Journal
BODY IMAGE
Volume 5, Issue 3, Pages 326-328Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2008.03.008
Keywords
body image; academic achievement; men; women
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A sample of 1583 undergraduates completed a multidimensional measure of body image (Multidimensional Body-Self Relations Questionnaire, MBSRQ)and a new scale, the Eating and Body Image Disturbances Academic Interference Scale (EBIDAIS). All five subscales of the MBSRQ were related to higher levels of self-reported interference with academic functioning in correlational analyses. For the entire sample, a regression revealed that only the appearance orientation subscale of the MBSRQ did not explain unique variance associated with EBIDAIS scores. A few gender differences emerged when separate regressions were conducted. however, overweight preoccupation was the variable that predicted the largest unique variance for both genders. The results suggest that academic interference should be considered as a possible variable when evaluating the social and occupational problems associated with body image disturbance. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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