This study examined gender role and female body image. It was hypothesized that results would support a statistically significant difference between the androgynous gender role group and other gender role groups on measures of body image. Androgynous female undergraduates (n = 52) of a large southwestern university, as classified by the Short Form of the Bem Sex-Role Inventory, were compared with masculine (n = 57), feminine (n = 53), and undifferentiated (n = 56) female undergraduates on body image scores of the Body Esteem Scale. Androgynous females scored significantly higher than masculine, feminine, and undifferentiated females on the Sexual Attractiveness subscale and significantly higher than the undifferentiated females on the Weight Concern and Physical Condition subscales. Additional results supported a significant correlation between height-to-weight ratio and Weight Concern subscale scores and a low but statistically significant correlation between height-to-weight ratio and Physical Condition subscale scores.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:arizona.edu/oai:arizona.openrepository.com:10150/291890 |
| Date | January 1994 |
| Creators | Silva, Deborah Helen, 1950- |
| Contributors | Christensen, Oscar C. |
| Publisher | The University of Arizona. |
| Source Sets | University of Arizona |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text, Thesis-Reproduction (electronic) |
| Rights | Copyright © is held by the author. Digital access to this material is made possible by the University Libraries, University of Arizona. Further transmission, reproduction or presentation (such as public display or performance) of protected items is prohibited except with permission of the author. |
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