scholarly journals The Effect of Peer Stress on Body Dissatisfaction in Female and Male Young Adults

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 261-276 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristen Murray ◽  
Elizabeth Rieger ◽  
Don Byrne
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Body Dissatisfaction ◽  
Peer Stress

scholarly journals Prospective Predictors of Body Dissatisfaction in Young Adults

2013 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 271-282 ◽  
Author(s):  
Virginia Quick ◽  
Marla E. Eisenberg ◽  
Michaela M. Bucchianeri ◽  
Dianne Neumark-Sztainer
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Body Dissatisfaction

Self-esteem, Body Image, and Dating Violence in Colombian Adolescents and Young Adults

2021 ◽  
pp. 088626052199458
Author(s):  
Yolima Bolívar-Suárez ◽  
Jorge Arturo Martínez Gómez ◽  
Libia Yanelli Yanez-Peñúñuri ◽  
César Armando Rey Anacona ◽  
Ana Milena Gaviria Gómez
Keyword(s):  
Body Image ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Body Dissatisfaction ◽  
Dating Violence ◽  
Regression Models ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
The Body ◽  
Adolescents And Young Adults ◽  
Correlational Design ◽  
The Relationship

Two objectives were formulated. The first was to establish whether characteristics such as self-esteem, perception of body image, and dating perpetration explain dating victimization. The second was to check if sex moderates the relationship between low self-esteem and dissatisfaction and if body dissatisfaction mediates the effect of low self-esteem on being a victim of dating violence (DV). A total of 1,409 Colombian adolescents and young adults, secondary and university students (42.5% men and 57.5% women), aged between 14 and 25 years ( M = 18.6 years; SD = 2.8 years) participated. An explanatory correlational design was used, in which the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, the Body Shape Questionnaire, and the Revised Dating Violence Questionnaire were applied. Six regression models were proposed for both men and women, where it was found that low self-esteem, body dissatisfaction, and violence exerted in the courtship explain the violence received. Also, through the moderated mediation analysis, a moderate conditional indirect effect was verified of low self-esteem in DV victimization (R2 = 0.052***) through body dissatisfaction, being higher in women than in men. The preceding points to the convenience of intervening on self-esteem and body image in adolescents and young victims of this type of violence and considering these aspects in prevention campaigns.

Peer Victimization and Depressive Symptoms: The Role of Body Dissatisfaction and Self-Esteem

2007 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 107-116 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica S. Benas ◽  
Brandon E. Gibb
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Body Dissatisfaction ◽  
Cognitive Vulnerability ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Negative Cognitions ◽  
Childhood Experiences ◽  
Interactive Nature ◽  
Low Levels

Research has suggested that different forms of negative cognitions contribute risk to the development of depressive symptoms. What remains unclear is whether there is specificity regarding the relation between childhood experiences and young adults’ current cognitions and whether these cognitions each contribute unique risk to depressive symptoms or whether they interact to predict increased depression risk. The primary goal of the current study was to examine the relation between depressive symptoms and young adults’ histories of negative childhood events (e.g., weight-related teasing) and whether certain types of negative cognitions (e.g., body dissatisfaction) mediate this relation. Supporting our specificity hypothesis, low self-esteem mediated the link between general peer verbal victimization during childhood and current depressive symptoms, and body dissatisfaction mediated the link between weight-related teasing during childhood and current depressive symptoms. In addition, supporting the interactive nature of forms of cognitive vulnerability, low levels of self-esteem, combined with high levels of body dissatisfaction, were associated with the highest levels of depressive symptoms.

scholarly journals RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BODY DISSATISFACTION, DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY AMONG YOUNG ADULTS

2020 ◽  
Vol IX (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahum Azhaar ◽  
Mariam Anwaar ◽  
Mehwish Dawood ◽  
Maheen Ali ◽  
Sidra Shoaib
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Body Dissatisfaction ◽  
Depression And Anxiety

scholarly journals Social Media Use and Body Image Disorders: Association between Frequency of Comparing One’s Own Physical Appearance to That of People Being Followed on Social Media and Body Dissatisfaction and Drive for Thinness

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (6) ◽  
pp. 2880
Author(s):  
Barbara Jiotsa ◽  
Benjamin Naccache ◽  
Mélanie Duval ◽  
Bruno Rocher ◽  
Marie Grall-Bronnec
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Eating Disorders ◽  
Body Image ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
General Population ◽  
Body Dissatisfaction ◽  
Physical Appearance ◽  
Drive For Thinness ◽  
Body Image Disorders ◽  
Teenagers And Young Adults

(1) Summary: Many studies have evaluated the association between traditional media exposure and the presence of body dissatisfaction and body image disorders. The last decade has borne witness to the rise of social media, predominantly used by teenagers and young adults. This study’s main objective was to investigate the association between how often one compares their physical appearance to that of the people they follow on social media, and one’s body dissatisfaction and drive for thinness. (2) Method: A sample composed of 1331 subjects aged 15 to 35 (mean age = 24.2), including 1138 subjects recruited from the general population and 193 patients suffering from eating disorders, completed an online questionnaire assessing social media use (followed accounts, selfies posted, image comparison frequency). This questionnaire incorporated two items originating from the Eating Disorder Inventory Scale (Body Dissatisfaction: EDI-BD and Drive for Thinness: EDI-DT). (3) Results: We found an association between the frequency of comparing one’s own physical appearance to that of people followed on social media and body dissatisfaction and drive for thinness. Interestingly, the level of education was a confounding factor in this relationship, while BMI was not. (4) Discussion: The widespread use of social media in teenagers and young adults could increase body dissatisfaction as well as their drive for thinness, therefore rendering them more vulnerable to eating disorders. We should consequently take this social evolution into account, including it in general population prevention programs and in patients’ specific treatment plans.

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