Dr Elizabeth Evans elizabeth.evans@durham.ac.uk
Associate Professor
Body dissatisfaction and disordered eating attitudes in 7 to 11-year-old girls: testing a sociocultural model
Evans, E.H.; Tovee, M.T.; Boothroyd, L.G.; Drewett, R.
Authors
M.T. Tovee
Professor Lynda Boothroyd l.g.boothroyd@durham.ac.uk
Professor
R. Drewett
Abstract
We examined the sociocultural model of body dissatisfaction and disordered eating attitude development in young girls for the first time. According to the model, internalizing an unrealistically thin ideal body increases the risk of disordered eating via body dissatisfaction, dietary restraint, and depression. Girls aged 7–11 years (N = 127) completed measures of thin-ideal internalization, body dissatisfaction, dieting, depression, and disordered eating attitudes. Participants’ height and weight were measured and their body mass index calculated. Thin-ideal internalization predicted disordered eating attitudes indirectly via body dissatisfaction, dietary restraint, and depression; it also predicted disordered eating attitudes directly. Path analyses showed that a revised sociocultural model fit well with the data. These data show that a sociocultural framework for understanding disordered eating and body dissatisfaction in adults is useful, with minor modifications, in understanding the development of related attitudes in young girls.
Citation
Evans, E., Tovee, M., Boothroyd, L., & Drewett, R. (2013). Body dissatisfaction and disordered eating attitudes in 7 to 11-year-old girls: testing a sociocultural model. Body Image, 10(1), 8-15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2012.10.001
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Publication Date | 2013-01 |
Deposit Date | Apr 30, 2012 |
Journal | Body Image |
Print ISSN | 1740-1445 |
Electronic ISSN | 1873-6807 |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 10 |
Issue | 1 |
Pages | 8-15 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2012.10.001 |
Keywords | Thin-ideal internalization, Body dissatisfaction, Eating, Child. |
Public URL | https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1477174 |
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