Body Image Perceptions Among Sorority and Non-Sorority Women at a Rural Southeastern University

Authors

Kiley Winston-Morgan, Georgia Southern University
Joanne Chopak-Foss, Georgia Southern University, Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public HealthFollow
Laura H. Gunn, Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health, Georgia Southern UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2010

Publication Title

Georgia Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance Journal

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship of sorority affiliation on body image perceptions and body dissatisfaction in a sample of Caucasian college women at a rural, mid-size southeastern university. Data were obtained from a sample of sorority (n = 303) and non-sorority (n = 178) college women at a rural, mid-size southeastern university during Spring 2006. Independent samples t-tests showed that sorority women reported significantly higher body dissatisfaction (p

Recommended Citation

Winston-Morgan, Kiley, Joanne Chopak-Foss, Laura H. Gunn. 2010. "Body Image Perceptions Among Sorority and Non-Sorority Women at a Rural Southeastern University." Georgia Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance Journal, 43 (3): 8-16. source: http://www.gahperd.org/uploads/3/0/9/4/30944901/gahperd_jrnl_fall_2010_journal.pdf
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/commhealth-facpubs/49