Body image satisfaction among a sample of black female South African students

dc.contributor.authorMwaba, Kelvin
dc.contributor.authorRoman, Nicolette V.
dc.date.accessioned2014-02-03T20:33:57Z
dc.date.available2014-02-03T20:33:57Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.description.abstractNumerous research studies have established a strong relationship between body dissatisfaction and eating disorders. As more and more young people in South Africa embrace Western values, the aspiration to attain the Western body ideal of beauty may be putting some women at risk of developing eating disorders. This study focused on body image satisfaction among a sample of 150 black South African female university students. Data were collected using a revised Body Shape Questionnaire (Cooper, Taylor, Cooper, & Fairburn, 1987). The results showed the majority of the women were satisfied with their body image. However, there was a minority who engaged in unhealthy eating behaviors. Implications of the findings are discussed.en_US
dc.description.accreditationWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.identifier.citationMwaba, K. & Roman, N.V. (2009). Body image satisfaction among a sample of black female South African students. Social Behaviour and Personality, 37 (7): 905-910en_US
dc.identifier.issn1179-6391
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/993
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.privacy.showsubmitterfalse
dc.publisherSociety for Personality Research (Inc.)en_US
dc.rights© Society for Personality Research (Inc.). Permission granted to reproduce the journal article in this Repository.
dc.source.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.2224/sbp.2009.37.7.905
dc.status.ispeerreviewedtrue
dc.subjectBlack Femaleen_US
dc.subjectSouth Africanen_US
dc.subjectBody Imageen_US
dc.subjectSatisfactionen_US
dc.titleBody image satisfaction among a sample of black female South African studentsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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