ROLE OF PEER INFLUENCE AND THIN-IDEAL INTERNALIZATION ON BODY DISSATISFACTION AND DISORDERED EATING IN MEXICAN GIRLS/ ROL DE LA INFLUENCIA DE PARES Y DE LA INTERIORIZACIÓN DEL IDEAL DE DELGADEZ SOBRE LA INSATISFACCIÓN CORPORAL Y ALIMENTACIÓN NO SALUDABLE EN JÓVENES MEXICANAS/ O PAPEL DA INFLUÊNCIA DE PARES E DA INTERIORIZAÇÃO DO IDEAL DE DELGADEZA NA INSATISFAÇÃO CORPORAL E NA ALIMENTAÇÃO NÃO SAUDÁVEL EM JOVENS MEXICANAS

The aim of this study was to examine the role of peer influence and thin-ideal internalization on body dissatisfaction and disordered eating. The Eating Attitudes Test, the Body Shape Questionnaire and the Questionnaire of Sociocultural Influences on the Aesthetic Body Shape Model were administered...

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Published in:Revista colombiana de psicología 2012-12, Vol.21 (2), p.343-353
Main Authors: Adriana Amaya-Hernández, Rosalía Vázquez-Arévalo, Georgina Alvarez-Rayón, Karina Franco-Paredes, Xochitl López-Aguilar, Juan Manuel Mancilla-Díaz, María T. Ocampo Téllez-Girón
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Language:English
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alimentación no saludable
alimentação não saudável
body dissatisfaction
disordered eating
influencia de pares
influência de pares
insatisfacción corporal
insatisfação corporal
interiorización del ideal de delgadez
interiorização do ideal de delgadeza
mujeres jóvenes
mulheres jovens
peer influence
thin-ideal internalization
young women
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Summary:The aim of this study was to examine the role of peer influence and thin-ideal internalization on body dissatisfaction and disordered eating. The Eating Attitudes Test, the Body Shape Questionnaire and the Questionnaire of Sociocultural Influences on the Aesthetic Body Shape Model were administered to 130 female students, with a mean age of 19.44. The results showed that thin-ideal internalization mediated the relationship between peer influence and body dissatisfaction (β=0.14, p>.05), and the relationship between peer influence and disordered eating (β=0.09, p>.05). This study supports the hypothesis that the thin-ideal internalization is an important mediator on body dissatisfaction and disordered eating in Mexican girls.
ISSN:0121-5469