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A J Harden1, S Butler, M Scheetz
1Department of Family and Consumer Sciences, Ball State University, Muncie, IN 47306, USA.
Abstract:
A brief survey measuring satisfaction with the body, concern for physical appearance, and motivations for selection of clothing was administered to 30 women in a university-sponsored support group for bulimic students and 30 women randomly selected from a college campus. No mean differences were found between the groups on concern for physical appearance when in a social setting, but mean differences were significant on satisfaction with weight, satisfaction with body image, and concern for physical appearance when alone.
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