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To what extent does body image marketing and Western media influence the rate of anorexia nervosa in young women in the United States, China, and Fiji?
What is Anorexia Nervosa? Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder that was first named in 1873 by Dr. William Gull in a paper he wrote titled “V.—Anorexia Nervosa (Apepsia Hysterica, Anorexia Hysterica)” in which he examines girls ages 15 through 18. The “nervosa” portion of the name comes from Dr. Gull’s description of the patients’ mental states as they exhibited symptoms of the disease. He writes, “That mental states may destroy appetite is notorious…We might call the state hysterical without committing ourselves to the etymological value of the word, or maintaining that the subjects of it have the common symptoms of hysteria. I prefer, however, the more general term ‘nervosa’…”. It was not until years later when a criterion was developed to help to more accurately …show more content…
females will exhibit a greater perception of normative body image influences than U.S. males.
H2: Chinese females will exhibit a greater perception of normative body image influences than Chinese males.
H3: US females will exhibit a greater perception of normative body image influences than Chinese females
H4: US males will exhibit a greater perception of normative body image influences than Chinese males
The study consisted 209 students from a Midwestern university in the United States and 315 students from a satellite campus located Dalian, China. The students were all asked a series of 60 questions or statements within which nine specific questions that were directly related to body image. Those being surveyed were told to rate each question or statement from one to seven, one meaning strongly disagree and seven meaning strongly agree. The questions were as follows:
Q1. Today’s society places pressure on women to maintain a thin body.
Q2. Thin women receive greater social rewards than women who are not
To what extent does body image marketing and Western media influence the rate of anorexia nervosa in young women in the United States, China, and Fiji?
What is Anorexia Nervosa? Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder that was first named in 1873 by Dr. William Gull in a paper he wrote titled “V.—Anorexia Nervosa (Apepsia Hysterica, Anorexia Hysterica)” in which he examines girls ages 15 through 18. The “nervosa” portion of the name comes from Dr. Gull’s description of the patients’ mental states as they exhibited symptoms of the disease. He writes, “That mental states may destroy appetite is notorious…We might call the state hysterical without committing ourselves to the etymological value of the word, or maintaining that the subjects of it have the common symptoms of hysteria. I prefer, however, the more general term ‘nervosa’…”. It was not until years later when a criterion was developed to help to more accurately …show more content…
females will exhibit a greater perception of normative body image influences than U.S. males.
H2: Chinese females will exhibit a greater perception of normative body image influences than Chinese males.
H3: US females will exhibit a greater perception of normative body image influences than Chinese females
H4: US males will exhibit a greater perception of normative body image influences than Chinese males
The study consisted 209 students from a Midwestern university in the United States and 315 students from a satellite campus located Dalian, China. The students were all asked a series of 60 questions or statements within which nine specific questions that were directly related to body image. Those being surveyed were told to rate each question or statement from one to seven, one meaning strongly disagree and seven meaning strongly agree. The questions were as follows:
Q1. Today’s society places pressure on women to maintain a thin body.
Q2. Thin women receive greater social rewards than women who are not