Author | Population Details | Body Image Dissatisfaction (BID) |
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Wilkosz ME et al. [52] | Californian adolescents (n = 1807, 55.3% girls and 44.7% boys, aged 12-17) | 24% of girls had BID compared with 22% of boys (p < .05) |
Lobera IJ et al. [53] | Spanish university students (n = 417, 33.57% men and 66.43% women, mean age = 21.62) | Negative correlation with BIQLI-SP* solely in the case of women (r = -0.13; P, 0.05). BMI also negatively correlated with BIQLI-SP only in women (r = -0.20; P, 0.01) |
Stigler MH et al. [54] | Indian 8th and 10th graders (n = 1818, 60% boys and 40% girls, mean ages = 13.9 years old and 15.8 years old for each grade respectively) | Girls were more likely than boys to perceive themselves as overweight (p = 0.047) and to have low body satisfaction (p = 0.052) |
Khan AN et al. (present study) | Pakistani university students (n = 784, 48% males and 52% females, mean age = 20.6) | 75.3% males as compared to only 35.0% females had negative BID, (p < 0.0001) |