body satisfaction

Objective. The aim of this paper was to examine the association between appearance-based social comparison and eating disorder symptoms, body satisfaction, depressive symptoms, drive for muscularity, self-esteem, and physical activity in Brazilian college women. Method. The participants were 542 college women aged 18 to 30. A questionnaire was used to collect information on appearance comparisons, eating disorders symptoms, body satisfaction, depressive symptoms, drive for muscularity, self-esteem, and physical activity. A multiple linear regression was conducted adjusted by age, marital status, body mass index, and economic level. Results. The model that best explained the appearance comparisons scores variation included eating disorders symptoms (β= .385; p< .001), body satisfaction (β= -.200; p< .001), depressive symptoms (β= .169; p< .001), and drive for muscularity (β= .091; p< .05). Conclusion. Eating disorders, depressive symptoms, drive for muscularity, and body satisfaction were associated with appearance comparisons.

Purpose: The present study aimed to examine the associations between anthropometric indexes derived from body measurements and body satisfaction.Methods: The study included voluntary female aged 19–64 years. The face-to-face questionnaire included questions on participants’ sociodemographic characteristics (age, sex, educational level, marital status, employment status, and socioeconomic status), the Body Image Scale (BIS), and the Body Appreciation Scale (BAS). Anthropometric measurements were obtained by trained researchers in accordance with standardized procedures. Using measurements, anthropometric ratios and indices—waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), waist-to-height ratio (WHtR), body mass index (BMI), conicity index (CI), body shape index (BSI), abdominal volume index (AVI), and body adiposity index (BAI)—were calculated. Data were analyzed using SPSS 23.0.Results: A total of 1.291 female participated in the study, with a mean age of 36.8 ± 12.7 years. Scale scores varied significantly across participants’ sociodemographic characteristics (p