Sports Practice, Body Image Perception, and Factors Involved in Sporting Activity in Italian Schoolchildren

Zaccagni, Luciana; Rosa, Luca; Toselli, Stefania; Gualdi-Russo, Emanuela

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“…The study received approval from the Ethics Committee of Area Vasta Emilia Centrale (CE-AVEC), Italy (approval code n. VT2022). This study is part of broader research focused on the growth and development of children and adolescents [ 26 , 27 ]. An a priori power analysis was performed to estimate the minimum sample size using the G*Power statistical program (version 3.1.9.6; Universitat Kiel, Kiel, Germany) for 80% power, medium effect size, and 0.05 significance level.…”

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The COVID-19 Experience in Adolescents: Emotional and Behavioral Recall at the End of the Pandemic

Zaccagni,

De Luca,

Rinaldo

et al. 2024

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The COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting lockdown countermeasure may have significantly affected adolescents’ physical and mental health. This study aims to assess adolescents’ recollections of this period, also analyzing their current weight status along with factors they traced back to the epidemic phase and their current sports practice. A survey among 233 Italian adolescents aged 12.4 ± 0.9 years was conducted in October 2023. To achieve the research objectives, a new questionnaire was developed: the COVID-19 AdolesceNt/chilDren Lockdown Experience questionnaire (CANDLE). The new questionnaire was employed to gather data on the adolescents’ recollections of the lockdown situation they experienced. The stature and weight of participants were measured directly. The results indicated that middle schoolers remember both positive and negative experiences of the lockdown: the change perceived as the most positive was spending more time with family, while social detachment from peers represents the most negative aspect. According to multivariate regression analysis, certain behaviors they assumed during the lockdown, such as comfort food consumption in boys and sleeping disturbances in girls, in addition to their current sports practice, affected their actual Body Mass Index. This study supports the evidence that changes caused by the COVID-19 lockdown affected adolescents’ physical and mental health, albeit with sex differences.

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The COVID-19 Experience in Adolescents: Emotional and Behavioral Recall at the End of the Pandemic

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Rinaldo

et al. 2024

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“…Наш вывод о том, что женщины с избыточной массой тела придают большее значение статусу веса в структуре удовлетворенности образом своего тела, соотносится с результатами исследований L. Zaccagniс коллегами, которые заметили, что в числе мотивов при занятиях спортом было названо, что «занятия спортом приводят к похудению», при этом желание быть стройнее было выявлено у обоих полов, но у девочек оно было сильнее (Zaccagni, et al, 2023).…”

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The Specifics of Self-Body Image Perception and Self-conception in Women with Different Body Mass Indexes

Yetumyan,

Komerova

2024

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Introduction. Currently, a relevant object of research is the identification of differences in women’s perception of their actual weight and subjective assessment of their body image and self-conception in relation to weight. Since the perception of body image is greatly influenced by fashion trends and beauty standards broadcast in society, women may exhibit different cognitive and behavioral patterns depending on their body mass index.Objective. To study the relationship between the features of perception of body image and self-esteem in women with different body mass indexesMaterials and methods. The following methods were used in the study: author’s questionnaire-questionnaire of Yetumyan L. A. and Komerova N. A. and Komerova N. E.; Thomas Cash’s Multimodal Body Self-Relationship Questionnaire (MBSRQ, Thomas F. Cash) adapted by Baranskaya L. T. and Tataurova S. T. and Tataurova S. С. The Mann-Whitney U statistic for two independent samples and the r-Spearman rank correlation coefficient were used for mathematical processing of the data.Results. The study included 137 women with different BMI values ranging from 17 to 72 years of age. The mean age of the respondents was 35 years. According to our questionnaire survey, more than 40 % of respondents had overweight or obesity of the 1st, 2nd or 3rd degree. The results are presented by five scales reflecting the following parameters of attitude to one’s own body: evaluation of appearance, appearance orientation, satisfaction with body parameters, concern about being overweight, self-assessment of weight. The results of comparative analysis in two groups have been described – women with low and normal BMI and women with excessive BMI.Discussion. Women in groups with different body mass index have differences in their orientation to appearance. Thus, the higher the weight of women with high BMI, the lower they evaluate the level of their attractiveness and the less effort they put into improving their appearance. They are also more indifferent to appearance. No such correlation was found in women with low and normal BMI. The high importance of appearance for women from both subgroups is directly correlated with a high level of concern about excess weight, which indicates an attitude to one’s own weight as one of the factors determining external attractiveness.

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A Longitudinal Study on Body Image Perception and Size among Italian Early Adolescents: Changes over Time and Discrepancies between Genders

Gualdi-Russo,

Masotti,

Rinaldo

et al. 2024

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Background/Objectives: The discrepancy between the current perceived body image (BI) and beauty ideals leads to dissatisfaction, which is believed to be common among adolescents. This study aimed to investigate the stability in BI perceptions and dissatisfaction during early adolescence. Another aim was to highlight differences in dissatisfaction according to Body Mass Index (BMI) and inconsistencies in weight status perception. Methods: Two hundred and nine participants (mean age at first survey: 11.33 ± 0.38 years) were enrolled in this longitudinal study with three years of follow-up. Data on size and BI perceptions were collected through individual interviews. Stature and weight were directly measured. Results: Findings indicated significant changes over three years in anthropometric traits but not in weight status prevalence or BI perception and dissatisfaction, except for the ideal figure in males and weight control in females. The results also indicated a significant difference in BI perception and dissatisfaction by BMI categories. Self-reported body measurements were found to be unreliable with a weak-to-moderate agreement between self-perceived and actual weight status. Conclusions: BI perception appears quite stable across the three years considered. Dissatisfaction is similar in both genders, although a tendency toward different gender aesthetic ideals is already appreciable in early adolescence. We suggest that the lower frequency of normal-weight adolescents compared with peers in previous studies is attributable to the effects of the recent pandemic. Given the growing dissatisfaction with increasing BMI and misinterpretations of weight status, school actions to promote a healthy lifestyle and positive BI should be undertaken.

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Sports Practice, Body Image Perception, and Factors Involved in Sporting Activity in Italian Schoolchildren

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The COVID-19 Experience in Adolescents: Emotional and Behavioral Recall at the End of the Pandemic

The COVID-19 Experience in Adolescents: Emotional and Behavioral Recall at the End of the Pandemic

The Specifics of Self-Body Image Perception and Self-conception in Women with Different Body Mass Indexes

A Longitudinal Study on Body Image Perception and Size among Italian Early Adolescents: Changes over Time and Discrepancies between Genders

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