The Body Dissatisfaction among Female Athletes and Non-athletes in Malaysia

This study was aimed to identify the body dissatisfaction among female athletes and in nonfemale athletes. This present study also examined ideals body size, and media influence towards body dissatisfaction perception among female recreational athletes and nonathletes. Participants were 40 women age ranged between 21 and 30 years: 20 recreational athletes who regularly go to the gym, do running and other sporting activities and 20 non athletes who lead a sedentary life completed self-report measures of ideal body size, body dissatisfaction, and media influence, and provided their demographic details. Results indicated that participants’ Body Mass Index (BMI) did not play a role as a significant predictor of body dissatisfaction for the total sample. Female athletes prove to have higher body dissatisfaction on themselves compared to female non-athletes (M= 2.1818, p<0.05). These results clearly indicate that females participating in sports experience greater body dissatisfaction than non-athletes females.