Gender and Cultural Differences in the Relationships between Self-Esteem Contingency, Body Talk, and Body Esteem

This study analyzed the positive and negative body talk of male and female adolescents cross-culturally with an emphasis on the role of appearance-contingent and others’ approval-contingent self-worth. A cross-national survey in Austria, Belgium, Spain, and South Korea among 12- to 16-year-olds (982...

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Autores principales:	Jounghwa Choi, Yoojin Chung, Hye Eun Lee, Michael Prieler
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	contingency of self-esteem body talk body esteem gender culture Pediatrics RJ1-570
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:27cc49844ef54f8a8faae2fa04e61f1b2021-11-25T17:14:30ZGender and Cultural Differences in the Relationships between Self-Esteem Contingency, Body Talk, and Body Esteem10.3390/children81110092227-9067https://doaj.org/article/27cc49844ef54f8a8faae2fa04e61f1b2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/11/1009https://doaj.org/toc/2227-9067This study analyzed the positive and negative body talk of male and female adolescents cross-culturally with an emphasis on the role of appearance-contingent and others’ approval-contingent self-worth. A cross-national survey in Austria, Belgium, Spain, and South Korea among 12- to 16-year-olds (982 female and 993 male) found that (1) positive body talk was positively related and negative body talk was negatively related to body esteem; (2) appearance contingency was positively related to negative body talk; (3) appearance contingency increased positive body talk among girls (except Korean girls); and (4) contingency on other’s approval increased positive body talk among boys in all four countries. Overall, gender differences were more prominent than cultural differences and positive body talk was instrumental in promoting adolescents’ body esteem.Jounghwa ChoiYoojin ChungHye Eun LeeMichael PrielerMDPI AGarticlecontingency of self-esteembody talkbody esteemgenderculturePediatricsRJ1-570ENChildren, Vol 8, Iss 1009, p 1009 (2021)
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spellingShingle	contingency of self-esteem body talk body esteem gender culture Pediatrics RJ1-570 Jounghwa Choi Yoojin Chung Hye Eun Lee Michael Prieler Gender and Cultural Differences in the Relationships between Self-Esteem Contingency, Body Talk, and Body Esteem
description	This study analyzed the positive and negative body talk of male and female adolescents cross-culturally with an emphasis on the role of appearance-contingent and others’ approval-contingent self-worth. A cross-national survey in Austria, Belgium, Spain, and South Korea among 12- to 16-year-olds (982 female and 993 male) found that (1) positive body talk was positively related and negative body talk was negatively related to body esteem; (2) appearance contingency was positively related to negative body talk; (3) appearance contingency increased positive body talk among girls (except Korean girls); and (4) contingency on other’s approval increased positive body talk among boys in all four countries. Overall, gender differences were more prominent than cultural differences and positive body talk was instrumental in promoting adolescents’ body esteem.
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title	Gender and Cultural Differences in the Relationships between Self-Esteem Contingency, Body Talk, and Body Esteem
title_short	Gender and Cultural Differences in the Relationships between Self-Esteem Contingency, Body Talk, and Body Esteem
title_full	Gender and Cultural Differences in the Relationships between Self-Esteem Contingency, Body Talk, and Body Esteem
title_fullStr	Gender and Cultural Differences in the Relationships between Self-Esteem Contingency, Body Talk, and Body Esteem
title_full_unstemmed	Gender and Cultural Differences in the Relationships between Self-Esteem Contingency, Body Talk, and Body Esteem
title_sort	gender and cultural differences in the relationships between self-esteem contingency, body talk, and body esteem
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Gender and Cultural Differences in the Relationships between Self-Esteem Contingency, Body Talk, and Body Esteem

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