Integrating Thin-Ideal Internalization and Self-Objectification within Eating Disorder Prevention for Women
dc.contributor | Perez, Marisol | |
dc.creator | Kroon Van Diest, Ashley Michelle | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-01-15T07:05:32Z | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-04-07T19:59:31Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-01-15T07:05:32Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-04-07T19:59:31Z | |
dc.date.created | 2011-12 | |
dc.date.issued | 2012-02-14 | |
dc.description.abstract | A cross-sectional and longitudinal examination of thin-ideal internalization and self-objectification was conducted within the context of an eating disorder prevention program. The sample consisted of 177 undergraduate women enrolled in a sorority between the ages of 18 and 22 who participated in a dissonance-based eating disorder prevention program. Participants completed self-report assessments at baseline, post-intervention, 5-month, and 1-year follow-up. Measures included the Ideal-Body Stereotype Scale-Revised, Self-Objectification Questionnaire, Body Shape Questionnaire, and Eating Disorder Examination-Questionnaire. A cross-sectional path analysis indicated that thin-ideal internalization and self-objectification predict each other and both predict body dissatisfaction, which in turn, predicts eating disorder symptoms. A longitudinal examination of the prevention program indicated that participants showed significant reductions in thin-ideal internalization, self-objectification, body dissatisfaction, and eating disorder symptoms after participating in a cognitive dissonance eating disorder prevention program. Significant reductions of all symptoms were maintained at 1-year follow-up, with the exception of self-objectification, which had a significant reduction up to the 5-month assessment. A longitudinal path analysis indicated that post-intervention thin-ideal internalization and self-objectification predicted body dissatisfaction at 5-month follow-up assessments which in turn predicted eating disorder symptoms at this same time point. This model was replicated for 1-year follow-up body dissatisfaction and eating disorder symptoms with the exception of the direct path from self-objectification to body dissatisfaction. Assessment of temporal sequence of change between self-objectification and thin-ideal internalization revealed that neither variable significantly predicted meaningful change in the other variable. Finally, individuals who showed meaningful change in self-objectification before showing meaningful reduction in thin-ideal internalization from baseline to post-intervention assessments had greater reductions in eating disorder symptoms 1-year following the intervention. Collectively, these results suggest that eating disorder prevention programs should focus on targeting both thin-ideal internalization and self-objectification simultaneously to increase further the reduction of eating disorder symptoms. | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2011-12-10377 | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.subject | eating disorders | |
dc.subject | prevention | |
dc.subject | thin-ideal internalization | |
dc.subject | self-objectification | |
dc.subject | body dissatisfaction | |
dc.title | Integrating Thin-Ideal Internalization and Self-Objectification within Eating Disorder Prevention for Women | |
dc.type | Thesis |