Moderators of the sociocultural internalization-body dissatisfaction relationship among female undergraduates.
Description:
The sociocultural model of eating pathology is an empirically-supported model explaining eating disorder etiology. The model poses that body dissatisfaction and subsequent eating pathology stems from the unrealistic standards formulated by Westernized society. Although the model has strong empirical support, variables within the model do not account for 100% of the variance in disordered eating. Thus, the current researcher attempted to explore potential moderating factors in the sociocultural …
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Date:
December 2009
Creator:
Latimer-Kern, Kelsey M.