TY - JOUR
T1 - Feminist identity, body image, and disordered eating
AU - Borowsky, Hannah M.
AU - Eisenberg, Marla E.
AU - Bucchianeri, Michaela M.
AU - Piran, Niva
AU - Neumark-Sztainer, Dianne
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Taylor & Francis.
PY - 2016/8/7
Y1 - 2016/8/7
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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U2 - 10.1080/10640266.2015.1123986
DO - 10.1080/10640266.2015.1123986
M3 - Article
C2 - 26694553
AN - SCOPUS:84951266019
SN - 1064-0266
VL - 24
SP - 297
EP - 311
JO - Eating disorders
JF - Eating disorders
IS - 4
ER -