Weight-Influenced Self-Esteem, Body Comparisons and Body Satisfaction:Findings among Women from The Netherlands and Curacao
The present study examined young women's weight-influenced self-esteem (WISE) in response to imagined weight gain and weight loss, and its relations to body satisfaction, body comparisons and global self-esteem. Young women from two different regions, that is, from the north of The Netherlands (n = 157) and from the Willemstad area (the capital of Curacao; n = 162), completed a questionnaire. It was expected that Dutch women would show lower self-esteem in response to imagined weight gain than women from Curacao, and that self-esteem in response to imagined weight gain would be negatively rela... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2015 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | Dijkstra , P , Barelds , D P H & van Brummen-Girigori , O 2015 , ' Weight-Influenced Self-Esteem, Body Comparisons and Body Satisfaction : Findings among Women from The Netherlands and Curacao ' , Sex Roles , vol. 73 , no. 7-8 , pp. 355-369 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-015-0528-3 |
Schlagwörter: | Weight-influenced self-esteem / Body satisfaction / Social comparison / The Netherlands / Curacao / Body image / EATING-DISORDERS / ANOREXIA-NERVOSA / AFRICAN-AMERICAN / IMAGE / DISSATISFACTION / ATTRACTIVENESS / PERCEPTIONS / CULTURE / BEAUTY / WHITE |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27008204 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://hdl.handle.net/11370/c0dbfa7f-0bca-4e72-acd4-b84204394948 |
The present study examined young women's weight-influenced self-esteem (WISE) in response to imagined weight gain and weight loss, and its relations to body satisfaction, body comparisons and global self-esteem. Young women from two different regions, that is, from the north of The Netherlands (n = 157) and from the Willemstad area (the capital of Curacao; n = 162), completed a questionnaire. It was expected that Dutch women would show lower self-esteem in response to imagined weight gain than women from Curacao, and that self-esteem in response to imagined weight gain would be negatively related to general self-esteem and body satisfaction, and more so among Dutch women than among Curacaoan women. Finally, it was expected that body comparisons would be predictive of lower self-esteem in response to imagined weight gain. As expected Dutch women showed lower self-esteem in response to imagined weight gain than Curacaoan women. Moreover, findings showed that among Curacaoan women self-esteem in response to imagined weight gain was not related to general self-esteem or body satisfaction and that body comparisons were less predictive of lowered self-esteem in response to imagined weight gain than among Dutch women. Findings are discussed in light of cultural differences in ideal body shape and the supportiveness of women's social networks.