TY - JOUR
T1 - Body attitude, gender, and self-concept
T2 - A 30-year perspective
AU - Sondhaus, Elizabeth L.
AU - Kurtz, Richard M.
AU - Strube, Michael J.
PY - 2001/7
Y1 - 2001/7
N2 - Two comparable samples of college men and women from 1966 and 1996 were compared using the Kurtz Body Attitude Scale (BAS; R. M. Kurtz, 1966). As predicted, women in 1996 reported a significantly more negative body attitude than women in 1966 did. No significant differences in the 2 samples of men were found. With the 1996 sample, the relationship between body attitude and self-esteem was also examined using Marsh's Self-Description Questionnaire-III (SDQ-III; H. W. Marsh & R. O'Neill, 1984). There was a significant relationship between body attitude and general self-esteem, and there were also complex gender differences in the relationships of various SDQ-III facets to body attitudes.
AB - Two comparable samples of college men and women from 1966 and 1996 were compared using the Kurtz Body Attitude Scale (BAS; R. M. Kurtz, 1966). As predicted, women in 1996 reported a significantly more negative body attitude than women in 1966 did. No significant differences in the 2 samples of men were found. With the 1996 sample, the relationship between body attitude and self-esteem was also examined using Marsh's Self-Description Questionnaire-III (SDQ-III; H. W. Marsh & R. O'Neill, 1984). There was a significant relationship between body attitude and general self-esteem, and there were also complex gender differences in the relationships of various SDQ-III facets to body attitudes.
KW - Body attitude
KW - Gender
KW - Self-concept
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U2 - 10.1080/00223980109603708
DO - 10.1080/00223980109603708
M3 - Review article
C2 - 11728063
AN - SCOPUS:9444284445
SN - 0022-3980
VL - 135
SP - 413
EP - 429
JO - Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied
JF - Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied
IS - 4
ER -