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The relation of physical appearance perfectionism with body dissatisfaction among school students 9–18 years of age.

Authors :
Yang, Hongfei
Yang, Yiyun
Xu, Lin
Wu, Qianwen
Xu, Jian
Weng, Ersen
Wang, Kaixuan
Cai, Siyi
Source :
Personality & Individual Differences. Oct2017, Vol. 116, p399-404. 6p.
Publication Year :
2017

Abstract

Physical appearance perfectionism is a domain-specific form of perfectionism comprising two components: worry about imperfection and hope for perfection (Yang & Stoeber, 2012). Previous studies found that physical appearance perfectionism is related to body dissatisfaction among university students, particularly the worry about imperfection component, but did not address the question of whether physical appearance perfectionism changes over school years and explains variance in body dissatisfaction above age and body mass index (BMI). The present study investigated the questions examining 914 school students 9–18 years of age. Physical appearance perfectionism increases over school years and it explained a significant additional variance in body dissatisfaction beyond age group and BMI. Some gender differences were identified and limitations and implications were discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
01918869
Volume :
116
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Personality & Individual Differences
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
123466565
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2017.05.005