The Breast Size Satisfaction Survey (BSSS): Breast size dissatisfaction and its antecedents and outcomes in women from 40 nations.

The Breast Size Satisfaction Survey (BSSS) was established to assess women's breast size dissatisfaction and breasted experiences from a cross-national perspective. A total of 18,541 women were recruited from 61 research sites across 40 nations and completed measures of current-ideal breast size discrepancy, as well as measures of theorised antecedents (personality, Western and local media exposure, and proxies of socioeconomic status) and outcomes (weight and appearance dissatisfaction, breast awareness, and psychological well-being). In the total dataset, 47.5 % of women wanted larger breasts than they currently had, 23.2 % wanted smaller breasts, and 29.3 % were satisfied with their current breast size. There were significant cross-national differences in mean ideal breast size and absolute breast size dissatisfaction, but effect sizes were small (η2 = .02-.03). The results of multilevel modelling showed that greater Neuroticism, lower Conscientiousness, lower Western media exposure, greater local media exposure, lower financial security, and younger age were associated with greater breast size dissatisfaction across nations. In addition, greater absolute breast size dissatisfaction was associated with greater weight and appearance dissatisfaction, poorer breast awareness, and poorer psychological well-being across nations. These results indicate that breast size dissatisfaction is a global public health concern linked to women's psychological and physical well-being.

El fenómeno del cliente leal como una relación social: un estudio con vendedores ambulantes de café en la ciudad de Ibagué / Loyal customer phenomenon as a social relationship: a study with ambulant coffee salesmen in the city of Ibagué

Ambulante de Café (VAC) y su cliente leal, considerando las categorías de análisis propuestas por la Teoría de las Relaciones Sociales de Michael Argyle. Se aplicó una entrevista sobre la relación VAC-cliente leal a 30 díadas y se registraron 183 interacciones VAC-cliente leal y 117 VAC cliente esporádico. Se encontró que la relación comercial entre un VAC y su cliente leal es una relación social en tanto que evidencia los elementos constitutivos de una relación de esta naturaleza, bajo la perspectiva de Argyle. Así mismo, se observan coincidencias en las afirmaciones que sobre la interacción hacen los actores de la misma. Adicionalmente, se evidenció que el comportamiento del VAC es distinto en función del tipo de cliente al cual se dirige -leal o esporádico-.

The purpose of this research was to study the relationship established between an ambulant coffee salesman (ACSM) and his loyal client, in theframe of Michael Argyle’s social relationships model. Thirty couples wereinterviewed about the ACSM and loyal clients relationship; also interactionsamong 183 ACSM – loyal clients and 117 ACSM – sporadic clients wereregistered. Our research found that the commercial relationship between anACSM and his/her loyal client is a social relationship, taking into account that it brought evidence about the constitutive elements of a relationship of this nature under Argyle’s perspective; and coincidences were observed in the declarations that the actors of the relationship made about it. Additionally,we found that the ACSM’s behavior is different depending on the type of client that he/she is attending –loyal or sporadic–.