Waist-to-hip ratio and body dissatisfaction among college women and men: moderating role of depressed symptoms and gender.

Publisher: Wiley Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 8111226 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Print ISSN: 0276-3478 (Print) Linking ISSN: 02763478 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Int J Eat Disord Subsets: MEDLINE

Publication: <2005-> : Hoboken, NJ : Wiley
Original Publication: [New York, N.Y. : Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., c1981-

Anthropometry* ; Body Image* ; Gender Identity* ; Personal Satisfaction*; Depression/*psychology; Adult ; Feeding and Eating Disorders/diagnosis ; Feeding and Eating Disorders/psychology ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Personality Inventory

We examined the interrelationships of waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), body dissatisfaction, gender, and depressed and eating disordered symptoms cross-sectionally among 131 male and female undergraduates. Based on past findings on physical and mental health, attractiveness, and depressive realism, we predicted that the WHR x Depression x Gender interaction would be significantly related to body dissatisfaction, such that the correspondence between WHR and body dissatisfaction would be more pronounced among depressed than among nondepressed women and men. This hypothesis received support. Implications of our results for work on body dissatisfaction were discussed.

Date Created: 19940901 Date Completed: 19950111 Latest Revision: 20191023

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10.1002/1098-108x(199409)16:2<199::aid-eat2260160211>3.0.co;2-m

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