title: Toward understanding body image importance: individual differences in a Canadian sample of undergraduate students.
abstract: This study examined the relationships between body image importance (BII) and perfectionism and body satisfaction in a Canadian sample of undergraduate students. Specifically, perfectionism was conceptualized as a common cause of BII and body satisfaction. Furthermore, gender-schematic processing was examined as a moderator of sex differences in BII, which have been inconsistently found. As hypothesized, there was no significant partial correlation between BII and body satisfaction, controlling for perfectionism. Also, a significant Sex × Gender Schematicity interaction indicated that gender schematicity moderates sex differences in BII. Implications for understanding individual differences in, and elevated levels of BII are discussed.
authors: Research Department of Clinical, Educational, and Health Psychology, University College London, London, UK. alexander.siegling.11@ucl.ac.uk
authors: Alexander B
authors: AB
authors: Siegling
authors: Mary E
authors: ME
authors: Delaney
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001828:Body Image; D002170:Canada; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007206:Individuality; D008297:Male; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D010551:Personality; D012649:Self Concept; D012737:Sex Factors; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires