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Body image ideal among males and females: sociocultural influences and focus on different body parts Stanford, Jacqueline N. and McCabe, Marita 2002, Body image ideal among males and females: sociocultural influences and focus on different body parts, Journal of health psychology, vol. 7, no. 6, pp. 675-684. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Body image ideal among males and females: sociocultural influences and focus on different body parts Author(s) Stanford, Jacqueline N. McCabe, Marita Journal name Journal of health psychology Volume number 7 Issue number 6 Start page 675 End page 684 Publisher Sage publications Place of publication Thousand Oaks, CA Publication date 2002 ISSN 1359-1053 Keyword(s) body image ideal body parts females males sociocultural influences Summary Past research has obtained mixed findings in relation to gender differences and other factors that shape ideal body image. The current study was designed to investigate these differences further, using a digital body image program to assess body image individually. As expected, females desired a body that was smaller than their current size, whereas males were split between wanting a smaller and larger body. The perceived messages from peers and parents were consistent with the individual's ideal image. Gender differences were also found with ratings of attractiveness and effectiveness. Females rated messages from peers and parents as more important than did males. For both males and females, opposite sex peers were the most important influences, and parents the least important. Language eng Field of Research 170106 Health, Clinical and Counselling Psychology HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2002, Sage publications Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30001649 Document type: Journal Article Collection: School of Psychology Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Tue, 14 Oct 2008, 13:44:54 EST Thu, 09 Apr 2009, 09:24:52 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 22 times in TR Web of Science Cited 36 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 542 Abstract Views, 0 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 07 Jul 2008, 08:02:51 EST

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