The Attractive Female Body Weight and Female Body Dissatisfaction in 26 Countries Across 10 World Regions: Results of the International Body Project I

Author:

Swami Viren1,Frederick David A.2,Aavik Toivo3,Alcalay Lidia4,Allik Jüri3,Anderson Donna5,Andrianto Sonny6,Arora Arvind7,Brännström Åke8,Cunningham John9,Danel Dariusz10,Doroszewicz Krystyna11,Forbes Gordon B.12,Furnham Adrian13,Greven Corina U.14,Halberstadt Jamin5,Shuang Hao ,Haubner Tanja15,Choon Sup Hwang 16,Inman Mary17,Laile Jaafar Jas18,Johansson Jacob8,Jung Jaehee19,Keser Aşkın20,Kretzschmar Uta21,Lachenicht Lance22,Li Norman P.23,Locke Kenneth24,Lönnqvist Jan-Erik25,Lopez Christy26,Loutzenhiser Lynn27,Maisel Natalya C.26,McCabe Marita P.28,McCreary Donald R.29,McKibbin William F.30,Mussap Alex25,Neto Félix31,Nowell Carly28,Peña Alampay Liane32,Pillai Subash K.33,Pokrajac-Bulian Alessandra34,Proyer René T.35,Quintelier Katinka36,Ricciardelli Lina A.28,Rozmus-Wrzesinska Malgorzata37,Ruch Willibald35,Russo Timothy24,Schütz Astrid21,Shackelford Todd K.30,Shashidharan Sheeba7,Simonetti Franco4,Sinniah Dhachayani38,Swami Mira7,Vandermassen Griet36,van Duynslaeger Marijke36,Verkasalo Markku25,Voracek Martin15,Yee Curtis K.26,Xian Zhang Echo,Xiaoying Zhang 39,Zivcic-Becirevic Ivanka40

Affiliation:

1. University of Westminster, UK, , HELP University College, Malaysia

2. University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), USA, UCLA Center for Behavior, Evolution, and Culture, USA

3. University of Tartu, Estonia

4. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile

5. University of Otago, New Zealand

6. Universitas Islam Indonesia, Indonesia

7. Himalayan Institute Hospital Trust University, India

8. International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Austria, Umeå University, Sweden

9. Macquarie University, Australia

10. Polish Academy of Science, Poland

11. Warsaw School of Social Psychology, Poland

12. Millikin University, USA

13. University College London, UK

14. Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, UK

15. University of Vienna, Austria

16. Kyung Hee University, South Korea

17. Hope College, USA

18. Universiti Malaya, Malaysia

19. University of Delaware, USA

20. Kocaeli University, Turkey

21. Technische Universität Chemnitz, Germany

22. University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

23. University of Texas at Austin, USA, Singapore Management University, Singapore

24. University of Idaho, USA

25. University of Helsinki, Finland

26. University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), USA

27. University of Regina, Canada

28. Deakin University, Australia

29. Brock University, Canada, York University, Canada

30. Florida Atlantic University, USA

31. Universidade de Porto, Portugal

32. Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines

33. University Malaya, Malaysia

34. University of Rijeka, Croatia

35. University of Zurich, Switzerland

36. Ghent University, Belgium

37. University of Wroclaw, Poland

38. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia

39. Loughborough University, UK

40. Universiti Kebangsaan Malysia, Malaysia

Abstract

This study reports results from the first International Body Project (IBP-I), which surveyed 7,434 individuals in 10 major world regions about body weight ideals and body dissatisfaction. Participants completed the female Contour Drawing Figure Rating Scale (CDFRS) and self-reported their exposure to Western and local media. Results indicated there were significant cross-regional differences in the ideal female figure and body dissatisfaction, but effect sizes were small across high-socioeconomic-status (SES) sites. Within cultures, heavier bodies were preferred in low-SES sites compared to high-SES sites in Malaysia and South Africa ( ds = 1.94-2.49) but not in Austria. Participant age, body mass index (BMI), and Western media exposure predicted body weight ideals. BMI and Western media exposure predicted body dissatisfaction among women. Our results show that body dissatisfaction and desire for thinness is commonplace in high-SES settings across world regions, highlighting the need for international attention to this problem.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Social Psychology

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