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Peer reviewedStake, Jayne; Lauer, Monica L. – Sex Roles, 1987
Consequences of body weight were explored in sample of women and men. Average weight subjects showed preference for thin women but not for thin men; women are more negatively affected by body size in opposite-sex relationships; being overweight negatively affected self-attitudes of all subjects, but particularly those of women; and women are…
Descriptors: Body Image, Body Weight, Females, Interpersonal Relationship
Peer reviewedSilverstein, Brett; Perdue, Lauren – Sex Roles, 1988
Among college women, the desire for slim, noncurvaceous bodies associated with dieting and binging is correlated with an emphasis on physical attractiveness. This desire, associated with purging and underweight, is based on the belief that thin women are perceived as more intelligent. (Author/BJV)
Descriptors: Attitudes, Body Image, College Students, Dietetics
Peer reviewedTiggemann, Marika; Rothblum, Esther – Sex Roles, 1988
The attitudes of college students in Australia and the United States about body weight were investigated. The results indicate excessive and maladaptive concerns with weight, in general, and among women and American students in particular. (Author/BJV)
Descriptors: Attitudes, Body Image, College Students, Cultural Differences
