The attractive female body weight and female body dissatisfaction in 26 countries across 10 world regions : results of the international body project 1

The attractive female body weight and female body dissatisfaction in 26 countries across 10 world regions : results of the international body project 1

Swami, Viren, Frederick, David A., Aavik, Toivo, Alcalay, Lidia, Allik, Juri, Anderson, Donna, Andrianto, Sonny, Arvind, Arora, Brannstrom, Ake, Cunningham, John, Danel, Dariusz, Doroszewicz, Krystyna, Forbes, Gordon B., Furnham, Adrian, Greven, Corina U., Halberstadt, Jamin, Hao, Shuang, Haubner, Tanja, Hwang, Choon Sup, Inman, Mary, Jaafar, Jas Laile, Johannsson, Jacob, Jung, Jaehee, Keser, Askin, Kretzschmar, Uta, Lachenicht, Lance, Li, Norman P., Locke, Kenneth, Lonnqvist, Jan-Erik, Lopex, Christy, Loutzenhiser, Lynn, Maisel, Natalya C., McCabe, Marita P., McCreary, Donald R., McKibbin, William F., Mussap, Alex, Neto, Felix, Nowell, Carly, Alampay, Liane Pena, Pillai, Subash K., Pokrajac-Bulian, Alessandra, Proyer, Rene T., Quintelier, Katinka, Ricciardelli, Lina A., Rozmus-Wrzesinska, Malgorzata, Ruch, Willibald, Russo, Timothy, Schutz, Astrid, Shackelford, Todd K., Shashidharan, Sheeba, Simonetti, Franco, Sinniah, Dhachayani, Swami, Mira, Vandermassen, Griet, van Duynslaeger, Marijke, Verkasalo, Markku, Voracek, Martin, Yee, Curtis K., Zhang, Echo Xian, Zhang, Xiaoying and Zivcic-Becirevic, Ivanka 2010, The attractive female body weight and female body dissatisfaction in 26 countries across 10 world regions : results of the international body project 1, Personality and social psychology bulletin, vol. 36, no. 3, pp. 309-325.

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Title	The attractive female body weight and female body dissatisfaction in 26 countries across 10 world regions : results of the international body project 1
Author(s)	Swami, Viren Frederick, David A. Aavik, Toivo Alcalay, Lidia Allik, Juri Anderson, Donna Andrianto, Sonny Arvind, Arora Brannstrom, Ake Cunningham, John Danel, Dariusz Doroszewicz, Krystyna Forbes, Gordon B. Furnham, Adrian Greven, Corina U. Halberstadt, Jamin Hao, Shuang Haubner, Tanja Hwang, Choon Sup Inman, Mary Jaafar, Jas Laile Johannsson, Jacob Jung, Jaehee Keser, Askin Kretzschmar, Uta Lachenicht, Lance Li, Norman P. Locke, Kenneth Lonnqvist, Jan-Erik Lopex, Christy Loutzenhiser, Lynn Maisel, Natalya C. McCabe, Marita P. McCreary, Donald R. McKibbin, William F. Mussap, Alex Neto, Felix Nowell, Carly Alampay, Liane Pena Pillai, Subash K. Pokrajac-Bulian, Alessandra Proyer, Rene T. Quintelier, Katinka Ricciardelli, Lina A. Rozmus-Wrzesinska, Malgorzata Ruch, Willibald Russo, Timothy Schutz, Astrid Shackelford, Todd K. Shashidharan, Sheeba Simonetti, Franco Sinniah, Dhachayani Swami, Mira Vandermassen, Griet van Duynslaeger, Marijke Verkasalo, Markku Voracek, Martin Yee, Curtis K. Zhang, Echo Xian Zhang, Xiaoying Zivcic-Becirevic, Ivanka
Journal name	Personality and social psychology bulletin
Volume number	36
Issue number	3
Start page	309
End page	325
Total pages	17
Publisher	Sage Publications, Inc
Place of publication	Thousand Oaks, Calif.
Publication date	2010-03
ISSN	0146-1672 1552-7433
Keyword(s)	body weight body dissatisfaction cross-cultural socioeconomic differences attractiveness International Body Project
Summary	This study reports results from the first International Body Project (IBP-I), which surveyed 7,434 individuals in 10 major world regions about body weight ideals and body dissatisfaction. Participants completed the female Contour Drawing Figure Rating Scale (CDFRS) and self-reported their exposure to Western and local media. Results indicated there were significant cross-regional differences in the ideal female figure and body dissatisfaction, but effect sizes were small across highsocioeconomic-status (SES) sites. Within cultures, heavier bodies were preferred in low-SES sites compared to high-SES sites in Malaysia and South Africa (ds = 1.94-2.49) but not in Austria. Participant age, body mass index (BMI), and Western media exposure predicted body weight ideals. BMI and Western media exposure predicted body dissatisfaction among women. Our results show that body dissatisfaction and desire for thinness is commonplace in high-SES settings across world regions, highlighting the need for international attention to this problem.
Language	eng
Field of Research	170106 Health, Clinical and Counselling Psychology
Socio Economic Objective	970117 Expanding Knowledge in Psychology and Cognitive Sciences
HERDC Research category	C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal
ERA Research output type	C Journal article
HERDC collection year	2010
Copyright notice	©2010, Sage Publishers
Persistent URL	http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30032170

Document type:	Journal Article
Collection:	School of Psychology

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