Improving understanding of the predictors of body dissatisfaction across the lifespan
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- Title
- Improving understanding of the predictors of body dissatisfaction across the lifespan
- Creator
- Georgia Mancroft
- Supervisor
- Amy Harrison.
- Date
- 2016
- Abstract
- Body dissatisfaction can lead to serious psychological consequences, which include eating disorders. It is reported that body dissatisfaction is a phenomenon that is experienced by both women and men throughout the lifespan. There is little research into a biological basis for body dissatisfaction. The aim of this dissertation is to investigate how the prevalence of social comparison, negative state emotions, perfectionism and frequency of social media use impact body dissatisfaction, as well as how behavioural activation and inhibition systems mediate or moderate with social comparison orientation, and in turn, how this impacts body dissatisfaction. 195 individuals participated in the study completing an online survey. The study's findings highlight that negative state emotions precede body dissatisfaction, and in turn eating disorders. The results reiterate the risk high frequency of social media use can potential have on mental health and wellbeing. Findings also implicate BIS/BAS as a potential biological basis for social comparison.
- Subject
- Psychology
- Extent
- 99 pages : illustrations
- Format
- Publisher
- Regent's University London
- degree
- MSc Psychology
- Language
- English
- Date Issued
- 2016
- Type
- Thesis & Dissertation
- Rights Holder
- Regent's University London & Georgia Mancroft
- Item sets
- Theses or Dissertation