Abstract
Previous literature regarding body image highlighted that surgical concerns
are more evident in women having distorted body image. However, the
exposure to media images of thin-and-beautiful women creates the
discrepant body image in young women leading to surgical concerns is not
well understood. Additionally, the role of thin ideal internalization as a
mediator between body image discrepancy and increasing surgical concerns
is largely unknown. The sample of 450 U.S. working Women with Pakistani
origin (M = 28.5; SD = 4.36) were taken and the data was collected using
self-report questionnaires. The findings revealed that Body Image
Discrepancy (Actual vs. Media Ideal Body Image) have positive relationship
with the surgical concerns. While more discrepancy results in the increase
level of thin ideal internalization. Furthermore, results from Structural
Equation Modeling revealed that the thin ideal internalization partially
mediate the relationship between body image discrepancy and surgical
concerns of U.S working women with Pakistani origin. This study concludes
that women develop surgical concerns as a result of thin ideal body image
discrepancy as cultivated by media glorification of thin body ideals.
Mian Ahmad Hanan, Noshina Saleem, Arooj Arshad. (2017) Body Image Discrepancy and Surgical Concerns: Thin Ideal Internalization as a Mediator, Journal of Behavioural Sciences, Volume 27, Issue 1.
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