Body Image Dissatisfaction is the Predictor of Social Physique Anxiety and Self- Esteem

##plugins.themes.academic_pro.article.sidebar##

Published Sep 1, 2024
https://doi.org/10.61506/02.00326
Download
PDF
Statistic
Vol. 10 No. 3 (2024): Journal of Policy Research

##plugins.themes.academic_pro.article.main##

Ghulam Aysha
Lecturer, Minhaj University Township, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Syeda Maryam
Lecturer, Minhaj University Township, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Niaz Ahmad
Assistant Professor, Minhaj University Township, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan

Abstract

The objective of the current research was to explore the relationship among body image dissatisfaction, social physique anxiety, and self-esteem. The sample included 145 males and 145 females from The University of Lahore and University of Sargodha. The Sample was selected through stratified random sampling technique. In this study survey research design and co relational method were used. Body image state scale (Cash et all, 2002) Social Physique Anxiety Scale (Hart et a1, 1989) and Rosenberg self-esteem scale (1989) were used to collect data. Study was carried out in two parts. In part-I pilot study was conducted to examine the psychometric properties of the scales and correlation of variables on a selected sample of 72 university students. In part-II main study on sample of 290 was conducted to test the hypotheses. The findings indicated that body image dissatisfaction positively predicted social physique anxiety and negatively predicted self-esteem.

##plugins.themes.academic_pro.article.details##

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

How to Cite
[1]
Aysha, G. , Maryam, S. and Ahmad, N. 2024. Body Image Dissatisfaction is the Predictor of Social Physique Anxiety and Self- Esteem. Journal of Policy Research. 10, 3 (Sep. 2024), 117–122. DOI:https://doi.org/10.61506/02.00326.
Crossref
Scopus
Google Scholar
Europe PMC

References

  1. Allgood-Merten, B., Lewinsohn, P., & Hops, H. (1990). Sex differences and adolescent depression. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 99, 55-63. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1037//0021-843X.99.1.55
  2. Baile Ayensa, J. I., Guillén Grima, F., & Garrido Landívar, E. (2002). Insatisfacción corporal en adolescents media con el Body Shape Questionnaire (BSQ): efecto del anonimato, el sexo y la edad. International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology, 2(3).
  3. Canpolat, A. M., Catikkas, F., Koyuncu, M., & Tok, S. (2010). The relationship between social physique anxiety and body image among high school students. Ciencia & Saúde Coletiva, 15(2), 2605-2610.
  4. Chen, H., & Jackson, T. (2008). Prevalence and sociodemographic correlates of eating disorder endorsements among adolescents and young adults from China. European Eating Disorders Review, 16, 375–385. doi:10.1002/erv.837Cash, T. F., Fleming, E. C., Alindogan, J., Steadman, L., & Whitehead, A. (2002). The Body Image States Scale: Development and validation of a measure of the individual’s situation-specific body image. Eating Disorders, 10(2), 103-113.
  5. Crocker, P. R. E., Snyder, J., Kowalski, K. C., & Hoar, S. (2000). Social physique anxiety, coping, and anxiety in competitive athletes. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 22(1), 79-90.
  6. Carlson Jones, D., & Crawford, J. K. (2005). The peer appearance culture during adolescence: Gender and body mass variations. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 34(4), 373-383.
  7. Chen, H., & Jackson, T. (2008). Prevalence and sociodemographic correlates of eating disorder endorsements among adolescents and young adults from China. European Eating Disorders Review, 16, 375–385. doi:10.1002/erv.837 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/erv.837
  8. Davison, T. E., & McCabe, M. P. (2006). Adolescent body image and psychosocial functioning. The Journal of Social Psychology, 146(1), 15-30. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3200/SOCP.146.1.15-30
  9. Darby, A., Hay, P., Mond, J., Rodgers, B., & Owen, C. (2007). Disordered eating behaviours and cognitions in young women with obesity: Relationship with psychological status. International Journal of Obesity, 31, 876–882. doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803501 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.ijo.0803501
  10. Furnham, Adrian, Badmin, Nicola, and Sneade, Ian (2002), “Body image dissatisfaction: Gender differences in eating attitudes, selfesteem, and reasons for exercise,” Journal of Psychology, 136(6), 581-596. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00223980209604820
  11. Fabian, L. J., & Thompson, J. K. (1989). Body image and eating disturbance in young females. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 8(1), 63-74. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/1098-108X(198901)8:1<63::AID-EAT2260080107>3.0.CO;2-9
  12. Furnham, A. (1998). Lay theories: Everyday understanding of problems in the social sciences. Psychology Press.
  13. Fleming, J. M., Alindogan, J., Steadman, L., & Whitehead, K. (2002). Body Image States Scale: A measure of body image dissatisfaction. Body Image, 1(1), 37-46
  14. .Forbes, G. B., Adams-Curtis, L. E., Rade, B., & Jaberg, P. (2001). Body dissatisfaction in women and men: The role of gendertyping and self-esteem. Sex Roles, 44, 461–484. doi:10.1023/ A:1011982112899 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1011982112899
  15. Griffiths, S., Hay, P., Mitchison, D., Mond, J. M., McLean, S. A., Rodgers, B., ... & Paxton, S.
  16. J. (2016). Sex differences in the relationships between body dissatisfaction, quality of life and psychological distress. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 40(6), 518-522.
  17. Grabe, Shelly and Hyde, Janet Shibley (2006), “Ethnicity and body dissatisfaction among women in the United States: A metaanalysis,” Psych Bulletin, 132(4), 622-640. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1037/0033-2909.132.4.622
  18. Grogan, Matthew J. Callaghan, Diane Edelstein, Michael Brownlee, and Geoffrey C. Gurtner. "Decreasing intracellular superoxide corrects defective ischemia-induced new vessel formation in diabetic mice." Journal of Biological Chemistry 283, no. 16 (2008): DOI: https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M707451200
  19. Goldhaber-Fiebert, J. D., Rubinfeld, R. E., Bhattacharya, J., Robinson, T. N., & Wise, P. H21. (2013). The utility of childhood and adolescent obesity assessment in relation to adult health. Medical Decision Making, 33(2), 163-175. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0272989X12447240
  20. Griffiths, S., Hay, P., Mitchison, D., Mond, J. M., McLean, S. A., Rodgers, B., ... & Paxton, S.
  21. J. (2016). Sex differences in the relationships between body dissatisfaction, quality of life and psychological distress. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 40(6), 518-522. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.12538
  22. Groesz, L. M., Levine, M. P., & Murnen, S. K. (2002). The effect of experimental presentation of thin media images on body satisfaction: A meta-analytic review. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 31(1), 1-16. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.10005
  23. Hay, P. J., Mond, J., Buttner, P., & Darby, A. (2008). Eating disorder behaviors are increasing: Findings from two sequential community surveys in South Australia. PLOS ONE, 3(2), e1541. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0001541
  24. Hart, E. A., Leary, M. R., & Rejeski, W. J. (1989). The measurement of social physique anxiety. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 11(1), 94-104. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1123/jsep.11.1.94
  25. Heinberg, L. J., & Thompson, J. K. (1995). Body image and televised images of thinness and attractiveness: A controlled laboratory investigation. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 14(4), 325-338. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1521/jscp.1995.14.4.325
  26. Izgiç, F., Akyüz, G., Doğan, O., & Kuğu, N. (2004). Social phobia among university students and its relation to self-esteem and body image. The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 49(9), 630-634. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/070674370404900910
  27. Ingram, R. E. (1990). Self-focused attention in clinical disorders: Review and a conceptual model. Psychological Bulletin, 107(2), 156-176 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1037//0033-2909.107.2.156
  28. Iqbal, N., Shahnawaz, M. G., & Alam, A. (2006). Educational and gender differences in body image and depression among students. Journal of the Indian Academy of Applied Psychology,
  29. , 365–368
  30. Jackson, T., Jiang, C., Chen, H., & Knight, K. (2014). Association of thinness and eating disorders with suicide ideation and attempts among adolescents in China. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 42(1), 123-134
  31. Kostanski, M., Fisher, A., & Gullone, E. (2004). Current conceptualisation of body image dissatisfaction: have we got it wrong?. Journal of child Psychology and Psychiatry, 45(7), 1317-1325. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7610.2004.00315.x
  32. Kostanski, Marion and Gullone, Eleonora (1998), “Adolescent body image dissatisfaction: Relationships with self-esteem, anxiety, and depression controlling for body mass,” Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 39(2), 255-262 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1469-7610.00319
  33. Keel, P. K., Baxter, M. G., Heatherton, T. F., & Joiner, T. E. (2007). A 20-year longitudinal study of body weight, dieting, and eating disorder symptoms. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 116(2), 422-432. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1037/0021-843X.116.2.422
  34. Leary, M. R., & Kowalski, R. M. (1990). Impression management: A literature review and two-component model. Psychological Bulletin, 107(1), 34-47 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1037//0033-2909.107.1.34
  35. Leary, M. R. (1995). Self-presentation: Impression management and interpersonal behavior. Brown & Benchmark.
  36. Midlarsky, E., & Nitzburg, G. (2008). Eating disorders in middle-aged women. The Journal of General Psychology, 135(4), 393-408. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3200/GENP.135.4.393-408
  37. 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(4), 781-796. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-6402.1999.tb00397.x
  38. Muth, J. L., & Cash, T. F. (1997). Body-image attitudes: What difference does gender make? Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 27(16), 1438-1452. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1559-1816.1997.tb01607.x
  39. McDonald, K., & Thompson, J. K. (1992). Eating disturbance, body image dissatisfaction, and reasons for exercising: Gender differences and correlational findings. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 11(4), 289-292 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/1098-108X(199204)11:3<289::AID-EAT2260110314>3.0.CO;2-F
  40. Martin, Mary C. and Gentry, James W. (1997), “Stuck in the model trap: The effects of beautiful models in ads on female preadolescents and adolescents,” Journal of Advertising, 26(2), 19-3.Najam, N., & Ashraf, M. (2012). Body image satisfaction and dissatisfaction, self-esteem, and depression among men and women. Pakistan Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 10(2), 36-43 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00913367.1997.10673520
  41. Phelps, L., Johnston, L. S., & Augustyniak, K. (1993). Adolescent sexual behavior and health and relationships: A review. Journal of Counseling & Development, 71(4), 365-373.
  42. Paxton, P. (2000). Subjective measures of liberal democracy. Comparative Political Studies, 33(1), 58-86. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0010414000033001003
  43. Petrie, T. A. (1996). Differences between male and female college athletes in eating disorder symptoms and psychological well-being. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 43(1), 46-50.
  44. Parnot, L., Rousseau, A., Benazet, M., Faure, B., Lenhoret, E., Sanchez, A., et al. (2006). Comparaison du vécu corporel en fonction du genre chez l’adolescent et le jeune adulte (Comparison of body dissatisfaction as function of gender in the adolescent and young adult). Journal de Thérapie Comportementale et Cognitive, 16 (2), 45–48. doi:10.1016/S1155-1704(06)70197-5. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S1155-1704(06)70197-5
  45. Rosenberg, M. (1965). Society and the adolescent self-image. Princeton University Press.Striegel-Moore, R. H., & Franko, D. L. (2002). Body image issues among girls and women.Body image: A handbook of theory, research, and clinical practice, 183-191.
  46. 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(3), 288-308. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1521/jscp.1994.13.3.288
  47. Tiggemann, M. (2004). Body image across the adult life span: Stability and change. Body Image, 1(1), 29-41. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S1740-1445(03)00002-0
  48. Venkat, Ramesh and Ogden, Harold (2002), “Advertising induced social comparison and body-image satisfaction: The moderating role gender, self-esteem, and locus of control,” Journal of Consumer Satisfaction, Dissatisfaction and Complaining behavior, 15, 51-67
  49. Venkat, P., & Ogden, J. (2002). Obesity: The role of health and social factors. Health Education Journal, 61(2), 178-187

Most read articles by the same author(s)