Percent body fat is related to body-shape perception and dissatisfaction in students attending an all women's college

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 677-684

  Roy, Jane L P ^a   Hunter, Gary R ^a   Blaudeau, Tamilane E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL FITNESS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 33947166294     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PMS.103.3.677-684     Document Type: Article

References (37)

1. ACKARD, D. M., CROLL, J. K., & KEARNEY- COOKE, A. (2002) Dieting frequency among college females: association with disordered eating, body image, and related psychological problems. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 52, 129-136.
2. AHMED, C., HILTON, W., & PITUCH, K. (2002) Relations of strength training to body image among a sample of female university students. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 16, 645-648.
3. AINSWORTH, B. E., JACOBS, D. R., & LBON, A. S. (1993) Validity and reliability of self-reported physical activity status: the Lipid Research Clinics Questionnaire. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 25, 92-98.
4. AKAN, G. E., & GRILO, C. M. (1997) Sociocultural influences on eating attitudes and behaviors, body image, and psychological functioning: a comparison of African-American, Asian-American, and Caucasian college women. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 18, 181-187.
5. BEFORT, C., NICPON, M. F., KURPIUS, S. E. R., & HULL-BLANKS, E. (2001) Body image, self-esteem, and weight-related criticism from romantic partners. Journal of College Student Development, 42, 407-419.
6. BRODIE, D. A. (1988) Techniques of measurement of body composition: Part 1, Sports Medicine, 5, 11-40.
7. CANADIAN SOCIETY FOR EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY. (1994) PAR Q and you. Gloucester, Ont.: Author. Pp. 1-2.
8. CASH, T. F., & DEAGLE, E. A. (1997) The nature and extent of body-image disturbance in anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa: a meta-analysis. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 22, 107-125.
9. COHN, L. D., & ADLER, N. E. (1992) Female and male perceptions of ideal body shapes: distorted views among Caucasian college students. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 16, 69-79.
10. COOPER, P., & FAIRBURN, C. (1993) Confusion over the core psychopathology of bulimia nervosa. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 13, 385-389.
11. DEMAREST, J., & ALLEN, R. (2000) Body image: gender, ethnic, and age differences. The Journal of Social Psychology, 140, 465-472.
12. FALLON, E., & ROZIN, P. (1985) Sex differences in perceptions of desirable body shape. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 94, 102-105.
13. GALLAGHER, D., VISSER, M., SEPULVEDA, D., PIERSON, R. N., HARRIS, T., & HEYMSFIELD, S. B. (1996) How useful is body mass index for comparison of body fatness across age, sex and ethnic groups? American Journal of Epidemiology, 146, 228-239.
14. GARNER, D. M. (1997) The 1997 body image survey results. Psychology Today, 30(1), 30-34.
15. GARNER, D. M., GARFINKEL, P. E., SCHWARTZ, D., & THOMPSON, M. (1980) Cultural expectations of thinness in women. Psychological Reports, 47, 483-491.
16. GLUCK, M. E., & GELIEBTER, A. (2002) Racial/ethnic differences in body image and eating behaviors. Eating Behaviors, 3, 143-151.
17. HALLINAN, C. J., PIERCE, E. F., EVANS, J. F., DEGRENIER, J. D., & ANDRES, F. F. (1987) Perceptions of current and ideal body shape of athletes and nonathletes. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 72, 123-130.
18. HARDY, G. E. (1982) Body image disturbance in dysmorphophobia. British Journal of Psychiatry, 141, 181-185.
19. LANGLOIS, J. H., KALAKANIS, L., RUBENSTEIN, A. J., LARSON, A., HALLAM, M., & SMOOT, M. (2000) Maxims or myths of beauty? A meta-analytic and theoretical review, Psychological Bulletin, 126, 390-423.
20. LOWERY, S. E., KURPIUS, S. E. R., BEFORT, C., BLANKS, E. H., NICPON, M. F., & HUSER, L. (2005) Body image, self-esteem, and health-related behaviors among male and female first year college students. Journal of College Student Development, 46, 612-623.
21. MCARDLE, W. D., KATCH, F. I., & KATCH, V. L. (2001) Exercise physiology: energy, nutrition, and human performance, Baltimore, MD: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
22. MCARDLE, W. D., KATCH, F. I., PECHAR, G. S., JACOBSON, L., & RUCK, S. (1972) Reliability and interrelationships between maximal oxygen intake, physical work capacity and step-test scores in college women. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 4, 182-186.
23. MINTZ, L. B., & KASHUBECK, S. (1999) Body image and disordered eating among Asian-American and Caucasian college students: an examination of race and gender differences. PSYCHOLOGY OF WOMEN QUARTERLY, 23, 781-796.
24. PAQUETTE, M. C., & RAINE, K. (2004) Sociocultural context of women's body image. SOCIAL SCIENCE AND MEDICINE, 59, 1047-1058.
25. PHILLIPS, K. A. (1991) Body dysmorphic disorder: the distress of imagined ugliness. American Journal of Psychiatry, 148, 1138-1149.
26. POLLOCK, M. L., SCHMIDT, D. H., & JACKSON, A. S. (1980) Measurement of cardiorespiratory fitness and body composition in the clinical setting. Comprehensive Therapy, 6, 12-27.
27. SEGGAR, J. F., MCCAMMON, D. L., & CANNON, L. D. (1988) Relations between physical activity, weight discrepancies, body cathexis, and psychological well-being in college women. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 67, 659.
28. SMOLAK, L., LEVINE, M., & THOMPSON, J. K. (2001) Body image in adolescent boys and girls as assessed with sociocultural attitudes towards appearance scale. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 29, 216-223.
29. STICE, E., & SHAW, H. E. (1994) Adverse effects of the media portrayed thin-ideal on women and linkages to bulimic symptomatology. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 13, 288-308.
30. STRIEGEL-MOORE, R., MCAVAY, G., & RODIN, J. (1986) Psychological and behavioral correlates of feeling fat in women. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 5, 935-947.
31. STRIEGEL-MOORE, R. H., SILBERSTEIN, L. R., & RODIN, J. (1986) Toward an understanding of risk factors for bulimia. American Psychologist, 41, 246-263.
32. STUNKARD, A. J. (2000) Old and new scales for the assessment of body image. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 90, 930.
33. STUNKARD, A. J., SORENSON, T. I., & SCHULSINGER, F. (1983) Use of the Danish Adoption Register for the study of obesity and thinness. In S. Kety, L. P. Rowland, R. L. Sidman, & S. W. Matthysse (Eds.), The genetics of neurological and psychiatric disorders. New York: Raven. Pp. 115-120.
34. TANTLEFF-DUNN, S., & THOMPSON, J. K. (1995) Romantic partners and body image disturbance: further evidence for the role of perceived-actual disparities. Sex Roles, 33, 589-605,
35. TUCKER, L. A., & MAXWELL, K. (1992) Effects of weight training on the emotional well-being and body image of females: predictors of greatest benefit. American Journal of Health Promotion, 6, 338-344.
36. WARREN, C. S., GLEAVES, D. H., CEPEDA- BENITO, A., FERNANDEZ MDEL, C., & RODRIGUEZ-RUIZ, S. (2005) Ethnicity as a protective factor against internalization of a thin ideal and body dissatisfaction. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 37, 241-249.
37. WEBSTER, M., & DRISKELL, J. E. (1983) Beauty as status. American Journal of Sociology, 89, 140-165.