The Appearance-Based Rejection Sensitivity in Kenyan and Polish young women
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The Appearance-RS level, the risk factors for eating disorders, Kenyan and Polish young womenAbstract
The aim of the research was to find cross-cultural differences in the Appearance-RS level, understood as a predictor of eating disorders (especially anorexia nervosa), by comparing obtained test results of young women from Poland and Kenya. The authors examined 62 Kenyan and 62 Polish women aged 19-25 using the ARS Scale by Park (2007). The results showed no significant cross-cultural difference between young women in the global Appearance-RS level related to country of origin and cultural background (Poland vs Kenya). The results may suggest that young women are predisposed to develop eating disorders for the same reasons in Kenyan as they are in Europe (among others: high Appearance-RS level).References
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symptomsin young women - a pilot study. Studia Psychologica, 12
(2), 23-36.
Calogero, R.M., Park, L.E., Rahemtulla, Z.K., & Williams, K.C.D. (2009). Predicting excessive
body image concerns among British university students: The unique role
of Appearance-based Rejection Sensitivity. Body Image, 7(1), 78-81. https://doi.
org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2009.09.005 (access 25.09.2018).
Crocker, J., Luhtanen, R., Cooper, M.L., & Bouvrette, S.A. (2003). Contingencies of selfworth
in college students: Measurement and theory. Journal of Personality and Social
Psychology, 85, 894-908.https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.85.5.894 (access
26.09.2018)
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5). The American
Psychiatric Association.
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV). The American Psychiatric
Association.
Dion, K.K., Berscheid, E., &Walster, E. (1972). What is beautiful isgood. Journal of Personality
and Social Psychology, 24, 285-290. Online: https://garfield.library.upenn.
edu/classics1990/A1990EH31100001.pdf. (access 10.10.2018)
Fredrickson, B.L., Roberts, T. (1997). Objectification theory: Toward understanding
women’s lived experiences and mental health risks. Psychology of Women Quarterly,
21 (2), 173-206. https: //doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-6402.1997.tb00108.x (access
29.09.2018).
Hryniewiecka, J. (1973). Polskie tańce narodowe w formie towarzyskiej. Warszawa: PWN.
Józefik, B. (2013). Kultura, ciało, (nie)jedzenie, terapia. Perspektyw anarracyjno-konstrukcjonistyczna
w zaburzeniach odżywiania. Kraków: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu
Jagiellońskiego.
Keel, P., & Klump, K.L. (2003). Are eating disorders culture- bound syndromes? Implications
for conceptualizing their etiology. Psychological Bulletin, 29(5) 747-769.
https://doi.org/ 10.1037/0033-2909.129.5.747 (access 29.09.2018)
Kolar, D.R., Rodriguez, D.L., Chams, M.M., & Hoek, H.W. (2016) Epidemiology of eatingdisorders
in LatinAmerica: a systematicreview and meta-analysis. Current Opinion
in Psychiatry, (6), 363-371. https://doi.org/10.1097/YCO.0000000000000279
(access 26.09.2018).
Lai, K.Y.C. (2000). Anorexia nervosa in Chinese adolescents- does culture make a difference?
Journal of Adolescence, 23, 561-568. https://doi.org/10.1006/jado.2000.0343
(access 05.10.2018)
Langlois, J.H., Kalakanis, L., Rubenstein, A.J., Larson, A., Hallam,M., & Smoot, M. (2000).
Maxims or myths of beauty? A meta-analyticand theoretical review. Psychological
Bulletin, 126, 390-423.
Lee, S. (1995). Self- starvation in context: towards a culturallysensitive understanding of
anorexia nervosa. Social Science & Medicine, 41(1), 25-36.
Modrzejewska, R., Bomba, J. (2010). Rozpowszechnienie zaburzeń psychicznych i używania
substancji psychoaktywnych w populacji 17-letniej młodzieży wielkomiejskiej.
Psychiatria Polska, tom XLIV, 4, 579-592.
Ołpińska-Lischka, M. (2017). Assessment of anorexia readiness syndrome and body image
in female dancers from Poland and Germany. Journal of Education, Health and
Sport, 7 (7),423-440. http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.834093 (access 05.10.2018).
Park, L. (2007). Appearance-Based Rejection Sensitivity: Implications for Mental and
Physical Health, Affect, and Motivation. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin,
33, 490 https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167206296301 (access 25.08.2018).
Park, L., Calogero, R., Young, A. , & Diraddo, A. (2010). Appearance-Based Rejection
Sensitivity Predicts Body Dysmorphic Disorder Symptoms and Cosmetic Surgery
Acceptance. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 29(5), 489-509. https://doi.
org./10.1521/jscp.2010.29.5.489 (access 20.09.2018).
Park, L. (2010). Visible versus non-visible rejection: Consequences of appearance-based
rejection sensitivity. Journal of Research in Personality 44(1), 128-132. https: //doi.
org/10.1016/j.jrp.2009.10.001 (access 23.08.2018).
Snyder, M., Tanke, E.D., & Berscheid, E. (1977). Social perception and interpersonal behavior:
On the self-fulfilling nature of social stereotypes. Journal of Personality and
Social Psychology, 35, 656-666.
Simpson, K.J. (2002). Anorexia nervosa and culture. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental
Health Nursing, 9, 65-71. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1351-0126.2001.00443.x (access
28.09.2018).
Striegel-Moore, R.H., Dohm, F.A., Kraemer, H.C., Taylor, C.B., Daniels, S., Crawford, P.B.,
& Schreber, G.B. Eating disorders in white and black women. American Journal of
Psychiatry, 160 (7), 1326-31. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.160.7.1326 (access
27.09.2018).
van Hoeken, D., Burns, J.K., & Hoek, H.W.(2016). Epidemiology of eating disorders in
Africa. Current Opinion of Psychiatry, 29(6), 372-377. https://doi.org/10.1097/
YCO.0000000000000274 (access 24.09.2018).
Toselli, S., Rinaldo, N., & Gualdi-Russo, E. (2016). Body image perception of African immigrants
in Europe. Global Health 12 (1),48. https://doi.org/ 10.1186/s12992-016-
0184-6 (access 22.09.2018).
Zapała, M., Kowalczyk, B., Lipińska- Żądło, B. (2015). Aktywność fizyczna a styl życia kobiet
w wieku produkcyjnym. Medycyna Ogólna i Nauki o Zdrowiu, 21(4), 391-397.
Ziemianek, P., Jendrysik, K., Horodecki, M., Knapik, A. (2015). Poczucie własnej wartości
i wartości swojego ciała u osób ćwiczących regularnie na siłowni- wyniki
badań pilotażowych. Quality in Sport, 3 (1), 61-69. http://dx.doi.org/10.12775/
QS.2015.018 (access 23.09.2018).
Itebu, J. (2016). The culture and progression of African dance. Online: http://blog.swaliafrica.
com/the-culture-progression-of-african-dance (access 01.10.2018).
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Ryżanowska-Krzyżak, D., & Ngozi Okpalaenwe, E. (2018). The Appearance-Based Rejection Sensitivity in Kenyan and Polish young women. Annales Universitatis Paedagogicae Cracoviensis Studia Psychologica, 11, 159–169. https://doi.org/10.24917/20845596.11.11
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