Investigating the multidimensionality and influence of the perceptual and ideal body shapes : What body shape do young women really desire?

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  • 多次元的身体像の構造および機能 : 若年女性が望んでいる痩身とは何か
  • タジゲンテキ　シンタイゾウ　ノ　コウゾウ　オヨビ　キノウ　ジャクネン　ジョセイ　ガ　ノゾンデイル　ソウシン　トハ　ナニカ
  • タジゲンテキ シンタイゾウ ノ コウゾウ オヨビ キノウ : ジャクネン ジョセイ ガ ノゾンデ イル ソウシン トワ ナニ カ

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Many previous studies have investigated a body shape as a unidimensional construct that ranges fromthinness to fatness. The present study investigated the multidimensionality of the perceptual and ideal body shapes as well as their relationships to body satisfaction and outcome expectancy after the attainment of an ideal body shape(OE-IB). A sample of 405 women (mean age = 29.7, SD= 5.75, range: 20-39) completed an online questionnaire assessing the current and ideal body shapes, body satisfaction, and OE-IB. Results indicated that both current and ideal body shapes were composed of five dimensions ("Skinniness," "Firmness," "Plumpness," "bust size," and "Tallness"), and the ideal body shape was rather narrowly defined. Furthermore, the difference in the "Firmness" dimension between the perceptual and ideal body shapes was positively correlated with body dissatisfaction and certain OE-IB.

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  • 対人社会心理学研究

    対人社会心理学研究 17 15-23, 2017

    大阪大学大学院人間科学研究科対人社会心理学研究室

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