Differences in Men’s Body Dissatisfaction Based on the Type of Exercise Motivation

Abstract

Exercising at a fitness center is one of the methods to obtain an ideal body shape.The purpose of this study was to determine whether there were differences in body dissatisfactions based on the type of exercise motivation. Participants were 100 male members of a fitness center who exercise at least twice a week for at least one hour per session. Measures used were body dissatisfaction questionnaire (Tylka, Bergeron, & Schwartz, 2005) and exercise motivation questionnaire by Markland and Tobin (cited in Vlachopoulos, 2012). Results showed a difference in body dissatisfaction between men with internal exercise motivation and those with external exercise motivation (Z = - 3.142, p < .05). Men who engaged exercises as driven by external exercise motivation had higher body dissatisfaction than those with internal motivation. This indicates that men with external exercise motivation were more dissatisfied with their body image, who were more likely to quit exercising if they did not obtain the expected result, or else they became obsessive with exercises because they was dissatisfied with their figures.

Self-acceptance of high school students in Indonesia

“…Survei yang dilakukan ZAP Beauty Index tahun 2018 menunjukkan sebesar 35,9% wanita dari generasi milenial dan 48,9% remaja wanita dengan rentang usia 18-23 tahun yang tidak percaya diri dengan kondisi fisiknya (ZAP Clinic, 2018). Ketidakpuasan dengan tubuh sendiri mendorong seseorang untuk mendapatkan tubuh yang ideal dengan melakukan berbagai upaya (Suprapto, Sari, & Nurcahyo, 2015). Kurangnya rasa percaya diri terhadap kondisi fisik membuat seseorang mudah Journal homepage: https://jurnal.iicet.org/index.php/jrti terpengaruh dengan orang lain dan tidak dapat bertindak sesuai dengan keinginan sendiri (ZAP Clinic, 2018).…”

Self-Acceptance from Aqidah and Gender Perspectives

“…Meanwhile, according to the research of Sugiar and Dieny [10] of 88 male students, there were 57.9% of males feeling dissatisfied with their physical condition. Body dissatisfaction then encourages someone to increase their efforts to get the ideal body [11] The lack of confidence in physical condition that occurs among millennials [9] mean that they are not confident in their own abilities so they are affected by others and cannot act according to their own will [12]. At the same time, their dissatisfaction with the physical condition [11] shows a negative self-assessment [13] that they are unattractive and tendency to compare the body shape they have with the ideal body shape [14].…”

“…Body dissatisfaction then encourages someone to increase their efforts to get the ideal body [11] The lack of confidence in physical condition that occurs among millennials [9] mean that they are not confident in their own abilities so they are affected by others and cannot act according to their own will [12]. At the same time, their dissatisfaction with the physical condition [11] shows a negative self-assessment [13] that they are unattractive and tendency to compare the body shape they have with the ideal body shape [14]. These three points are aspects of unconditional self-acceptance expressed by Albert Ellis, as quoted in [15].…”