title: Does body satisfaction influence self-esteem in adolescents' daily lives? An experience sampling study.
abstract: This study examined, within the context of the Contingencies of Self-Worth model, state-based associations between self-esteem and body satisfaction using the experience sampling method. One hundred and forty-four adolescent girls (mean age = 14.28 years) completed up to 6 assessments per day for one week using Palm Digital Assistants, in addition to baseline measures of trait body satisfaction and self-esteem. Results showed considerable variation in both state-based constructs within days, and evidence of effects of body satisfaction on self-esteem, but not vice versa. Although these state-based associations were small in size and weakened as the time lag between assessments increased for the sample as a whole, individual differences in the magnitude of these effects were observed and predicted by trait self-esteem and body satisfaction. Collectively, these findings offer support for key tenets of the Contingencies of Self-Worth model.
authors.affiliation: School of Psychology, Deakin University, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria, Australia. Electronic address: matthewf@deakin.edu.au.
authors.forename: Matthew
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fuller-Tyszkiewicz
authors.affiliation: School of Psychology, Deakin University, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: Marita
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: McCabe
authors.affiliation: School of Psychology, Deakin University, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: Helen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Skouteris
authors.affiliation: School of Psychology, Deakin University, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: Ben
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Richardson
authors.affiliation: School of Psychology, Deakin University, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: Kristy
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nihill
authors.affiliation: School of Psychology, Deakin University, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: Brittany
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Watson
authors.affiliation: School of Psychology, Deakin University, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Solomon
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001828:Body Image; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D012649:Self Concept; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014739:Victoria
keywords: Body image; Experience sampling; Longitudinal; Self-esteem