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Body image and self-esteem across age and gender : a short-term longitudinal study
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posted on 2010-11-01, 00:00 authored by David MellorDavid Mellor, Matthew Fuller-TyszkiewiczMatthew Fuller-Tyszkiewicz, M McCabe, L RicciardelliThis study examined the relationship between body image and self-esteem across time and age for men and women. Participants were 150 men and 239 women aged between 20 and 86 years (M=59.73), recruited from the general population in Australia. They completed a questionnaire assessing self-esteem, body dissatisfaction, body importance, and a range of other domains of life satisfaction at baseline and 2 years later. Cross-sectionally, we found that higher self-esteem was associated with lower body dissatisfaction, but there was no consistent relationship between these variables across time for age and
gender. Women were more dissatisfied with their bodies than men; yet, men placed greater importance on their appearance than women, and also reported high levels of body dissatisfaction.
gender. Women were more dissatisfied with their bodies than men; yet, men placed greater importance on their appearance than women, and also reported high levels of body dissatisfaction.
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Sex rolesVolume
63Issue
9-10Pagination
672 - 681Publisher
SpringerLocation
New York, N.Y.Publisher DOI
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0360-0025eISSN
1573-2762Language
engNotes
Published online: 15 July 2010.Publication classification
C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
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