Year: 1993
Type: dissertation
Abstract: Self-focused attention on an important aspect of self-concept is thought to elicit a discrepancy between perceived and ideal images of self, which leads to negative mood a n d self-esteem.It was hypothesized that self-focused attention on the bodies of women who a r e concerned about their body image will lead to greater perceived/ideal body discrepancy.decreased body satisfaction, lowered self-esteem, and negative mood.A measure of the subjective importance of different components of self-concept was designed.The Burnaby Evaluation and Attitudes about Self Test (BEAST) was validated on two university student samples.Next, two hundred university women completed Rosefiberg's Self-Esteem Scale, the Multiple Affect Adjective Check-List, and measures of body satisfaction before and after a body image assessment, in which subjects estimated their perceived and ideal body size on a distorting video camera and on a n adjustable light beam apparatus.Subjects also completed the BEAST and several measures of eating disordered behaviour prior to the body image assessment.Those who were overconcerned with their body image, assessed by Drive for Thinness on the Eating Disorder Inventory, showed lower self-esteem, and more depressed and hostile mood after the assessment than did subjects who rated thinness as less important.Although perceived/ideal body discrepancy was significantly different after the assessment, this change was not mediated by weight-concern.This research has implications for the role of overconcern with body image in the formation of eating disorders.iii Risk Factors in Eating Disorders 128 .....
Source: Summit (Simon Fraser University)
Author: Barbara Beach
Language: English
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W370865295