Dying To Be Thin : The Effects of Mortality Salience and Body Mass Index on Restricted Eating Among Women  

Oleh:

Arndt, Jamie ; Brown, Megan ; Hart, Joshua ; Goldenberg, Jamie L.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (http://journals.sagepub.com/home/pspc) vol. 31 no. 10 (Oct. 2005), page 1400-1412.
Topik: body mass index; terror management; eating behaviour; body mass index
Fulltext: 1400.pdf (165.63KB)

Ketersediaan

Perpustakaan Pusat (Semanggi) Nomor Panggil: PP45.24 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

Lihat Detail Induk

Isi artikel

Following terror management theory, the authors suggest women’s striving to attain a thin physique is fueled in part by existential concerns. In three studies, women restricted consumption of a nutritious but fattening food in response to reminders of mortality (mortality salience; MS). When conducted in private (Study 1), this effect was found among women but not men; when replicated in a group setting in which social comparison was likely (Studies 2 and 3), only women who were relatively less successful attaining the thin ideal (i. e., high body mass index; BMI) restricted eating after MS. In Study 3, MS caused high BMI women to perceive themselves as more discrepant from their ideal thinness; this perceived failure mediated the effects of MS and BMI on eating behaviour. Findings are discussed from a self - regulatory framework, which considered in the context of pressures for women to be thin, can shed light on health risk behaviour.

Opini Anda

Klik untuk menuliskan opini Anda tentang koleksi ini!

Kembali