Women's body image.
When it comes to how satisfied they are with their own bodies, notions women hold of what men seem for in females may be key, a immature contemplation suggests. Researchers at Southern Methodist University in Dallas found that women are happier with their clout if they suppose that men prefer full-bodied women instead of those who are model-thin pictures. "Women who are led to feel that men prefer women with bodies larger than the models depicted in the media may familiarity higher levels of self-idolatry and lower levels of depression," lead researcher Andrea Meltzer, a collective psychologist at Southern Methodist, said in a university story release.
The study included almost 450 women, the number of whom were white, who were shown images of women who were either ultra-thin or larger-bodied. Some women were also told by the researchers that men who had viewed the pictures had tended to opt for the thinner women, while others were told that men had preferred the larger women. Both groups of women then completed a questionnaire meant to assess how they felt about their weight.