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Waist‐to‐hip ratio and body dissatisfaction among college women and men: Moderating role of depressed symptoms and gender
Author(s) -
Joiner Thomas E.,
Schmidt Norman B.,
Singh Devendra
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
international journal of eating disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.785
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1098-108X
pISSN - 0276-3478
DOI - 10.1002/1098-108x(199409)16:2<199::aid-eat2260160211>3.0.co;2-m
Subject(s) - psychology , waist–hip ratio , waist , clinical psychology , depressive symptoms , body mass index , developmental psychology , gerontology , medicine , psychiatry , anxiety
We examined the interrelationships of waist‐to‐hip ratio (WHR), body dissatisfaction, gender, and depressed and eating disordered symptoms cross‐sectionally among 131 male and female undergraduates. Based on past findings on physical and mental health, attractiveness, and depressive realism, we predicted that the WHR X Depression X Gender interaction would be significantly related to body dissatisfaction, such that the correspondence between WHR and body dissatisfaction would be more pronounced among depressed than among nondepressed women and men. This hypothesis received support. Implications of our results for work on body dissatisfaction were discussed. © 1994 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.