title: Body talk among undergraduate women: why conversations about exercise and weight loss differentially predict body appreciation.
abstract: Undergraduate women (N = 143) completed self-reports on exercise behavior, body orientation, body appreciation, and body-related talk. Results showed that conversations about weight loss/dieting and conversations about exercise differentially predicted body appreciation. Importantly, multiple regression analyses showed that the relationship between talk type and body appreciation was explained by the object-process dichotomy: Conversations about exercise oriented women to consider what their bodies can do which, in turn, predicted appreciation of one's body. In contrast, the relationship between conversations about weight loss/dieting and body appreciation was mediated by negative attitudes about one's body but not by an object orientation.
authors.affiliation: Mount Allison University, Canada lwasylkiw@mta.ca.
authors.forename: Louise
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wasylkiw
authors.affiliation: Mount Allison University, Canada.
authors.forename: Nicole A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Butler
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001828:Body Image / Q000523:psychology*; D015992:Body Mass Index; D003142:Communication; D004038:Diet, Reducing / Q000523:psychology*; D015444:Exercise / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012044:Regression Analysis; D057566:Self Report; D015431:Weight Loss; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: body appreciation; body orientation; conversations