Threat of the thin-ideal body image and body malleability beliefs: Effects on body image self-discrepancies and behavioral intentions

Arciszewski, Thomas; Berjot, Sophie; Finez, Lucie

doi:10.1016/j.bodyim.2012.04.007

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“…This body image distortion could be the consequence of their weight: the social pressure to be thin may have affected the way participants saw themselves and the way they thought that other people saw or judged them. This result has been found also in other studies (e.g., Arciszewski, Berjot, & Finez, 2012), suggesting that women with higher BMI have greater body image self-discrepancies.…”

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Can you feel the body that you see? On the relationship between interoceptive accuracy and body image

Zamariola

Cardini

Mian³

et al. 2017

Body Image

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Interoception and exteroception for body signals are two different ways of perceiving the self: the first from within, the second from outside. We investigated the relationship between Interoceptive Accuracy (IAcc) and external perception of the body and we tested if seeing the body from an external perspective can affect IAcc. Fifty-two healthy female subjects performed a standard heartbeat perception task to assess the IAcc, before and after the Body Image Revealer (BIR), which is a body perception task designed to assess the different aspects of body-image. The performance of the lower IAcc group in the heartbeat perception task significantly improved after the exteroceptive task. These findings highlight the relations between interoceptive and exteroceptive body-representations, supporting the view that these two kinds of awareness are linked and interact with each other.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

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Can you feel the body that you see? On the relationship between interoceptive accuracy and body image

Zamariola

Cardini

Mian³

et al. 2017

Body Image

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“…A possible explanation for this finding is that body size distortion could occur as a result of an individual's real body weight, as well as societal pressures to obtain a thin body size. Particularly women with higher BMI's may have had greater discrepancies in their ability to estimate their own body size, as they may perceive their body to be significantly larger than what society classes as thin, which as a result may distort their own mental image of the self (Arciszewski et al 2012;Zamariola et al 2017). Societal stigmatization of greater weight may have also fed into body image concerns for these women, which has been previously associated with overestimations of body size (Thaler et al 2018).…”

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The ageing body: contributing attitudinal factors towards perceptual body size estimates in younger and middle-aged women

Bellard

Cornelissen

Mian³

et al. 2020

Arch Womens Ment Health

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Over-estimation of body size, a core feature of eating disorders (EDs), has been well-documented both in young healthy and ED individuals. Yet, evidence that altered body perception might also affect older women is limited. Here, we examined whether attitudinal components of body image (i.e. the feelings an individual has about their body size and shape) might affect perceived actual and ideal body shape self-estimates in midlife, similarly to younger women. Thirty-two younger (mean age, 24.22 years) and 33 middle-aged (mean age, 53.79 years) women took part to a computerized body perception assessment of perceived, actual and ideal aspects of body image. Body mass index (BMI), societal and interpersonal aspects of appearance ideals, measured by means of Sociocultural Attitudes towards Appearance Questionnaire (SATAQ-4), and assessment of body uneasiness and concerns for specific body parts, measured by Body Uneasiness Test (BUT-A/B) scales, were also investigated. Younger and middle-aged women with larger BMI showed greater discrepancy in perceptual distortions from their perceived actual body size. However, middle-aged women with greater body part concerns overestimated their perceived body size, as opposed to younger women who were almost accurate. Unlike middle-aged women, younger women with higher body part concerns desired slimmer ideal body image than their perceived actual. Results suggest that distortions in the perceived actual and ideal body size selfestimates of younger and middle-aged women are best explained by a combination of BMI, body part concerns and the particular age group to which a participant belonged. In the future, a personalized approach for the assessment of women's perceptions and concerns of specific body areas during lifespan should be adopted.

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“…Selfdiscrepancies, assessed with Higgins' method are related to body dissatisfaction and disordered eating, with the actual/ideal discrepancy being related to bulimia and the actual/ought discrepancy to anorexia. High self-discrepancies are also associated with low self-esteem and emotional vulnerability (18). Often in the BED subjects it emerges another problem relating the self and body image: the body image is not completely integrated in the Self.…”

Section: Body Image and The Concept Of Selfmentioning

confidence: 99%

Non-surgical Weight Loss and Body Image Changes in Children, Adolescents, and Adults

Amianto

Fassino²

2018

Body Image, Eating, and Weight

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Threat of the thin-ideal body image and body malleability beliefs: Effects on body image self-discrepancies and behavioral intentions

Cited by 19 publications

References 48 publications

Can you feel the body that you see? On the relationship between interoceptive accuracy and body image

Can you feel the body that you see? On the relationship between interoceptive accuracy and body image

The ageing body: contributing attitudinal factors towards perceptual body size estimates in younger and middle-aged women

Non-surgical Weight Loss and Body Image Changes in Children, Adolescents, and Adults

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