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    The Mediating Effects of Intimacy Between Sibling Negative Body Talk and Body Dissatisfaction in Female Adolescents: The Forgotten Sibling Relationship
    (North Dakota State University, 2019) Johnson, Emma Lynn
    Body dissatisfaction has become so common that most girls and women will experience it at some point in their lives. Teasing and pressure from family members have been shown to be potent influences in the development of body dissatisfaction. However, most research conducted so far focuses on teasing and pressure from mothers, and neglects siblings altogether. I examined how appearance related teasing and pressure from siblings predicted body dissatisfaction and whether sibling intimacy mediated these relationships. Using survey data from 139 female adolescents, I found that appearance related teasing and pressure from siblings significantly predicted higher levels of body dissatisfaction. I also found significant indirect effects such that sibling teasing and pressure were associated with sibling intimacy, which was associated with body dissatisfaction, although there was no evidence of full mediation. Results indicate that siblings play an important role in the development of body dissatisfaction, and in consequence, eating disorders.
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    Tracking Body Dissatisfaction and Body Ideals of Ethnically Diverse College Women
    (North Dakota State University, 2022) Johnson, Emma
    Globally, women are exposed to society-created, unachievable body ideals, which change over time and are subject to influence by other, typically Western, societies. Socializing agents such as family members, peers, and media often reinforce these ideals through pressure, which can then lead to body dissatisfaction. Research on body ideals and body dissatisfaction disproportionately focuses on White women within the United States. While this group is important to continue to examine, there is a need to include women from outside of the United States and from Non-Western societies. Thus, this study examined college women’s perceptions of body ideals within and outside of the United States, where they learned these ideals, changes in body dissatisfaction over time, and how pressure to be thin from socializing agents was associated with body dissatisfaction in women from both Western and Non-Western societies. College women born and raised within the United States (domestic) and women from outside of the United States but now living in the United States to attend college (international) completed a series of online surveys. First, open-ended questions were used to gather participant perceptions of body ideals. Results indicated that three main body ideals existed within and outside of the United States, with a thin, with accentuated features ideal being the most prominent within the United States, and a thin-ideal being the most common among Non-Western women. Further, nearly all participants stated that the media was responsible for teaching them about body ideals. Second, validated measures were used to collect data about pressure from socializing agents and body dissatisfaction among Western and Non-Western (specifically Asian) women. Body dissatisfaction at baseline and trajectory of body dissatisfaction did not significantly differ between the two groups. However, while greater pressure all socializing agents were associated with higher body dissatisfaction in the predominantly White Western group, for the Asian group, only pressure from family members was significantly associated with increased body dissatisfaction. The results of this study can be used to inform and create broader, culturally appropriate educational body image programming with the goal of preventing or intervening to reduce body dissatisfaction in college women.