2016/04/18 by Edward C. Chang, Tina Yu, Olivia D. Chang +1 · 1 citation
Psychology · Medicine · #Eating Disorders and Behaviors #Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies #Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies #Perfectionism (psychology) #Ethnic group #Demographics #Asian americans #Psychology #Clinical psychology #College health #African american #Body mass index #Demography #Medicine #Family medicine #Internal medicine
paper · doi:10.1080/07448481.2016.1178121
openalex publication_date 2016/04/18 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
OBJECTIVES: The present study examined perfectionism (viz, evaluative concerns and personal standards) and ethnicity as predictors of body dissatisfaction in female college students. PARTICIPANTS: Participants were 298 female college students sampled by December of 2013. METHODS: A self-report survey with measures of body dissatisfaction, perfectionism, and demographics was conducted. RESULTS: Regression analyses indicated that evaluative concerns perfectionism (ECP) was a significant predictor of body dissatisfaction. The inclusion of ethnicity was found to further augment the prediction model. Moreover, we found support for an ECP × Ethnicity interaction effect in predicting body dissatisfaction. Specifically, among high-ECP female students, European Americans, compared with Asian Americans, reported the highest level of body dissatisfaction. CONCLUSION: High ECP represents a potential marker of body dissatisfaction in female college students. However, the presence of high ECP is a more critical predictor of body dissatisfaction in European American female students, compared with Asian American female students.