Interethnic Influencing Factors Regarding Buttocks Body Image in Women from Nigeria, Germany, USA and Japan

Christoph Wallner (), Svenja Kruber, Sulaiman Olanrewaju Adebayo, Olusola Ayandele, Hikari Namatame, Tosin Tunrayo Olonisakin, Peter O. Olapegba, Yoko Sawamiya, Tomohiro Suzuki, Yuko Yamamiya, Maximilian Johannes Wagner, Marius Drysch, Marcus Lehnhardt and Björn Behr
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Christoph Wallner: Department of Plastic Surgery, BG University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Ruhr University Bochum, Bürkle-de-la-Camp Platz 1, 44789 Bochum, Germany
Svenja Kruber: Department of Plastic Surgery, BG University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Ruhr University Bochum, Bürkle-de-la-Camp Platz 1, 44789 Bochum, Germany
Sulaiman Olanrewaju Adebayo: Department of Psychology and Behavioural Studies, Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti 360102, Nigeria
Olusola Ayandele: Department of Psychology, University of Ibadan, Ibadan 200005, Nigeria
Hikari Namatame: Faculty of Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8577, Japan
Tosin Tunrayo Olonisakin: Faculty of Humanities, North West University, Mafikeng 2790, South Africa
Peter O. Olapegba: Department of Psychology, University of Ibadan, Ibadan 200005, Nigeria
Yoko Sawamiya: Faculty of Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8577, Japan
Tomohiro Suzuki: Department of Child Psychology, Tokyo Future University, Tokyo 120-0023, Japan
Yuko Yamamiya: Department of Undergraduate Studies, Temple University, Japan Campus, Tokyo 154-0004, Japan
Maximilian Johannes Wagner: Department of Plastic Surgery, BG University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Ruhr University Bochum, Bürkle-de-la-Camp Platz 1, 44789 Bochum, Germany
Marius Drysch: Department of Plastic Surgery, BG University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Ruhr University Bochum, Bürkle-de-la-Camp Platz 1, 44789 Bochum, Germany
Marcus Lehnhardt: Department of Plastic Surgery, BG University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Ruhr University Bochum, Bürkle-de-la-Camp Platz 1, 44789 Bochum, Germany
Björn Behr: Department of Plastic Surgery, BG University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Ruhr University Bochum, Bürkle-de-la-Camp Platz 1, 44789 Bochum, Germany

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 20, 1-16

Abstract: Background: Body image research deals a lot with awareness of the body as an entity. Studies that consider individual anatomical aspects and place them in an intercultural context are rarely present. Methods: For this purpose, general data, body perception and judgment of body images from 2163 (48% female and 52% male) participants from Germany, Nigeria, the USA and Japan were evaluated as part of a survey. Results: There were clear differences in the personal body image of the participants’ own buttocks, the buttocks as a beauty ideal and the way in which dissatisfaction was dealt with in different countries. In addition to sexual well-being (importance score: 0.405 a.u.), the country of origin (0.353), media consumption (0.042) and one’s own weight (0.069) were also identified as influencing factors for satisfaction with one’s own buttocks. A clear evolution could be derived regarding a WHR (waist-to-hip ratio) of well below 0.7, which was consistently favored by the participants but also propagated by influencers through images ( p < 0.001). In this context, participants who indicated celebrities as role models for the buttocks showed a correspondingly high level of dissatisfaction with their own buttocks (R = −0.207, p < 0.001, ρ = −0.218). Conclusion: Overall, a highly significant correlation was shown between the consumption frequency of Instagram, TikTok and pornography with the negative perception of women’s own buttocks.

Keywords: social media; female; buttocks; body image; WHR (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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