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dc.creatorCororve, Michelle Beth
dc.date.accessioned2012-06-07T23:03:28Z
dc.date.available2012-06-07T23:03:28Z
dc.date.created2001
dc.date.issued2001
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2001-THESIS-C672
dc.descriptionDue to the character of the original source materials and the nature of batch digitization, quality control issues may be present in this document. Please report any quality issues you encounter to digital@library.tamu.edu, referencing the URI of the item.en
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (leaves 41-50).en
dc.descriptionIssued also on microfiche from Lange Micrographics.en
dc.description.abstractThis study explored sociocultural, feminist and psychological influences on women's body dissatisfaction by examining the manner in which sociocultural attitudes toward appearance, internalization of the thin ideal, feminist ideology, and self-esteem affect body dissatisfaction. A main goal of the study was to explore potential protective mechanisms against internalization of the thin ideal. The LISREL 8.3 program was used to perform structural modeling analyses on the proposed theoretical models. A total of 197 college women participated in this study. The results supported previous findings regarding the influential role of sociocultural variables on women's body dissatisfaction. In particular, internalization of the thin ideal was found to mediate the relationship between awareness and body dissatisfaction. However, feminist ideology and self-esteem were not found to serve as protective mechanisms against internalization. An alternative hypothesis supported by the data is that self-esteem directly affects body dissatisfaction. Although feminist ideology was not found to serve as a moderator, important advancements were made in this study regarding the measurement of feminist ideology. The results of this study suggest several additional avenues for future research particularly regarding the relationship between feminism and body dissatisfaction.en
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dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherTexas A&M University
dc.rightsThis thesis was part of a retrospective digitization project authorized by the Texas A&M University Libraries in 2008. Copyright remains vested with the author(s). It is the user's responsibility to secure permission from the copyright holder(s) for re-use of the work beyond the provision of Fair Use.en
dc.subjectpsychology.en
dc.subjectMajor psychology.en
dc.titleSociocultural, feminist, and psychological influences on women's body satisfaction: a structural modeling analysisen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplinepsychologyen
thesis.degree.nameM.S.en
thesis.degree.levelMastersen
dc.type.genrethesisen
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