title: The relationship of body image dissatisfaction to cigarette smoking in college students.
abstract: This study examined the association of cigarette smoking status and body image dissatisfaction as measured by the Multidimensional Body-Self Relations Questionnaire (MBSRQ), in 1575 young adult college students, 18-24 years of age. Respondents were current cigarette smokers (N = 482) or never tobacco users (N = 1093). Smoking status was found to be significantly associated with 5 of the 10 MBSRQ subscales, with current smokers having lower scores on Fitness Orientation, Health Evaluation and Health Orientation (all p < 0.001) and higher scores on Appearance Orientation (p = 0.01) and Overweight Preoccupation (p = 0.03) compared with never tobacco users. Furthermore, among current smokers, a higher number of days smoked in the last 30 days were associated with lower scores on all MBSRQ subscales, except Self-Classified Weight. In terms of clinical implications, interventions for smoking cessation among college students might benefit from inclusion of components for addressing body image dissatisfaction and improving health beliefs.
authors: Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Mayo Clinic, Mayo Building-W11, 200 First Street, SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
authors: Matthew M
authors: MM
authors: Clark
authors: Ivana T
authors: IT
authors: Croghan
authors: Stephanie
authors: S
authors: Reading
authors: Darrell R
authors: DR
authors: Schroeder
authors: Sarah M
authors: SM
authors: Stoner
authors: Christi A
authors: CA
authors: Patten
authors: Kristin S
authors: KS
authors: Vickers