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Developmental changes in fat talk to avoid peer rejection in Japanese girls and young women
- Source :
- Health Psychology Open, Health Psychology Open, Vol 6 (2019)
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- SAGE Publications, 2019.
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Abstract
- “Fat talk” refers to conversations focused on body disparagement. We examined developmental changes in fat talk to avoid social rejection and the mediating role of fat talk between “thin-ideal” internalization and body dissatisfaction. A total of 214 high school girls and 227 college-aged women completed questionnaires assessing fat talk engagement, body dissatisfaction, thin-ideal internalization, and sensitivity to rejection. Path analyses showed that fat talk mediated between thin-ideal internalization and body dissatisfaction and that rejection sensitivity predicted fat talk among high school girls, but not among college women. The purpose of fat talk differed by developmental stage, suggesting that interventions for improving body image should be developmentally tailored.
- Subjects :
- self-disparaging
050103 clinical psychology
Developmental stage
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education
05 social sciences
Psychological intervention
050109 social psychology
fat talk
Report of Empirical Study
Developmental psychology
Psychiatry and Mental health
Clinical Psychology
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0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
adolescents
social rejection
Internalization
Psychology
body dissatisfaction
Social rejection
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Body dissatisfaction
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Details
- ISSN :
- 20551029
- Volume :
- 6
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Health Psychology Open
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....dde412e2496b7dddc15f86acbe36e030