The Relationship Between Culture, Geographic Region, and Gender on Body Image: A Comparison of College Students in the Southeast and Pacific Northwest Regions of the United States

Paulk, Amber; Dowd, Duane Alan; Eklund, Andrea; Kildare, Cory

doi:10.1080/02732173.2014.937653

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“…Perception of one’s body as attractive is associated not only with its objective parameters (height, weight and proportions) [ 1 – 5 ], but also with cultural canons [ 6 – 10 ] and fashion [ 11 – 13 ]. Furthermore, one’s self-satisfaction with body image is also modulated by a subjective attitude to bodily sphere, which in turn is determined by individual characteristics, such as personality profile [ 14 , 15 ], general self-esteem [ 16 ], psychological gender [ 17 , 18 ], optimism [ 19 ], locus of control [ 20 , 21 ] and narcissism [ 22 – 24 ].…”

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Narcissism as a Moderator of Satisfaction with Body Image in Young Women with Extreme Underweight and Obesity

Lipowska

Lipowski

2015

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ObjectiveBody weight and age constitute main determinants of body image in women. We analyzed the role of narcissism as a moderator of body image in young women representing various extremes of body weight.MethodsThe study included 325 women between 18 and 35 years, qualified into three BMI categories: obese women (BMI > 30.0, n = 72), severely underweight women who did not satisfy the remaining criteria of anorexia (BMI < 17.5, n = 85), and women with normal body weight (21.7 < “ideal BMI” > 22.7, n = 168). Satisfaction with body image was determined with Multidimensional Body-Self Relations Questionnaire and Body Esteem Scale, while narcissism was measured with Narcissistic Personality Inventory.Principal FindingsWe revealed that narcissism has significant impact on the body image of women who are extremely underweight or obese. Vanity and Leadership were narcissism dimensions which played significant role in slim women, as compared to Vanity and Self-Sufficiency in obese women.ConclusionThe role of narcissism as a modulator of self-satisfaction with one’s body varies depending on BMI level: extremely underweight women and obese individuals constitute groups in which narcissism has the strongest impact on the self-satisfaction with body.

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Narcissism as a Moderator of Satisfaction with Body Image in Young Women with Extreme Underweight and Obesity

Lipowska

Lipowski

2015

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“…Additionally, each piece of research was also conducted in a different geographic location, implying that body dissatisfaction may be a more common issue, globally. Since culture plays a crucial role in the perception and feelings about people's own bodies (Paulk et al, 2014), diverse cultures found throughout the world may show varying effects in terms of research on body dissatisfaction.…”

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The Impact of Social Networking Sites on Body Dissatisfaction among Men and Women: a Meta-Analysis

Castaneda¹,

Park²,

Bedics

2020

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The purpose of this study was to determine the difference in impact between men and women on the effects that social networking sites (SNS) have on body dissatisfaction. A total of eight studies (with 48 effect sizes) involving participants being assessed on SNS use frequency and body dissatisfaction in which some correlation was determined were used for this meta-analysis. The current study also chose to evaluate three different moderators: gender, age, and measurement type. Correlations from each study were collected in order to compute a single pooled effect size. The proportion of men and mean age were also collected from each study in order to assess the gender and age moderators. Types of measurements were coded either as 0 (study used a measurement specifically designed to assess body satisfaction/dissatisfaction) or 1 (study used a subscale from a larger measurement that assessed body satisfaction/dissatisfaction). The pooled effect size showed significance in the overall association between SNS use frequency and body dissatisfaction which supports the findings of previous research. However, neither of the moderators were found to be significant, ultimately rejecting the hypothesis of the current study. This finding may be due to the major limitation of the lack of research available surrounding this topic.

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Minority stress and body dysmorphic disorder symptoms among sexual minority adolescents and adult men

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The Relationship Between Culture, Geographic Region, and Gender on Body Image: A Comparison of College Students in the Southeast and Pacific Northwest Regions of the United States

Cited by 5 publications

References 24 publications

Narcissism as a Moderator of Satisfaction with Body Image in Young Women with Extreme Underweight and Obesity

Narcissism as a Moderator of Satisfaction with Body Image in Young Women with Extreme Underweight and Obesity

The Impact of Social Networking Sites on Body Dissatisfaction among Men and Women: a Meta-Analysis

Minority stress and body dysmorphic disorder symptoms among sexual minority adolescents and adult men

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