Valoración de la delgadez. Un estudio transcultural (México/España)

Abstract

Because of its theoretical and practical consequences in the field of eating disorders, the main purpose of this study was to establish if the lower body image dissatisfaction previously found among Spanish adolescents girls (X̄= 17 years old, S.D.= 0.12) when compared to Mexican adolescents girls, would be already present in younger girls X̄= 13.7 years old, S.D.= 0.96). Two non-probabilistic paired samples (age, years of study, and parents occupation) of adolescent's boys and girls; Spanish (n = 64) and Mexican (n = 69) were compared. The same types of response were found again: a) Spanish girls were satisfied with their body image while Mexican girls were dissatisfied; and b) Mexican women share a prototypical ideal model of body image. Results are discussed from the cross-cultural theoretical point of view.