Body dissatisfaction and drive for thinness in young adult twins
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The correlation of Eating Disorder Inventory subscales Body Dissatisfaction (BD) and drive for thinness (DT) and genetic and environmental influences on these traits is explored. Results revealed that various eating and body size-related factors and psychosomatic symptoms were significantly associated with high body dissatisfaction and drive for thinness in both males and females.
Publication Name: The International Journal of Eating Disorders
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0276-3478
Year: 2005
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Ethnicity as a protective factor against internalization of a thin ideal and body dissatisfaction
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The potential for ethnicity is examined to moderate the relationship between awareness and internalization of sociocultural ideals of appearance and between internalization and body dissatisfaction. Results revealed that the relationship between awareness and body dissatisfaction were significantly stronger for European American women than for Mexican American or Spanish women.
Publication Name: The International Journal of Eating Disorders
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0276-3478
Year: 2005
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