‘And yet I’m an adult now’. The influence of parental criticism on women’s body satisfaction/dissatisfaction during emerging adulthood

Biolcati, Roberta; Mancini, Giacomo; Villano, Paola

doi:10.1080/02673843.2019.1699433

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“…Therefore, there is a higher prevalence of women as educational agents inside the family. In the evolutionary stage of childhood, the child may also have a greater bond with the mother, due in part to the greater time spent with her, while in other stages, such as in emerging adulthood, the father may have more influence ( Biolcati et al, 2020 ). This result should be further explored in future studies since, as Doley et al (2020) claimed, there are scarce studies that include males.…”

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“…Although many studies on family context and body dissatisfaction have focused on the mother–daughter relationship, several recent studies suggest the importance of the influence of both parents, specifically through critical comments on children’s bodies ( Chng and Fassnacht, 2016 ; Wansink et al, 2017 ). Similarly, Biolcati et al (2020) emphasizes that the influence of parents’ critical comments on the development of body dissatisfaction affects daughters in different life stages, such that mothers and fathers influence adolescence and young adulthood, respectively. Through qualitative and quantitative methods, McLaughlin et al (2015) also studied dyads of 145 mothers and 145 daughters and concluded that there was an agreement between young women aged 8–12 years and their mothers on the negative influence of comments and teasing toward the body on the development of body dissatisfaction.…”

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“…Despite the rise in body dissatisfaction among boys, to the best of our knowledge, there are no studies analyzing mother–son dyads. Although the father’s role is crucial in the healthy development of children ( Hitti et al, 2020 ), studies about paternal body dissatisfaction and its relationship with those of the children are scarce ( Matthews-Ewald et al, 2015 ; Chng and Fassnacht, 2016 ; Kościcka et al, 2016 ; Wansink et al, 2017 ; Webb and Haycraft, 2019 ; Biolcati et al, 2020 ).…”

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Can Parental Body Dissatisfaction Predict That of Children? A Study on Body Dissatisfaction, Body Mass Index, and Desire to Diet in Children Aged 9–11 and Their Families

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Body image has been associated with self-care and the assumption of either healthy habits or poor diets and eating disorders. As a vital element in the formation of a positive body image, the role of the family in childhood has been highlighted by a few studies. This study aimed to assess whether children’s body dissatisfaction could be predicted by their parents’ body dissatisfaction, body mass index (BMI), and approach to change. The sample consisted of 581 participants (366 parents and 215 children). The following instruments were used: anthropometric data, the Brief Scale of Body Dissatisfaction for Children, the IMAGE questionnaire (approach to change and drive for muscularity subscales), and the Eating Disorder Inventory-2 (body dissatisfaction and drive for thinness subscales). The results indicated that 19% of children, 22.8% of mothers, and 70.2% of fathers were overweight or obese. The multiple regression models developed for boys and girls explained 60 and 57% of the variance in body dissatisfaction, respectively. Several variables attributable to the mother (higher approach to change, higher drive for thinness, and higher BMI) and to the boys themselves (drive for muscularity, approach to change, and having a high BMI percentile) predicted a higher level of body dissatisfaction. For girls, only variables regarding themselves (approach to change, age, and BMI percentile) explained their body dissatisfaction. Relationships with the traits of the father were not detected for both models. The influence of sociocultural factors on the construction of gender and the negative consequences of mothers’ dieting for aesthetic purposes, on the development of children’s body image, are discussed.

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“…C. Matera et al found that peer teasing is directly correlated with increased body dissatisfaction, while peer opinions and talks influenced body dissatisfaction and desire to keep a diet in girls aged 15-19 through social comparison and internalization. [12]. E.Taniguchi and A. S. E. Hubbard found a direct correlation between the comparison of appearance and dissatisfaction with the body in girls who were confident that they would achieve their ideal.…”

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The Link Between Body Satisfaction and Motives in Girls

Barysheva¹,

Ozhigova²,

Lupenko³

2021

Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research

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Modern realities induce a young person to be more often in the position of presenting themself in different contexts (in reality, on the Internet), which affects the problem of a person's attitude to his external appearance and raises the question of strategies for the interaction of a person with the world. Thus, the purpose of our study was to identify the characteristics of girls who are satisfied with their bodies to varying degrees in connection with motives (to achieve success and avoid failure, strive for people and fear of rejection) and self-attitude. We identified two groups: an increased level of body satisfaction (N = 40) and a high level of body satisfaction (N = 49). Girls with an increased and high overall level of body satisfaction differ from each other significantly. For example, in satisfaction with the upper body, torso, lower body and skin. We note that satisfaction with certain parts of the body is associated with motives and self-attitude in girls only if it is at an increased level for them, since satisfaction with the upper part (head) is associated with the aspiration to people, satisfaction with the lower body is inversely correlated with the motive "fear of rejection " and satisfaction with the head and lower body is positively associated with self-understanding. The motivation for success is not only linked, but also influences increased skin satisfaction.

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“…Like self-discrepancy theory [ 69 , 70 ], body dissatisfaction emerges from a discrepancy between the perceived and ideal body images. It is difficult for women to avoid being pressured to internalize the “thin ideal,” and research shows that a consequence, self-worth is highly dependent on how others view them, directly connecting body image satisfaction to well-being [ 71 ].…”

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Risk and resilience in eating disorders: differentiating pathways among psychosocial predictors

Bazo Perez,

Frazier

2024

J Eat Disord

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Objective Eating disorders (EDs) represent a rising global health concern. The current study takes a multivariate approach to examine psychological (i.e., perfectionism, anxiety sensitivity [AS], emotion dysregulation) and sociocultural factors (i.e., body dissatisfaction) that may relate to risk and resilience in EDs. Methods Participants were 698 undergraduate students (Mage = 21, SDage = 4.02), mainly female (71%) and Hispanic (61.6%), who participated in an online survey assessing perfectionism, emotion dysregulation, AS, body dissatisfaction, and eating behaviors. Results The results from structural equation model analyses revealed differential associations with disordered eating (DE) outcomes. Self-oriented perfectionism and dysmorphic appearance concerns were associated with increased dieting/carb restriction, desire for thinness, and binging tendencies. Specifically, emotional nonacceptance and lack of emotional awareness showed associations with elevated risk for dieting/carb restriction and purging tendencies, respectively. Conversely, lack of emotional clarity showed a protective pathway to these risk behaviors. Anxiety sensitivity cognitive concerns related to higher purging tendencies, while AS social concerns related to lower purging and binging tendencies. Discussion Findings highlight the differential pathways of psychosocial risk and resilience for EDs. Subscales of emotional dysregulation and AS showed risk as well as resilience associations with DE outcomes. This information is key for advancing transdiagnostic prevention and intervention to reduce the rising rates of EDs.

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‘And yet I’m an adult now’. The influence of parental criticism on women’s body satisfaction/dissatisfaction during emerging adulthood

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Cited by 13 publications

References 55 publications

Can Parental Body Dissatisfaction Predict That of Children? A Study on Body Dissatisfaction, Body Mass Index, and Desire to Diet in Children Aged 9–11 and Their Families

Can Parental Body Dissatisfaction Predict That of Children? A Study on Body Dissatisfaction, Body Mass Index, and Desire to Diet in Children Aged 9–11 and Their Families

The Link Between Body Satisfaction and Motives in Girls

Risk and resilience in eating disorders: differentiating pathways among psychosocial predictors

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