Sociocultural Standards Of Beauty Research Articles

성적대상화 경험, 외모 관련 사회문화적 가치 내면화, 자기대상화의 관계: 자기개념 명확성의 조절된 매개효과

본 연구에서는 20대 여성들의 성적대상화 경험, 외모 관련 사회문화적 가치 내면화가 자기대상화에 미치는 영향과 그 과정을 자기개념 명확성이 조절하는지 알아보고자 하였다. 선행연구를 바탕으로 외모 관련 사회문화적 가치 내면화가 성적대상화 경험을 매개하여 자기대상화에 영향을 미친다는 연구모형을 설정하고, 이를 검증하기 위해 20대 여성 229명을 대상으로 온라인 설문조사를 실시하였다. 본 연구의 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 성적대상화 경험, 외모관련 사회문화적 가치 내면화 및 자기대상화는 정적으로 유의한 상관을 보였고 자기개념 명확성과는 부적으로 유의미한 상관을 나타냈다. 둘째, 외모 관련 사회문화적 가치 내면화는 성적대상화 경험과 자기대상화의 관계를 완전 매개하였다. 셋째, 자기개념 명확성은 성적대상화 경험과 외모 관련 사회문화적 가치 내면화의 관계에서 조절효과를 나타내지 않았고, 외모 관련 사회문화적 가치 내면화와 자기대상화의 관계에서는 조절효과를 나타냈다. 넷째, 외모 관련 사회문화적 가치 내면화가 성적대상화 경험과 자기대상화를 완전매개하는 경로에서 자기개념 명확성이 조절된 매개효과를 나타냈다. 이러한 결과를 바탕으로 본 연구가 갖는 의의와 한계점 및 후속 연구를 위한 제언을 논의하였다.

The Internalisation of Sociocultural and Thin-Ideal Standards in Sports Scale: Development and preliminary validation in female aesthetic sports athletes

Thinness is a part of today's sociocultural standards of beauty and thus is implicated in body image dissatisfaction and eating disorders. In female aesthetic sports, thinness is a standard for aesthetics and performance. Measuring the internalisation of thin-ideal standards in these athletes may therefore help them to gain insight into the risks associated with body image dissatisfaction and disordered eating. This study aimed to develop and validate the Internalisation of Sociocultural and Thin-Ideal Standards in Sports (ISTISS) Scale. Four studies involving 357 female aesthetic athletes examined the exploratory factorial structure, temporal stability, and concurrent validity of the ISTISS, which gave rise to a 10-item scale with two subscales: internalisation of sociocultural standards and thin-ideal standards in sports. Internal consistencies were satisfactory and relationships with the self-regulation of eating attitude in sport were as expected. These findings provide preliminary evidence for the appropriateness of the ISTISS Scale for female aesthetic sports athletes.

The Internalisation of Sociocultural and Thin-Ideal Standards in Sports scale: Development and preliminary validation in female athletes participating in aesthetic sports

Thinness is a part of today's sociocultural standards of beauty and thus is implicated in body-image dissatisfaction and eating disorders. In female aesthetic sports, thinness is a standard for aesthetics and performance. Measuring the internalisation of thin-ideal standards in these athletes may therefore help athletes, coaches, parents, administrators, sport psychologists, and so on to gain insight into the risks associated with body-image dissatisfaction and disordered eating. This study aimed to develop and validate the Internalisation of Sociocultural and Thin-Ideal Standards in Sports (ISTISS) scale. Four studies involving 357 female aesthetic athletes examined the exploratory factorial structure, temporal stability, and concurrent validity of the ISTISS, which gave rise to a 10-item scale with two subscales: internalisation of sociocultural standards and thin-ideal standards in sports. Internal consistencies were satisfactory and relationships with the self-regulation of eating attitude in sport were as expected. These findings provide preliminary evidence for the appropriateness of the ISTISS scale for female aesthetic sports athletes.

The Sociocultural Attitudes Towards Appearance Scale-3 (SATAQ-3) : étude de validation de la version française

Body image literature suggests that the sociocultural environment contributes to the development and maintenance of body dissatisfaction and eating disorders by conveying thin standards of thinness. Three main sources of sociocultural influences were highlighted: family, peers and media. These three sources of pressure can lead to the internalization of messages about the importance of thinness and beauty. Among the various sources of sociocultural influences, media appear to be the most powerful communicator of these standards. Thompson et al. [Intern J Eat Disord 35 (2004) 293-304] developed a multidimensional questionnaire to assess the sociocultural influence of media on appearance: The Sociocultural Attitudes Towards Appearance Scale-3 (SATAQ-3). The SATAQ-3 is a 30-item scale composed of Likert-items in five points (1: completely disagree; 5: completely agree) including four subscales: information, pressures, internalization-general and internalization-athlete. This scale is used in Anglo-Saxon research, notably in clinical populations presenting eating disorder pathologies. People with eating disorders generally show higher scores on these four subscales. The present study is to validate the French version of the SATAQ-3. The sample consisted of 818 teenagers from private and public middle schools aged an average of 16.8 ± 1.2 years old, with an average body mass index (BMI) of 20.7 ± 2.9. Participants completed two questionnaires: the body shape questionnaire (BSQ) assessing body dissatisfaction, in particular worries about weight and body shape, and the SATAQ-3. We carried out the translation of the SATAQ-3 in parallel back-translation. First, two French-speaking people translated the English version into French. Then, two English-speakers translated the French version without the assistance of the original version. Thereafter, the two English-language versions (original version and version obtained by back-translation) were compared in order to ensure that there were no errors of meaning in the French version. A factorial analysis of the SATAQ-3 was conducted on the 818 subjects through extraction of the main components method with the extraction's rule of the curve for the Eigen values; the data was transformed through Varimax rotation. The factorial analysis showed five factors with Eigen values greater than 1 (11.3; 2.6; 2.1; 1.6; 1.07). The factors were then composed of the items presenting substantial saturation, greater than or equal to 0.5. Since only one item (20) presented saturation on factor 5, the four-factor solution was retained. These four factors accounted for 17.7, 16.3, 9.7 and 14.8% of the overall variance, respectively. This four-factor solution explains 58.5% of the total variance. The oblique rotation analysis underlined moderate to strong correlations between the four factors (0.3 to 0.66). The four factors of the factorial analysis correspond to the four subscales of the initial American study: pressures (Cronbach's alpha=0.89), information (Cronbach's alpha=0.87), internalization-athlete (Cronbach's alpha=0.82), internalization-general (Cronbach's alpha=0.92). The four subscales are positively correlated with the BSQ (0.26 to 0.55). The correlation for age and BMI indicates a very low association between these two variables and the SATAQ-3 subscales, with only one significant correlation (SATAQ-3 pressures and BMI=0.14; p<0.05). Results of a regression analysis showed that body dissatisfaction (BSQ) was predicted by pressures (β=0.37, t=10.2; p<0.0001), internalization-general (β=0.29, t=8.1; p<0.0001). This model accounted for 38.1% of the variance of body dissatisfaction. This study shows elements of satisfactory validity for the French version of the SATAQ-3. Indeed, as for the original scale validation, the current factorial analysis revealed four factors corresponding to the four subscales developed by the authors along with similar alpha values. Research relating to the risk factors in the development of body image disturbances and eating disorders are important given their implications for future strategies of intervention and prevention. Anglo-Saxon research identified media as a powerful and influential communicator concerning sociocultural standards of beauty. Because of the lack of French studies on this subject, the newly validated SATAQ-3 could provide a means for exploring new issues related to eating disorders in this population. Implications of the SATAQ-3 are multiple, particularly to detect "risk groups" and to prevent body image disturbance and eating behaviours. The current results provide a means for research on media influence, notably in French clinical samples with eating disorders.