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KMID : 0608420100230020125
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Journal of the Korean Society of School Health
2010 Volume.23 No. 2 p.125 ~ p.132
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Ideal Body Image, Body Importance and Body Satisfaction by Gender Role Identity in Male College Students
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Kim Eun-Ju
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Abstract
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Purpose: In an attempt to investigate the ideal body image, body importance and body satisfaction by gender role identity, this study was carried out in male college students.
Methods: The subjects were 323 male college students in all of Korea except Jeju province. The data was collected by using the questionnaires, Korean Sex Role Inventory and modified Multidimensional Body-Self Questionnaire.
Results: Normal shape ranked first as ideal body image in all 4 types of gender role identity. Androgyny, femininity and masculinity type were significantly higher than undifferentiated type in body importance. And androgyny and masculinity type were significantly higher than femininity and undifferentiated type in body satisfaction.
Conslusion: Androgyny and masculinity type were positively related to self body image, but undifferentiated type was negatively related to compared with androgyny and masculinity type. And to reinforce androgyny and masculinity in male college students, various programs should be developed.
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KEYWORD
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Male, Gender role identity, Body importance, Body satisfaction
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