Associations between body dissatisfaction and self-reported anxiety and depression in otherwise healthy men: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Barnes, Mathew; Abhyankar, Purva; Dimova, Elena; Best, Catherine

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0229268

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“…When a variable is correlated across several variables, its explanatory power in DDA is reduced ( Sherry, 2006 ; Barton et al, 2016 ). This result is consistent with previous work that found social phobia to be associated with components of emotional processing, disordered eating, and body dissatisfaction in men and women ( Keel and Forney, 2013 ; Kerr-Gaffney et al, 2018 ; Barnes et al, 2020 ). Previous researchers found elevated symptoms of social phobia to be so common in undergraduates that responses on social phobia inventories do not distinguish respondents with and without diagnosis ( Stewart and Mandrusiak, 2007 ).…”

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Difficulties in Emotion Regulation, Alexithymia, and Social Phobia Are Associated With Disordered Eating in Male and Female Undergraduate Athletes

2020

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Investigations of disordered eating in the athlete population tend to focus on females and the influence of sport level. This leaves unanswered whether, and how, team interdependence (i.e., whether the competition is engaged with one person or as a team) may differentially impact male athletes. In the present study, we recruited a sample of non-athletes, individual athletes, and team athletes and examined the interaction of gender and teammate interdependence on established psychosocial risk factors for disordered eating, including social phobia, alexithymia, and emotion regulation. Although we identified a significant main effect of gender, there was no main effect of team type, nor was there a significant interaction of gender and team type. Using descriptive discriminant analysis, these variables significantly discriminated between genders. Women were defined by higher scores than men on drive for thinness, body dissatisfaction, and emotion recognition and men were defined by relatively higher scores on emotion dysregulation and binge eating. When we combined all athletes and compared them with non-athletes, a significant interaction of gender and athlete status emerged such that female athletes, compared to male athletes and women nonathletes, were defined by higher scores on drive for thinness, emotion dysregulation, and binge eating. Conversely, male athletes, compared to female athletes, were defined by greater difficulty identifying feelings and body dissatisfaction. Non-athletes were not well defined by the discriminant function. These results highlight that emotional processes convey risk of eating disorders in men and women, particularly in athletes, and these risk factors are not uniform.

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Difficulties in Emotion Regulation, Alexithymia, and Social Phobia Are Associated With Disordered Eating in Male and Female Undergraduate Athletes

2020

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“…Certainly, some pre-pandemic research – mostly with samples of undergraduate women – has shown that perceived stress (i.e., a person's appraisal of stress caused by environmental conditions) and stressful life events were associated with greater body dissatisfaction (e.g., Haddad et al, 2019 ; Johnson & Wardle, 2005 ; Murray et al, 2011 ). Likewise, trait anxiety (i.e., a differential trait reflective of a tendency to worry) has been found to be significantly associated with body dissatisfaction, independently of perceived stress, in women (e.g., Davey & Chapman, 2009 ) and men ( Barnes et al, 2020 ).…”

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COVID-19-related stress and anxiety are associated with negative body image in adults from the United Kingdom

Swami

Horne

Furnham

2021

Personality and Individual Differences

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The stress and anxiety caused by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic presents a serious threat to psychological well-being in populations worldwide and may also extend to body image outcomes. To test this hypothesis, we conducted a preliminary study in which an online sample of adults from the United Kingdom ( N = 506, age M = 34.25 years) were asked to complete measures of perceived stress, stressful life events, trait anxiety, COVID-19-related stress and anxiety, and negative body image (body dissatisfaction and drive for thinness in women, body fat and muscularity dissatisfaction in men). The results of hierarchical regressions indicated that COVID-19-related stress and anxiety explained significant incremental variance in body image outcomes (Adj. Δ R 2 = .02 to .10), over-and-above demographics (age and body mass index) and perceived stress, trait anxiety, and stressful life events. These findings suggest that COVID-19-related stress and anxiety may shape body image outcomes under conditions of physical and social distancing.

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“…The low BI before surgery can be attributed to patients' poor preoperative mood and psychological status as well as fear and anxiety over surgery and death [14]. A recent review study also confirmed the associations between BI dissatisfaction and anxiety and depression [40]. Some studies have also reported that most of the patients hospitalized for CABG experience various emotions ranging from a slight fear to anxiety, depression, and fear of death, and these problems are more annoying than their chest pain [41], which consequently can affect BI [42].…”

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Body image before and after coronary artery bypass graft surgery: comparison and its contributing factors

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Background: Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death in the world. Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery is among the treatment options for coronary artery disease. However, it is associated with significant physical and psychological problems. This study sought to compare body image before and after the surgery and to determine its contributing factors. Methods: This comparative study was conducted in 2017 on a sample of 140 patients consecutively recruited from Shahid Beheshti hospital, Kashan, Iran. Body image was assessed before and 4 weeks after the surgery (T1 and T2) using Multidimensional Body-Self Relations Questionnaire. The independent-sample and paired t tests, one-way analysis of variance, Pearson correlation test, and multiple regression were conducted for data analysis. Results: Participants' mean score of body image was 139.60 ± 13.21 at T1 and 160.25 ± 7.75 at T2 and the variation was statistically significant (p = < 0.001). At T1, only the three factors of age (p = 0.005), education at high school diploma and higher levels (p < 0.001), and being housekeeper (P = 0.048) could significantly explain BI (R 2 = 0.231). However, at T2, none of the factors were significant predictors for BI (P > 0.05). Conclusions: Candidates for CABG have poor body image. After the surgery, their body image improves significantly. Healthcare providers need to employ programs to improve body image among these patients.

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Associations between body dissatisfaction and self-reported anxiety and depression in otherwise healthy men: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Cited by 95 publications

References 57 publications

Difficulties in Emotion Regulation, Alexithymia, and Social Phobia Are Associated With Disordered Eating in Male and Female Undergraduate Athletes

Difficulties in Emotion Regulation, Alexithymia, and Social Phobia Are Associated With Disordered Eating in Male and Female Undergraduate Athletes

COVID-19-related stress and anxiety are associated with negative body image in adults from the United Kingdom

Body image before and after coronary artery bypass graft surgery: comparison and its contributing factors

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