TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2010//
TI  - The attractive female body weight and female body dissatisfaction in 26 countries across 10 world regions: results of the International Body Project I
JO  - Personality and social psychology bulletin
A1  - Swami, Viren
A1  - Frederick, David A.
A1  - Aavik, Toivo
A1  - Alcalay, Lidia
A1  - Allik, Juri
A1  - Anderson, Donna
A1  - Andrianto, Sonny
A1  - Arora, Arvind
A1  - Brännström, Ake
A1  - Cunningham, John
A1  - Danel, Dariusz
A1  - Doroszewicz, Krystyna
A1  - Forbes, Gordon B.
A1  - Furnham, Adrian
A1  - Greven, Corina U.
A1  - Halberstadt, Jamin
A1  - Hao, Shuang
A1  - Haubner, Tanja
A1  - Hwang, Choon Sup
A1  - Inman, Mary
A1  - Jaafar, Jas Laile
A1  - Johansson, Jacob
A1  - Jung, Jaehee
A1  - Keser, Askin
A1  - Kretzschmar, Uta
A1  - Lachenicht, Lance
A1  - Li, Norman P.
A1  - Locke, Kenneth
A1  - Lönnqvist, Jan-Erik
A1  - Lopez, Christy
A1  - Loutzenhiser, Lynn
A1  - Maisel, Natalya C.
A1  - McCabe, Marita P.
A1  - McCreary, Donald R.
A1  - McKibbin, William F.
A1  - Mussap, Alex
A1  - Neto, Félix
A1  - Nowell, Carly
A1  - Alampay, Liane Peña
A1  - Pillai, Subash K.
A1  - Pokrajac-Bulian, Alessandra
A1  - Proyer, René T.
A1  - Quintelier, Katinka J. P.
A1  - Ricciardelli, Lina A.
A1  - Rozmus-Wrzesinska, Malgorzata
A1  - Ruch, Willibald
A1  - Russo, Timothy
A1  - Schütz, Astrid
A1  - Shackelford, Todd K.
A1  - Shashidharan, Sheeba
A1  - Simonetti, Franco
A1  - Sinniah, Dhachayani
A1  - Swami, Mira
A1  - Vandermassen, Griet
A1  - van Duynslaeger, Marijke
A1  - Verkasalo, Markku
A1  - Voracek, Martin
A1  - Yee, Curtis K.
A1  - Zhang, Echo Xian
A1  - Zhang, Xiaoying
A1  - Zivcic-Becirevic, Ivanka
SP  - 309
EP  - 325
VL  - 36
IS  - 3
N2  - 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. <br><br>RESULTS indicated there were significant cross-regional differences in the ideal female figure and body dissatisfaction, but effect sizes were small across high-socioeconomic-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.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0146-1672
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0146167209359702
ID  - ref1
ER  -