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“How do I look?” a study on the sociocultural acceptance towards appearance among female university students / Josephine Josli, Patricia Pawa Pitil and Floranordiana Ennya Niru

This study aims to explore the sociocultural acceptance towards the appearance concerning body mass index (BMI) among female university students (N = 414). The female students were selected from various faculties using a stratified sampling technique through an online platform in a cross-sectional s...

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Main Authors: Josli, Josephine, Pitil, Patricia Pawa, Niru, Floranordiana Ennya
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Language:English
Published: Universiti Teknologi MARA, Perlis 2023
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Educational psychology
Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/79743/1/79743.pdf
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spelling my.uitm.ir.797432023-08-24T08:17:58Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/79743/ “How do I look?” a study on the sociocultural acceptance towards appearance among female university students / Josephine Josli, Patricia Pawa Pitil and Floranordiana Ennya Niru jurnalintelek Josli, Josephine Pitil, Patricia Pawa Niru, Floranordiana Ennya Educational psychology This study aims to explore the sociocultural acceptance towards the appearance concerning body mass index (BMI) among female university students (N = 414). The female students were selected from various faculties using a stratified sampling technique through an online platform in a cross-sectional study. The Sociocultural Attitudes Towards Appearance Questionnaire – 4 was employed to measure the internalisation of appearance ideals and appearance-related pressure, such as internalised muscular-athletic, internalised thin-low body fat, as well as pressures from family, peers, and media. Sociodemographic and body weight and height were also reported. The factor of internalised thin-low body fat has the highest mean score, while the lowest mean score was pressure from peers. Pressures from family, peers, and media were significantly different among the BMI categories. However, the finding contradicted with internalised muscular-athletic and internalised thin-low body fat. There should be concerns as significant differences were found in the pressures of family, peers, and media, in which obese females perceived the highest in those variables compared to other weight categories. The results suggest that the use of media among females warrants extra control as it has the highest among obese females towards their appearance. Educational actions are strongly advised so that family and friends would be more supportive in body weight management among females instead of pressuring them on their appearance. These findings suggest that other sociodemographic should be investigated to understand their influence in the internalisation of appearance ideals and appearance-related pressure among females. Universiti Teknologi MARA, Perlis 2023-08 Article PeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/79743/1/79743.pdf “How do I look?” a study on the sociocultural acceptance towards appearance among female university students / Josephine Josli, Patricia Pawa Pitil and Floranordiana Ennya Niru. (2023) Jurnal Intelek <https://ir.uitm.edu.my/view/publication/Jurnal_Intelek/>, 18 (2): 10. pp. 118-127. ISSN 2682-9223
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Josli, Josephine
Pitil, Patricia Pawa
Niru, Floranordiana Ennya
“How do I look?” a study on the sociocultural acceptance towards appearance among female university students / Josephine Josli, Patricia Pawa Pitil and Floranordiana Ennya Niru
description This study aims to explore the sociocultural acceptance towards the appearance concerning body mass index (BMI) among female university students (N = 414). The female students were selected from various faculties using a stratified sampling technique through an online platform in a cross-sectional study. The Sociocultural Attitudes Towards Appearance Questionnaire – 4 was employed to measure the internalisation of appearance ideals and appearance-related pressure, such as internalised muscular-athletic, internalised thin-low body fat, as well as pressures from family, peers, and media. Sociodemographic and body weight and height were also reported. The factor of internalised thin-low body fat has the highest mean score, while the lowest mean score was pressure from peers. Pressures from family, peers, and media were significantly different among the BMI categories. However, the finding contradicted with internalised muscular-athletic and internalised thin-low body fat. There should be concerns as significant differences were found in the pressures of family, peers, and media, in which obese females perceived the highest in those variables compared to other weight categories. The results suggest that the use of media among females warrants extra control as it has the highest among obese females towards their appearance. Educational actions are strongly advised so that family and friends would be more supportive in body weight management among females instead of pressuring them on their appearance. These findings suggest that other sociodemographic should be investigated to understand their influence in the internalisation of appearance ideals and appearance-related pressure among females.
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author Josli, Josephine
Pitil, Patricia Pawa
Niru, Floranordiana Ennya
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Pitil, Patricia Pawa
Niru, Floranordiana Ennya
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title “How do I look?” a study on the sociocultural acceptance towards appearance among female university students / Josephine Josli, Patricia Pawa Pitil and Floranordiana Ennya Niru
title_short “How do I look?” a study on the sociocultural acceptance towards appearance among female university students / Josephine Josli, Patricia Pawa Pitil and Floranordiana Ennya Niru
title_full “How do I look?” a study on the sociocultural acceptance towards appearance among female university students / Josephine Josli, Patricia Pawa Pitil and Floranordiana Ennya Niru
title_fullStr “How do I look?” a study on the sociocultural acceptance towards appearance among female university students / Josephine Josli, Patricia Pawa Pitil and Floranordiana Ennya Niru
title_full_unstemmed “How do I look?” a study on the sociocultural acceptance towards appearance among female university students / Josephine Josli, Patricia Pawa Pitil and Floranordiana Ennya Niru
title_sort “how do i look?” a study on the sociocultural acceptance towards appearance among female university students / josephine josli, patricia pawa pitil and floranordiana ennya niru
publisher Universiti Teknologi MARA, Perlis
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