摘要：This study was aimed to identify the body dissatisfaction among female athletes and in non- female athletes. This present study also examined ideals body size, and media influence towards body dissatisfaction perception among female recreational athletes and non-athletes. 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.
