title: Readiness to accept Western standard of beauty and body satisfaction among Muslim girls with and without hijab.
abstract: The purpose of this paper was to determine whether there is a difference in the readiness to accept Western standards of beauty in which thinness is an ideal of beauty and attractiveness, as well in body and appearance satisfaction between Muslim adolescent girls attending madrassa and dressing in accordance with tradition, that is to say wearing hijab, and Muslim adolescent girls who do not wear hijab and who follow contemporary Western-influenced fashion trends. Both of these groups were also compared to a non-Muslim group of adolescent girls. The sample consisted of 75 Muslim adolescent girls with hijab, 75 Muslim adolescent girls without hijab and 75 Orthodox adolescent girls. The following instruments were used: the Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-26), the Sociocultural Attitudes towards Appearance Questionnaire (SATAQ-3) and the Contour Drawing Rating Scale (CDRS). The highest level of body satisfaction (despite this group having the highest body weight in the sample) was evident among Muslim adolescent girls attending madrassa and wearing hijab. They also showed significantly less pressure to attain the Western thin-ideal standards of beauty than adolescent girls who accept Western way of dressing. Research results indicate a significant role of socio-cultural factors in one's attitude towards the body image, but also opens the question of the role of religion as a protective factor when it comes to the body and appearance attitude among Muslim women who wear hijab.
authors.affiliation: State University of Novi Pazar, Novi Pazar, Serbia.
authors.forename: Dušanka
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Đurović
authors.affiliation: State University of Novi Pazar, Novi Pazar, Serbia.
authors.forename: Marija
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tiosavljević
authors.affiliation: State University of Novi Pazar, Novi Pazar, Serbia.
authors.forename: Harisa
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Šabanović
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude; D001504:Beauty; D001828:Body Image; D001835:Body Weight; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007514:Islam / Q000523:psychology*; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Body image; Muslim women; Western beauty standards; hijab