ArticleBMC psychology2025
Assessing associations amongst body dissatisfaction, eating disorder symptoms and sociocultural influences in adolescents from rural Nicaragua.
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- Influence of aesthetic beauty models on body image in indigenous communities in Latin America: a systematic review.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Pooled it
- The Predictive Level of Body Image and Self-Esteem in Emerging Adulthood on Eating Attitudes: The Mediating Role of Life Satisfaction.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
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introductionWe conducted a cross-sectional study with adolescents in rural Nicaragua to assess the associations amongst body dissatisfaction, eating disorder symptoms and sociocultural influences (sociocultural pressures and media internalization), and assessed gender and ethnic group differences.
methodsA total of 122 adolescents aged 11-18 years (77 girls; M
resultsStronger perceived sociocultural pressures and greater media internalization were associated with higher levels of body dissatisfaction and more eating disorder symptoms in both boys and girls. Perceived sociocultural pressure from family, friends and the media was the strongest predictor of body dissatisfaction in hierarchical regression models. Although general media internalization did not predict body dissatisfaction, athletic internalization emerged as a significant predictor for girls in exploratory analyses. Girls showed lower body dissatisfaction and lower media internalization compared to boys. Compared to participants of Afro-descended ethnicity, Indigenous participants showed higher body dissatisfaction, higher media internalization and higher perceived sociocultural pressure. There were no gender or ethnic differences in eating disorder symptoms.
conclusionsOur results suggest that perceived pressures from family, friends and the media are stronger predictors for body dissatisfaction than media internalization - for both boys and girls. Furthermore, differences between Indigenous and Afro-descended participants highlight the importance of taking cultural context and ethnicity into account when assessing body dissatisfaction and eating disorder symptoms in rural, Latin American populations.
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