Journal article
Body image, self-esteem, and weight-related criticism from romantic partners
Journal of college student development, Vol.42(5), pp.407-419
09/01/2001
Abstract
[...]Kostanski and Gullone (1998) found that the best predictors of body image dissatisfaction were having low selfesteem and being female (Kostanski & Gullone, 1998). According to self-ideal discrepancy theory, individuals tend to compare their own appearance with an ideal, either in the form of one's own ideal or an ideal other. Both Visual Analogue Scales correlated significantly with the EDI-BD. Because the two Visual Analogue Scales shared 65% of common variance, Heinberg and Thompson combined the two scales into a single measure of body dissatisfaction. [...]the more consuming the relationship, or in this case, the more "important" the relationship, the more a woman's self-esteem suffers and the worse she may feel about many personal attributes, including her body.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Body image, self-esteem, and weight-related criticism from romantic partners
- Creators
- Christie BefortMegan Foley NicponSharon Robinson KurplusLaura Huser
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of college student development, Vol.42(5), pp.407-419
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- ISSN
- 0897-5264
- eISSN
- 1543-3382
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 09/01/2001
- Academic Unit
- Belin-Blank Center
- Record Identifier
- 9984371087602771
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