Body attitude, gender, and self-concept: a 30-year perspective.
Two comparable samples of college men and women from 1966 and 1996 were compared using the Kurtz Body Attitude Scale (BAS; R. M. Kurtz, 1966). As predicted, women in 1996 reported a significantly more negative body attitude than women in 1966 did. No significant differences in the 2 samples of men were found. With the 1996 sample, the relationship between body attitude and self-esteem was also examined using Marsh's Self-Description Questionnaire-III (SDQ-III; H. W. Marsh & R. O'Neill, 1984). There was a significant relationship between body attitude and general self-esteem, and there were also complex gender differences in the relationships of various SDQ-III facets to body attitudes.
Sondhaus
E L
EL
Department of Psychology Washington University in St. Louis, MO 63130, USA.
Kurtz
R M
RM
Strube
M J
MJ
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude; D001828:Body Image; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012649:Self Concept; D012737:Sex Factors; D013997:Time Factors; D014481:United States