Empowerment,feminism, and self-efficacy: Relationships to body image and disordered eating |
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Affiliation: | 1. Center for Eating Disorders ‘Ursula’, P.O. Box 422, 2260 AK Leidschendam, The Netherlands;2. Department of Psychiatry, Leiden University Medical Center, Postbox 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, the Netherlands |
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Abstract: | Sociocultural norms pertaining to an ideal of thinness for women likely play a role in the development and maintenance of disturbance in body image, and by extension, disordered eating. However, competing norms associated with feminism may buffer women from pressures associated with achieving the thin ideal. The present study explored the relationship between feminist ideology, empowerment, and self-efficacy relative to body image and eating behavior with a sample of U.S. undergraduate women (N = 318) attending a southeastern U.S. mid-sized university. In planned hierarchical multiple regression analyses, endorsement of feminist ideology predicted perceptions of positive body image, but did not appear to predict disordered eating. Self-efficacy emerged as a robust predictor of positive body image and lower disordered eating even after controlling for perceptions of personal empowerment and feminism. Results, although limited by correlational data, suggest that self-efficacy may protect college-aged women from disordered eating and negative body image. |
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Keywords: | Body image Disordered eating Empowerment Feminism Self-efficacy |
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