Waist-to-hip ratio and body dissatisfaction among college women and men: moderating role of depressed symptoms and gender.
We examined the interrelationships of waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), body dissatisfaction, gender, and depressed and eating disordered symptoms cross-sectionally among 131 male and female undergraduates. Based on past findings on physical and mental health, attractiveness, and depressive realism, we predicted that the WHR x Depression x Gender interaction would be significantly related to body dissatisfaction, such that the correspondence between WHR and body dissatisfaction would be more pronounced among depressed than among nondepressed women and men. This hypothesis received support. Implications of our results for work on body dissatisfaction were discussed.
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Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston 77555-0425.
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D000328:Adult; D000886:Anthropometry; D001828:Body Image; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology*; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D010555:Personality Inventory