title: Feminist identity, body image, and disordered eating.
abstract: Using data from a community-based sample (Project EAT-III), this study (N = 1241; mean age = 25.2) examined the relationship of feminist identity with body image and disordered eating. Feminist-identified women reported significantly higher body satisfaction than non-feminist women and women who did not identify as feminists but held feminist beliefs. However, feminist-identified women did not differ from non-feminist women in disordered eating. Women holding feminist beliefs and non-feminist women did not differ in body satisfaction. Our findings suggest that self-identification as a feminist may promote positive body image in young adult women, but may be insufficient to change behaviors.
authors.affiliation: a Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health , University of Minnesota , Minneapolis , Minnesota , USA.
authors.forename: Hannah M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Borowsky
authors.affiliation: a Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health , University of Minnesota , Minneapolis , Minnesota , USA.|b Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Health, Department of Pediatrics, Medical School , University of Minnesota , Minneapolis , Minnesota , USA.
authors.forename: Marla E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Eisenberg
authors.affiliation: c Department of Psychological Science , Gustavus Adolphus College , St. Peter , Minnesota , USA.
authors.forename: Michaela M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Bucchianeri
authors.affiliation: d Department of Applied Psychology and Human Development, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education , University of Toronto , Toronto , Ontario , Canada.
authors.forename: Niva
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Piran
authors.affiliation: a Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health , University of Minnesota , Minneapolis , Minnesota , USA.
authors.forename: Dianne
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Neumark-Sztainer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001828:Body Image / Q000523:psychology*; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D019513:Feminism; D006801:Humans; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D055815:Young Adult