Schuetteler, Christina and Gerlach, Alexander L. (2018). Female Homosexuality, Masculinity, and Body Satisfaction. Z. Klin. Psychol. Psychother., 47 (1). S. 16 - 23. GOTTINGEN: HOGREFE & HUBER PUBLISHERS. ISSN 2190-6297
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Background: Lesbian women tend to be more satisfied with their bodies compared with heterosexual women. Therefore, female homosexuality might protect from body dissatisfaction. The underlying mechanisms are yet unknown. Aim: This study examines whether higher body satisfaction is linked to gender role, more specifically to masculinity. Method: To address this issue, a mediation analysis was employed after conducting a survey on N = 478 women. Results: Lesbian women reported higher body satisfaction and higher masculinity than heterosexual women. Masculinity mediated the differences in body satisfaction. Conclusion: Partially mediated by masculinity, female homosexuality may be regarded as a protective factor against body dissatisfaction.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||||||
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-202265 | ||||||||||||
DOI: | 10.1026/1616-3443/a000460 | ||||||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Z. Klin. Psychol. Psychother. | ||||||||||||
Volume: | 47 | ||||||||||||
Number: | 1 | ||||||||||||
Page Range: | S. 16 - 23 | ||||||||||||
Date: | 2018 | ||||||||||||
Publisher: | HOGREFE & HUBER PUBLISHERS | ||||||||||||
Place of Publication: | GOTTINGEN | ||||||||||||
ISSN: | 2190-6297 | ||||||||||||
Language: | German | ||||||||||||
Faculty: | Unspecified | ||||||||||||
Divisions: | Unspecified | ||||||||||||
Subjects: | no entry | ||||||||||||
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Refereed: | Yes | ||||||||||||
URI: | http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/20226 |
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