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Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Sociology
  • Gender Studies

Background:

  • Body image perceptions have evolved over time.
  • Understanding historical shifts in body attitude is crucial for contemporary psychological and sociological research.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To compare body attitudes of college students in 1966 versus 1996.
  • To examine the relationship between body attitude and self-esteem in a 1996 college sample.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized the Kurtz Body Attitude Scale (BAS) for historical comparison.
  • Employed Marsh's Self-Description Questionnaire-III (SDQ-III) to assess self-esteem facets.

Main Results:

  • Women in 1996 reported significantly more negative body attitudes than women in 1966.
  • No significant changes in body attitudes were observed for men between the two periods.
  • A significant correlation was found between general self-esteem and body attitude in the 1996 sample.
  • Complex gender differences emerged in the relationship between various self-esteem facets and body attitudes.

Conclusions:

  • Significant shifts in women's body attitudes occurred between 1966 and 1996.
  • Body attitude is intricately linked with self-esteem, with notable gender-specific variations in these associations.

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