. In Study 2, focus group interviews with young Swedish women added a more complex picture of feminine norms in the Swedish society. For instance the results indicated that Swedish women, while living in a society with a strong gender equality discourse, are torn between the perceived need to invest in their appearances and the risk of being viewed as non-equal when doing so. In sum, despite the fact that traditional gender roles are less pronounced in Sweden, gender role conformity is still a pressing issue. Since attending to the potential roles of feminine norms in women's lives previously has been proposed to be useful in counseling and therapeutic work, the present research also offers valuable information for both researchers and practitioners. [Correction added on 5 May 2017, after first online publication in April 2017: An incorrect Abstract was inadvertently captured in the published article and has been corrected in this current version.].

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“…(i.e., White, middle and upper-class, heterosexual) ( Mahalik et al 2005, p. 418). Since its development the CFNI has become one of the standard measures of feminine norms, and has been used frequently in Canadian and US samples (Green et al 2008;Hurt et al 2007;Liss et al 2011;Moradi 2010, 2011;Smolak and Murnen 2008;Tokar et al 2007). Psychometric studies of translations of the CFNI in Slovakia (Lyócsa and Lyócsa 2013) and Spain (Sánchez-López and Cuéllar-Flores 2011; Sánchez-López et al 2012) have also been supportive of its use in those countries.…”

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Feminine Role Norms Among Australian and Italian Women: a Cross-Cultural Comparison

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Australia and Italy are both nations where complex contradictions exist in the current social roles and expectations for women. The current study used the Conformity to Feminine Norms Inventory (CFNI: Mahalik et al. 2005) to compare the endorsement of eight feminine norms (Nice in Relationships, Thinness, Care for Children, Modesty, Domestic, Romantic Relationships, Sexual Fidelity, Invest in Appearance) by samples of Australian and Italian women, and to demonstrate how any observed differences relate to social and historical differences between the two nations. Two hundred forty-six female undergraduate students from an inner-city university on the East coast of Australia and 187 female undergraduate students from two universities in North-East Italy completed the CFNI. Comparisons were made between the two samples on the eight norms that the inventory examines. Italian women endorsed the Domestic and Romantic Relationships norms to a greater degree than Australian women, whereas Australian women endorsed the Nice in Relationships, Modesty and Sexual Fidelity norms to a greater degree than Italian women. Both samples endorsed the Thinness, Care for Children and Invest in Appearance norms to a similar degree. The current results are discussed in terms of other relevant findings regarding women’s roles in the two nations. The results both highlight the need to avoid the assumption that Western cultures are uniform with their expectations of women, while emphasizing the central roles that physical appearance and child-rearing still play in women’s social roles

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Femininity and Eating Disorders

Cited by 21 publications

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Comparison of Feminine Gender Norms among Spanish and American College Women

Comparison of Feminine Gender Norms among Spanish and American College Women

Swedish women's perceptions of and conformity to feminine norms

Feminine Role Norms Among Australian and Italian Women: a Cross-Cultural Comparison

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