Body image assessed by a video distortion technique: the relationship between ideal and perceived body image and body dissatisfaction
✍ Scribed by Gian Paolo Guaraldi; Emanuele Orlandi; Paolo Boselli; Kathleen M. O'Donnell
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 71 KB
- Volume
- 7
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1072-4133
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✦ Synopsis
Current sociocultural beliefs de®ne feminine beauty as being tall and slender. The relationship between Perceived Body Image, Ideal Body Image and Body Dissatisfaction were assessed by the Distorting Television Image Method (DTIM) in a sample of 78 female subjects ranging in age from 15 to 65 years. Of the sample 88.46 per cent desired a taller and thinner body than their own undistorted image as seen on the television screen. These subjects with an Ideal Body taller and thinner than their own, also had a Perceived Body Image which was taller and thinner than it actually was, yet they were the most dissatis®ed with their body dimensions. The subjects with an Ideal Body Image very different from the current sociocultural standards showed the lowest level of Body Dissatisfaction.