Feminism and Its Associations with Weight Stigma, Body Image, and Disordered Eating: A Risk or Protective Factor?
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants and Procedures
2.2. Measures
2.2.1. Feminist Perspectives Scale—Short Version (FPS3)
2.2.2. Self-Identification as a Feminist Scale (SIF)
2.2.3. Universal Measure of Bias—Fat (UMB-FAT)
2.2.4. Weight Bias Internalization Scale—Modified Scale (WBIS-M)
2.2.5. Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-26)
2.2.6. Body Shape Questionnaire—8 Item Version (BSQ-8)
2.3. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
Abbreviations
BMI | Body Mass Index |
FPS3 | Feminist Perspectives Scale—Short Version |
SIF | Self-Identification as a Feminist Scale |
UMB-FAT | Universal Measure of Bias—Fat Subscale |
WBIS-M | Weight Bias Internalization Scale—Modified Scale |
EAT-26 | Eating Attitudes Test |
BSQ | Body Shape Questionnaire—8-item version |
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Construct | M | SD |
---|---|---|
FPS3-feminist beliefs composite score | 136.62 | 21.24 |
SIF-Total | 13.94 | 3.37 |
UMB-FAT | 61.71 | 16.39 |
WBIS-M | 3.46 | 1.41 |
EAT-26 | 9.88 | 9.92 |
BSQ-8 | 24.79 | 10.17 |
Feminist Beliefs—FPS3 | Identity as a Feminist (SIF) | |||||||
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β | Df | t | p | β | df | t | p | |
Weight bias (UMB-FAT) a | −0.36 | 250 | −6.17 | <0.001 *** | −0.26 | 255 | −4.45 | <0.001 *** |
Age | −0.18 | 250 | −3.15 | 0.002 ** | −0.18 | 255 | −2.99 | 0.003 ** |
Internalized weight bias (WBIS-M) b | 0.19 | 254 | 3.63 | <0.001 *** | 0.15 | 260 | 2.89 | 0.004 ** |
BMI | 0.48 | 254 | 9.08 | <0.001 *** | 0.49 | 260 | 9.24 | <0.001 *** |
Eating disorder pathology (EAT-26) b | 0.19 | 253 | 3.16 | 0.002 ** | 0.19 | 259 | 3.15 | 0.002 ** |
BMI | 0.20 | 253 | 3.33 | <0.001 *** | 0.21 | 259 | 3.52 | <0.001 *** |
Body dissatisfaction (BSQ-8) b | 0.22 | 254 | 3.98 | <0.001 *** | 0.16 | 260 | 2.88 | 0.004 ** |
BMI | 0.41 | 254 | 7.35 | <0.001 *** | 0.41 | 260 | 7.39 | <0.001 *** |
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Bennett, B.L.; Wagner, A.F.; Puhl, R.M.; Lamere, A.; Latner, J.D. Feminism and Its Associations with Weight Stigma, Body Image, and Disordered Eating: A Risk or Protective Factor? Obesities 2025, 5, 40. https://doi.org/10.3390/obesities5020040
Bennett BL, Wagner AF, Puhl RM, Lamere A, Latner JD. Feminism and Its Associations with Weight Stigma, Body Image, and Disordered Eating: A Risk or Protective Factor? Obesities. 2025; 5(2):40. https://doi.org/10.3390/obesities5020040
Chicago/Turabian StyleBennett, Brooke L., Allison F. Wagner, Rebecca M. Puhl, Alexis Lamere, and Janet D. Latner. 2025. "Feminism and Its Associations with Weight Stigma, Body Image, and Disordered Eating: A Risk or Protective Factor?" Obesities 5, no. 2: 40. https://doi.org/10.3390/obesities5020040
APA StyleBennett, B. L., Wagner, A. F., Puhl, R. M., Lamere, A., & Latner, J. D. (2025). Feminism and Its Associations with Weight Stigma, Body Image, and Disordered Eating: A Risk or Protective Factor? Obesities, 5(2), 40. https://doi.org/10.3390/obesities5020040