Evaluative concerns and personal standards perfectionism as predictors of body dissatisfaction in Asian and European American female college students. Issue 7 (2nd October 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Chang, Edward C.; Yu, Tina; Chang, Olivia D.; Jilani, Zunaira
• Is Part Of: Journal of American college health. Volume 64:Issue 7(2016)
• Page Start: 580
• Page End: 584
• Publication Date: 2016-10-02
• Subjects: Body dissatisfaction -- college students -- ethnicity -- females -- perfectionism; College students -- Health and hygiene -- United States -- Periodicals; College students -- Health and hygiene -- Periodicals; College students -- Mental health -- Periodicals; Universities and colleges -- Health promotion services -- Periodicals; 362.10883781980973
• DOI: 10.1080/07448481.2016.1178121
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0744-8481

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Objectives : The present study examined perfectionism (viz, evaluative concerns and personal standards) and ethnicity as predictors of body dissatisfaction in female college students.Participants : Participants were 298 female college students sampled by December of 2013.Methods : A self-report survey with measures of body dissatisfaction, perfectionism, and demographics was conducted.Results : Regression analyses indicated that evaluative concerns perfectionism (ECP) was a significant predictor of body dissatisfaction. The inclusion of ethnicity was found to further augment the prediction model. Moreover, we found support for an ECP × Ethnicity interaction effect in predicting body dissatisfaction. Specifically, among high-ECP female students, European Americans, compared with Asian Americans, reported the highest level of body dissatisfaction.Conclusion : High ECP represents a potential marker of body dissatisfaction in female college students. However, the presence of high ECP is a more critical predictor of body dissatisfaction in European American female students, compared with Asian American female students.