Future directions for positive body image research

Halliwell, Emma

doi:10.1016/j.bodyim.2015.03.003

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“…Rather, it is a process above and beyond the absence of negative evaluations of one's appearance that also incorporates a compassionate and adaptive view of the body (Tylka & Wood-Barcalow, 2015a, 2015b. As such, separate concepts and psychometric instruments are required to examine how positive and negative aspects of body image are each related to various health attributes (Halliwell, 2015). With this in mind, the present study was designed to explore how appearance dissatisfaction compares to body appreciation, one of the most wellestablished positive body image concepts to date (Tylka & WoodBarcalow, 2015b).…”

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Appearance Dissatisfaction, Body Appreciation, and Sexual Health in Women Across Adulthood

Robbins

Reissing

2017

Arch Sex Behav

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Risk and protective factors are equally important to the promotion of sexual health. Yet, in body image and sexuality research, most of the focus has been placed on the deleterious effects of appearance dissatisfaction and body mass index (BMI) at the expense of more adaptive dimensions. Furthermore, although age can affect appearance and sexual function, little is known regarding the experience of older women. Therefore, this study was aimed at comparing how positive body image (operationalized as body appreciation) and negative body image (operationalized as appearance dissatisfaction) each contribute to indicators of sexual health when controlling for BMI in a sample of age-varied women. Cross-sectional data were collected online from 215 heterosexual women aged 18-88 years. Results showed that body appreciation was a unique predictor of sexual function, satisfaction, and distress, above and beyond the effect of BMI and appearance dissatisfaction. Body appreciation was not found to fluctuate with age. Further, body appreciation moderated the relationship between age and sexual satisfaction, but not sexual distress. Post hoc analyses showed that high body appreciation may serve as a buffer against age-related changes in sexual satisfaction only in women with clinically significant sexual function difficulties. Increasing body appreciation may be a promising clinical intervention in the treatment of sexual problems in older adult women.

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Appearance Dissatisfaction, Body Appreciation, and Sexual Health in Women Across Adulthood

Robbins

Reissing

2017

Arch Sex Behav

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“…It was observed that reduction of emotional warmth and support, as well as troubling relationships with parents stimulates the development of body dissatisfaction, while more positive relationships with parents are correlated with developing positive attitudes toward body image. 25 Having in mind the disparity in results of research performed regarding this topic, it is essential to conduct research on the Serbian adolescent population as well, in order to thoroughly evaluate the influences of sociocultural factors (parents) on body dissatisfaction among adolescents of both genders. Findings that will be revealed in this study can provide a better understanding of body dissatisfaction development during adolescence, and aid in creating steps and programs for its prevention.…”

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Sociocultural influences of parents on body dissatisfaction in adolescents

Ivanović¹,

Milosavljević²,

Ivanović³

2017

Fizičko vaspitanje i sport kroz vekove

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SUMMARYThe basic goal of this research was to evaluate sociocultural influence of parents on general body dissatisfaction among their adolescent children. The sample comprised (N = 228) of both male and female adolescents aged between 16-19 years. In this study, two measuring instruments were applied: Body image and body change inventory and the Perceived Sociocultural Influences on Body Image and Body Change Questionnaire. These instruments show internal consistency of high reliability, which makes them applicable to the Serbian population. According to results of the correlational analysis, there is a mild correlation between predictor variables (influence of mother and influence of father) and the criteria general body dissatisfaction. The applied hierarchical regression analysis showed that predictor variables explain 22% of the total variance of general body dissatisfaction. It was also established that variables (female gender, sociocultural influence of parents on body image and change in physical appearance) present significant predictors of overall body dissatisfaction in late adolescence. The majority of the obtained findings is in accordance with results from previous studies, and should provide directions for predicting body image and perceptive sociocultural contributions on body image, as well as designing programs of prevention regarding body dissatisfaction in adolescents of both genders.

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“…The 'Satisfaction level' variable uses the levels established by Cooper et al [1,2] to place each participant in a category that matches with a predefined concern for the physical aspect (nonexistent, low, moderate and extreme), as shown in the Data file 9. These data show the importance that body image can have for people with the attribute characteristics taken into consideration for the study [16][17][18], as can be seen in Data files 3-8 (Table 1).…”

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Body image of people over 50 in Spain measured using the BSQ test

2020

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Objectives: To show the body image of people over 50 in Spain using the Body Shape Questionnaire test (BSQ), taking into account attribute variables of great interest such as age, gender, sentimental status, habitat (rural or urban) and the season of the year in which the test is done (winter or summer). Data description:The results obtained show the current state of the body image of 176 people in the process of ageing in Spain. The data collected from the participants are organised taking into account attribute variables of significant impact on body image such as age, gender, having a stable partner, habitat (rural or urban) and the season of the year in which the test is done (winter or summer). These data are especially useful to show how body image changes over the time, depending on the different attributes and according to diverse emotional and social situations. They can be used in studies on body image, eating disorders or studies that assess the importance of physical appearance in someone's self-esteem regardless of age group, geographic area or personal emotional circumstances.

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Future directions for positive body image research

Cited by 173 publications

References 114 publications

Appearance Dissatisfaction, Body Appreciation, and Sexual Health in Women Across Adulthood

Appearance Dissatisfaction, Body Appreciation, and Sexual Health in Women Across Adulthood

Sociocultural influences of parents on body dissatisfaction in adolescents

Body image of people over 50 in Spain measured using the BSQ test

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