Resisting body dissatisfaction: fat women who endorse fat acceptance.
Fat women who endorsed fat acceptance (N=128) were recruited from Radiance Magazine. Relationships between objectified body consciousness (OBC), body esteem, and psychological well-being for the mostly European American sample were similar to those found in other samples. OBC was independently related to body esteem when weight dissatisfaction was controlled. Those who endorsed the need for social change in attitudes towards fat people had higher body esteem and self-acceptance, and lower body shame, than those who endorsed personal acceptance of body size only.
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Nita Mary
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Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, University of Washington, 1900 Commerce Street, Campus Box 358436, Tacoma, WA 98402-3100, USA.