Body Image Perceptions Among Sorority and Non-Sorority Women at a Rural Southeastern University

Kiley Winston-Morgan; Joanne Chopak-Foss; Laura H Gunn

Body Image Perceptions Among Sorority and Non-Sorority Women at a Rural Southeastern University

Kiley Winston-Morgan, Joanne Chopak-Foss, Laura H Gunn

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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship of sorority affiliation on body image perceptions and body dissatisfaction in a sample of Caucasian college women at a rural, mid-size southeastern university. Data were obtained from a sample of sorority (n = 303) and non-sorority (n = 178) college women at a rural, mid-size southeastern university during Spring 2006. Independent samples t-tests showed that sorority women reported significantly higher body dissatisfaction (p

Original language	American English
Journal	Georgia Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance Journal
Volume	43
State	Published - Jan 1 2010

Disciplines

Community Health
Community Health and Preventive Medicine
Public Health
Public Health Education and Promotion

Keywords

Body dissatisfaction
Body image
Body image assessment
College women
Eating disorders
Inventory-3 body dissatisfaction
Sorority women

UN SDGs

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Body Image Perceptions Among Sorority and Non-Sorority Women at a Rural Southeastern University

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