Relationship Between Socio Cultural Attitudes, Appearance and Body Dissatisfaction among Students of Islamic Azad University

Pasha, Gholamreza; Golshekoh, F.

doi:10.3923/jas.2009.1726.1732

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“…Objective of the current research study was to find out the gender difference with respect to socio-cultural attitudes towards appearance among university students. Previous researches reveal that body related dissatisfaction is common among females only and they strive hard to achieve their perceived ideal body (Pasha, & Golshekoh, 2009). Whereas, findings of this study reveals that males have more desire to achieve ideal body appearance than females.…”

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Gender Difference in Sociocultural Attitude towards Appearance

Latif

Khan

2020

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The aim of this study was to find out the gender difference with reference to sociocultural attitude towards appearance among young adults. The sample consisted of 253 males and 256 female students of Karachi University with age range 18-24 years. Urdu translated version of Sociocultural Attitudes towards Appearance-4 (Thompson et al, 2015) scale was used to explore the gender difference in social and cultural aspect for ideal appearance. SATAQ-4 consist of five subscales two internal (thin/low body fat and muscular/ athlete) and three external (pressure peer, pressure family and pressure media). Males significantly scored higher on Internalization- Muscular/ Athletic and on all three subscales of external pressure (peer, family and media) as compared to female participants. The results of this study reveal that in our society, males are more conscious about their appearance and feel more pressure from external world through various means to retain their physique and fulfill social criteria of attractiveness. Although the female participants also facing internal pressures to have thin body having low fats to meet criteria of beauty as they scored higher on internalization - Thin / Low Body Fat subscale but the finding was insignificant. Keywords: Gender, appearance, SATAQ-4, Pakistan, young adults

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Gender Difference in Sociocultural Attitude towards Appearance

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2020

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“…Research results show that 30 to 50% of women are dissatisfied with their bodies (Pasha & Golshekoh, 2009). Researchers (Brown & Dittmar, 2005;Dohnt & Tiggemann, 2006) suggest that dissatisfaction with one's body might be associated with many factors -fashion, peers, media, and family influence.…”

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Relationship between Women`s Body Dissatisfaction, Sense of Coherence and Physical Activity

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Mickevičius

2018

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Background. Socio-cultural pressure exerted by the environment and the media makes the majority of women take care of their bodies. That is especially true in Western culture which promotes slimmer women in recent decades.Methods. Two questionnaires were used in this research: Body Shape Questionnaire and Sense of Coherence scale. Research participants were 79 women aged 34.6 ± 3.76 years. Results. After six months of regular fitness classes women’s satisfaction of their body and their sense coherence level improved significantly. Relations between body shape dissatisfaction and sense of coherence, body shape dissatisfaction and manageability, comprehensibility and manageability were found.Conclusions. Systematic fitness training positively affects women’s satisfaction with their body. Understanding of the capability of controlling their body shape was improved. There was a significant relationship between dissatisfaction with their body shape and sense of coherence. The effect of physical activity improved the values of all three components of the sense of coherence construct. The values of comprehensibility, meaningfulness and manageability indicators show that respondents may already have a better control of their sense of coherence.

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