Correlates of appearance and weight satisfaction in a U.S. National Sample: Personality, attachment style, television viewing, self-esteem, and life satisfaction.

• 影响指数: 5.58
• 发表时间: Jun 2016
• 来源期刊: Body Image
• DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2016.04.001
• PMID: 27172812
• 文章类型: Journal Article
• 作者列表: Frederick DA,Sandhu G,Morse PJ,Swami V

关键词: Attachment style; Body image; Body mass index; Personality; Self-esteem; Weight satisfaction

Mesh: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Body Image / psychology; Body Mass Index; Body Weight; Character; Female; Gender Identity; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Object Attachment; Personal Satisfaction; Physical Appearance, Body; Self Concept; Statistics as Topic; Television; Young Adult

Abstract

We examined the prevalence and correlates of satisfaction with appearance and weight. Participants (N=12,176) completed an online survey posted on the NBCNews.com and Today.com websites. Few men and women were very to extremely dissatisfied with their physical appearances (6%; 9%), but feeling very to extremely dissatisfied with weight was more common (15%; 20%). Only about one-fourth of men and women felt very to extremely satisfied with their appearances (28%; 26%) and weights (24%; 20%). Men and women with higher body masses reported higher appearance and weight dissatisfaction. Dissatisfied people had higher Neuroticism, more preoccupied and fearful attachment styles, and spent more hours watching television. In contrast, satisfied people had higher Openness, Conscientious, and Extraversion, were more secure in attachment style, and had higher self-esteem and life satisfaction. These findings highlight the high prevalence of body dissatisfaction and the factors linked to dissatisfaction among U.S. adults.