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| Title |
The role of personality in body image dissatisfaction and disordered eating: discrepancies between men and women
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| Published in |
Journal of Eating Disorders, October 2017
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| DOI | 10.1186/s40337-017-0177-8 |
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| Authors |
L. P. MacNeill, L. A. Best, L. L. Davis |
| Abstract |
Body image and disordered eating research has focused mostly on the female experience. The present study examined gender differences in the relationship between personality, disordered eating, and body image dissatisfaction. Participants were 238 female and 85 male undergraduates (Mage = 20.52 years, SD = 4.22) at a Canadian university. Materials included a battery of self-report questionnaires pertaining to personality, body image, and disordered eating. As expected, females reported more body dissatisfaction and disordered eating than males. Personality factors were found to be significantly related to the experience of body dissatisfaction in both genders. Further, several personality traits significantly contributed to the prediction of male (high Neuroticism, low Conscientiousness) and female (high Neuroticism) body dissatisfaction beyond the influence of body mass index (BMI). Interestingly, and contrary to findings with female participants, personality traits were not significantly related to disordered eating scores in men. Among women, disordered eating scores were significantly predicted by high Neuroticism and Extraversion, and low Conscientiousness. Although the relationship between disordered eating, body image dissatisfaction, and personality is well-documented in females, this relation may differ for males. The focus on male body image has been increasing in Western society; exploring how males view their bodies may be beneficial to researchers and clinicians alike. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 8 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Greece | 1 | 13% |
| United States | 1 | 13% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 13% |
| Unknown | 5 | 63% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 6 | 75% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 13% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 13% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 192 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 192 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 50 | 26% |
| Student > Master | 23 | 12% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 9 | 5% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 8 | 4% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 5 | 3% |
| Other | 17 | 9% |
| Unknown | 80 | 42% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 57 | 30% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 12 | 6% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 9 | 5% |
| Arts and Humanities | 6 | 3% |
| Sports and Recreations | 4 | 2% |
| Other | 21 | 11% |
| Unknown | 83 | 43% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 14. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 19 December 2019.
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