Materialism, Body Surveillance, Body Shame, and Body Dissatisfaction: Testing a Mediational Model

Materialism, Body Surveillance, Body Shame, and Body Dissatisfaction: Testing a Mediational Model

The present study aimed to examine the mechanisms underlying the links between materialism and body dissatisfaction. A sample of 583 Chinese undergraduate women completed a questionnaire measuring materialism, body surveillance, body shame, and body dissatisfaction. Correlational analysis showed tha...

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Main Author: Qingqing Sun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
materialism
self-objectification
body shame
body dissatisfaction
Chinese women
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02088/full
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spelling doaj-074635cd2dae4391bcb84586ce7be8b92020-11-24T20:42:45ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782018-10-01910.3389/fpsyg.2018.02088412947Materialism, Body Surveillance, Body Shame, and Body Dissatisfaction: Testing a Mediational ModelQingqing SunThe present study aimed to examine the mechanisms underlying the links between materialism and body dissatisfaction. A sample of 583 Chinese undergraduate women completed a questionnaire measuring materialism, body surveillance, body shame, and body dissatisfaction. Correlational analysis showed that materialism, body surveillance, and body shame were significantly positively correlated with body dissatisfaction. The results of path analyses revealed that higher materialism predicted more body dissatisfaction, albeit indirectly, via higher body surveillance and body shame.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02088/fullmaterialismself-objectificationbody shamebody dissatisfactionChinese women
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Materialism, Body Surveillance, Body Shame, and Body Dissatisfaction: Testing a Mediational Model
Frontiers in Psychology
materialism
self-objectification
body shame
body dissatisfaction
Chinese women
author_facet Qingqing Sun
author_sort Qingqing Sun
title Materialism, Body Surveillance, Body Shame, and Body Dissatisfaction: Testing a Mediational Model
title_short Materialism, Body Surveillance, Body Shame, and Body Dissatisfaction: Testing a Mediational Model
title_full Materialism, Body Surveillance, Body Shame, and Body Dissatisfaction: Testing a Mediational Model
title_fullStr Materialism, Body Surveillance, Body Shame, and Body Dissatisfaction: Testing a Mediational Model
title_full_unstemmed Materialism, Body Surveillance, Body Shame, and Body Dissatisfaction: Testing a Mediational Model
title_sort materialism, body surveillance, body shame, and body dissatisfaction: testing a mediational model
publisher Frontiers Media S.A.
series Frontiers in Psychology
issn 1664-1078
publishDate 2018-10-01
description The present study aimed to examine the mechanisms underlying the links between materialism and body dissatisfaction. A sample of 583 Chinese undergraduate women completed a questionnaire measuring materialism, body surveillance, body shame, and body dissatisfaction. Correlational analysis showed that materialism, body surveillance, and body shame were significantly positively correlated with body dissatisfaction. The results of path analyses revealed that higher materialism predicted more body dissatisfaction, albeit indirectly, via higher body surveillance and body shame.
topic materialism
self-objectification
body shame
body dissatisfaction
Chinese women
url https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02088/full
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