Detailed Information
Cited 0 time in 
Cited 0 time in 
Cited 0 time in
Metadata Downloads
Body Dissatisfaction and Disordered Eating Among Early Adolescents From Korea and the US
- Authors
- Jung, Jaehee; Forbes, Gordon B.; Lee, Yoon-jung
- Issue Date
- 7월-2009
- Publisher
- SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
- Keywords
- Cross-cultural; Body dissatisfaction; Disordered eating; Early adolescents; Sociocultural theory; Feminist theory; Korea
- Citation
- SEX ROLES, v.61, no.1-2, pp.42 - 54
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- SEX ROLES
- Volume
- 61
- Number
- 1-2
- Start Page
- 42
- End Page
- 54
- ISSN
- 0360-0025
- Abstract
- Multidimensional measures of body dissatisfaction and disordered eating were studied in samples of 12-15 years old middle school children. Consistent with feminist theories associating body dissatisfaction with rapid social change, Korean girls (n = 272) exhibited the greatest body dissatisfaction and the most behaviors associated with disordered eating and were followed in order by Korean boys (n = 276), US girls (n = 251), and US boys (n = 220). The results, which replicated Jung and Forbes (2006) report of greater body dissatisfaction among Korean than among US college women, suggest that (1) these differences originate prior to adolescence, and (2) the sociocultural variables producing greater body dissatisfaction in Korean girls and women also influence body dissatisfaction among boys.
- Files in This Item
- There are no files associated with this item.
- Appears in
Collections - College of Education > Department of Home Economics Education > 1. Journal Articles
Items in ScholarWorks are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.