Enriching sociocultural perspectives on the effects of idealized body norms: Integrating shame, positive body image, and self-compassion

Mills, Jennifer S.; Minister, Claire; Samson, Lindsay

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2022.983534

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“…The validity and reliability of the scale were assessed by Doğan (2010). It is a self-report scale with 16 statements developed to measure an individual’s emotional, cognitive, and behavioral concerns about his/her appearance; it uses a 5-point Likert-type scale [ 1 ] not at all appropriate and [ 5 ] completely appropriate. The 1st item of the scale is coded backward.…”

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The effect of desire to be liked and social appearance anxiety on aesthetic surgery acceptance in female nurses

Demir,

Dağ,

Karakuş

et al. 2024

BMC Nurs

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Background A rapid increase has been observed in aesthetic surgery procedures in recent years and it has been determined that females have more aesthetic procedures. While different groups of female groups were taken as a sample in the studies, no study on female nurses was found. In this study, it is thought that psychological reasons such as stress, anxiety, desire to be liked and lack of self-confidence that lead women to plastic surgery will reduce the professional performance of nurses and this situation will create additional workload for other colleagues. Therefore, the aim of the study is to reveal the effect of desire to be liked and social appearance anxiety on the acceptance of female nurses to plastic surgery. Methods The population of the cross-sectional study consisted of 243.565 nurses working in public, private and university hospitals in Turkey. A questionnaire form was used as a data collection tool in the study. In the first part of the form, there are statements aiming to reveal the socio-demographic characteristics, social media usage levels and aesthetic surgery experiences of nurses, and in the second part, there is a desire to be liked scale, social appearance anxiety scale and aesthetic surgery acceptance scale. The 1004 questionnaire forms collected as a result of the study were subjected to percentage, frequency, correlation and regression analysis. Results 41.2% of the nurses have had aesthetic procedures before and 68.4% of them want to have aesthetic procedures when there is an area they do not like in their body. A strong positive relationship was found between the desire to be liked, social appearance anxiety, and aesthetic surgery acceptance (r > 0.500, p < 0.01). Aesthetic surgery acceptance is affected by the desire to be liked and by social appearance anxiety. Conclusion In the study, it was determined that social appearance anxiety and the desire to be liked led female nurses to plastic surgery. According to the results of similar studies conducted in different groups, it may be recommended that awareness training be organized both in schools and through digital media about the consequences of unnecessary plastic surgery.

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The effect of desire to be liked and social appearance anxiety on aesthetic surgery acceptance in female nurses

Demir,

Dağ,

Karakuş

et al. 2024

BMC Nurs

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“…Noteworthy, physical appearance and body efficiency involve not only the self-perception of the impaired persons but also the reaction of other individuals to their diversity ( 28 , 29 ). In the case of vision loss subjects, particularly young women shape this concept on externally provided verbal feedback, tactile body exploration, and perceived feelings/emotions during physical and social interaction ( 30 , 31 ).…”

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Female blind baseball players against gender discrimination: the “red diamonds” experience

Carretti,

Russo,

Manetti

et al. 2024

Front. Sports Act. Living

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BackgroundSport has the well-known power of improving body awareness, self-esteem, and social interaction, thus promoting quality of life and psychophysical wellbeing. Specifically referring to adapted disciplines, habitual practice often becomes an effective integration and self-efficacy booster. Among disabilities, visual impairment deeply alters body image perception, autonomy, and environmental/social interaction heavily reducing sport or leisure involvement opportunities. In particular, visually impaired women represent one of the most vulnerable categories to gender and disability discrimination. Moreover, even when congenitally sightless, they perceive social pressure of mainstream beauty ideals, mostly spread by media, comparable to their sighted peers. On these premises and the previously demonstrated psychophysical benefits of Italian blind baseball practice on this target population, the present study aimed to deepen the social and educative potentialities of such adapted sport applying a more sociological research approach.MethodsThe “red diamonds” event, namely, the first ever female blind baseball match, was the setting for the administration of our structured online survey. In detail, our survey comprised different evaluation tools such as the 18-item Psychological Well-Being Scale, the 12-item Short Form questionnaire, the Dresden Body Image questionnaire, the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, and sociological model designed questions. Quality of life, psychological wellbeing, self-esteem, body image, and perceived female sport psychological violence were investigated in the whole women sample (n = 33) voluntarily adhering to the game.ResultsSurvey results revealed no statistically significant differences between visually impaired players (n = 13; mean age: 32.84 ± 12.05 years) and sighted on-field subjects (i.e., coaches, assistants, and referees; n = 20; mean age: 47.15 ± 12.31 years) in almost all the inquired variables, thus remarking the social and functional benefits of adapted sport through the “dual embodiment” and empowerment phenomenon.ConclusionsGiven that the event was inspired by and performed on the World Day against women violence, our study deepened not only the topic of disability discrimination but also the currently alarming gender-related one. In such a context, the present research might provide interesting cues for further investigations on disability and gender disparities in sports, hence spreading interest in this under-investigated field. In perspective, the “red diamonds” experience could also contribute to inspiring and progressively developing educative tools against any kind of discrimination by promoting integration and social growth through regular sports practice.

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“…In a sociocultural context, the Tripartite Influence Model (TIM) [ 2 ] posits that body image is influenced by three main sources: family, peers, and the media. However, the original model is intended to account for body dissatisfaction, and does not feature body appreciation [ 2 , 10 ]. Recently, some studies have investigated body appreciation as a moderator between sociocultural pressures and body dissatisfaction and have found that it moderates this relationship [ 11 ].…”

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Examining body appreciation in six countries: The impact of age and sociocultural pressure

Hanson,

Gott,

Tomsett

et al. 2024

PLoS ONE

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Previous research on body appreciation across the lifespan has produced conflicting results that it increases with age, decreases with age, or is generally stable with an increase in women over 50-years-old. Furthermore, most of the research has been conducted in White, Western populations. Cross-cultural research suggests that both Chinese and African women experience similar sociocultural pressures as White Western women, and that appearance ideals are shifting to resemble a more Western ideal. We cross-sectionally and cross-culturally examined body appreciation across the lifespan, recruiting White Western women (UK, USA, Canada, and Australia), Black Nigerian women, and Chinese women. 1186 women aged 18–80 completed measures of body appreciation, internalisation of thin and athletic ideals, and perceived sociocultural pressure. Body appreciation did not vary with age in women from any country. Nigerian women reported the highest body appreciation, and Western women the lowest. Higher thin/athletic ideal internalisation, and higher perceived sociocultural pressure were significantly associated with lower body appreciation in all countries and age-groups. Overall, our findings indicate that although levels of body appreciation differ drastically between ethnicities and cultures, it is generally stable across age, and shows cross-culturally robust relationships between sociocultural internalisation and pressure.

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Enriching sociocultural perspectives on the effects of idealized body norms: Integrating shame, positive body image, and self-compassion

Cited by 14 publications

References 168 publications

The effect of desire to be liked and social appearance anxiety on aesthetic surgery acceptance in female nurses

The effect of desire to be liked and social appearance anxiety on aesthetic surgery acceptance in female nurses

Female blind baseball players against gender discrimination: the “red diamonds” experience

Examining body appreciation in six countries: The impact of age and sociocultural pressure

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