AUTHOR=Sun Qingqing 

TITLE=Materialism, Body Surveillance, Body Shame, and Body Dissatisfaction: Testing a Mediational Model

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology

VOLUME=9

YEAR=2018

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02088

DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02088

ISSN=1664-1078

ABSTRACT=<p>The present study aimed to examine the mechanisms underlying the links between materialism and body dissatisfaction. A sample of 583 Chinese undergraduate women completed a questionnaire measuring materialism, body surveillance, body shame, and body dissatisfaction. Correlational analysis showed that materialism, body surveillance, and body shame were significantly positively correlated with body dissatisfaction. The results of path analyses revealed that higher materialism predicted more body dissatisfaction, albeit indirectly, via higher body surveillance and body shame.</p>