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THE IMPACT OF FEMINIST IDENTITY DEVELOPMENT ON THE INTERNALIZATION OF SOCIOCULTURAL PRESSURES AND BODY DISSATISFACTION

Klotzman, Jill R
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wsupsych1530201473669287

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2019, Doctor of Psychology (PsyD), Wright State University, School of Professional Psychology.
The purpose of the present study was to examine the relationship between perceived sociocultural pressures and internalization of the thin ideal and to determine whether or not high levels of feminist identity development moderate this relationship. The study also investigated the relationship between internalization of the thin ideal and body dissatisfaction and whether or not high levels of feminist identity development moderated the relationship. Two multiple hierarchical regression analyses were performed using data collected from a female undergraduate student sample (N=403) from Wright State University. These data were derived from a survey containing the Perceived Sociocultural Pressure Scale (PSPS; Stice & Argas, 1998), the Body Stereotype Scale-Revised (IBSS-R; Stice, Marti, Spoor, Presnell, & Shaw, 2008), the Body Areas Satisfaction Scale-Revised (BASS-R; Petrie, Tripp, & Harvey, 2002), and the Feminist Identity Development Scale (FIDS; Bargad & Hyde, 1991). Findings showed that while pressures and internalization and internalization and body dissatisfaction were significantly and positively correlated, high levels of feminist identity development did not moderate the strength of these relationships. The findings of this study indicate that future research is necessary to pinpoint specific aspects of feminist identity that may serve to protect women from internalization and/or the development of body dissatisfaction. Furthermore, this study highlighted that further research is necessary in order to better understand how and why women with higher levels of feminist identity development tend to perceive more sociocultural pressure to be thin than their less feminist counterparts.
Jeremiah Schumm, Ph.D (Committee Chair)
Daniela Burnworth, Ph.D (Committee Member)
Cheryl Meyer, Ph.D (Committee Member)
69 p.
Psychology; Social Psychology
Feminism; Feminist Identity; Sociocultural Pressures; Thin Ideal; Internalization; Body Dissatisfaction; Female; Moderation; Eating Disorder; FIDS

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  • Klotzman, J. R. (2019). THE IMPACT OF FEMINIST IDENTITY DEVELOPMENT ON THE INTERNALIZATION OF SOCIOCULTURAL PRESSURES AND BODY DISSATISFACTION [Doctoral dissertation, Wright State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wsupsych1530201473669287

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Klotzman, Jill. THE IMPACT OF FEMINIST IDENTITY DEVELOPMENT ON THE INTERNALIZATION OF SOCIOCULTURAL PRESSURES AND BODY DISSATISFACTION. 2019. Wright State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wsupsych1530201473669287.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Klotzman, Jill. "THE IMPACT OF FEMINIST IDENTITY DEVELOPMENT ON THE INTERNALIZATION OF SOCIOCULTURAL PRESSURES AND BODY DISSATISFACTION." Doctoral dissertation, Wright State University, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wsupsych1530201473669287

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